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An open letter organized by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute recommends legislation introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, that would increase the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 hourly rate to $10.10, indexed to increase with inflation. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Seven Nobel Prize-winning economists endorse increase in minimum wage

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National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning involves whether three 2011 presidential recess appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are valid, given the fact that the Senate was not technically in recess at the time. (Thinkstock)
Beltway Confidential

Will Supreme Court rein in Obama’s recess appointment power grab?

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Workers walk by the Volkswagen AG plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP File)
Beltway Confidential

UAW’s Bob King confident he’ll win organizing fight over Tennessee Volkswagen plant

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Minnesota Orchestra flutist Wendy Williams, right, and student Alyssa Griggs pose for a photo in St. Paul, Minn., on Dec. 16. (AP Photo/Minnesota Public Radio, Chris Roberts)

Minnesota Orchestra, locked-out musicians approve contract

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A gauge known as the labor force participation rate measures the proportion of working-age adults who either have a job or are looking for one. This rate fell to 63.2 percent last year, its lowest level point since 1978, according to the Labor Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Economy

Fewer Americans in the workforce

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In this AP file photo, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. speaks in front of the Supreme Court. Verrilli, arguing National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning on behalf of the Obama administration, warned that ruling against the NLRB would cast a legal cloud over hundreds of rulings by the board, which resolves complaints of unfair labor practices and conducts elections for labor union representation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Supreme Court questions legality of Obama recess appointments

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Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., advocated for higher minimum wages, immigration reform and Big Labor issues like card check. (Getty images File)
Beltway Confidential

Retiring Rep. George Miller was staunch Big Labor ally

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White House ‘confident’ Supreme Court will uphold Obama’s recess appointment power
Politics

White House ‘confident’ Supreme Court will uphold Obama’s recess appointment power

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In this Jan. 10, 2014, photo, Stan Osnowitz, an electrician with 43 years of experience, displays tools from his work bag in his apartment in Baltimore. He has been unemployed since the end of June 2013 and lost his state unemployment benefits of $430 a week in December, but he keeps his work equipment packed and ready to go at a moment's notice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options

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Protestors demonstrate outside a McDonald's restaurant in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 5 as part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Economy

Federal minimum wage hike would affect states differently — and that’s a plus for Democrats

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