Tag: Sean Higgins

Canada will oppose any effort to change the investor-state dispute resolution system in the North American Free Trade Agreement, imperiling the Trump administration's efforts to fundamentally change the trilateral trade deal.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Canada says ‘hard no’ on Trump change to NAFTA dispute resolution

Sean Higgins · August 29, 2017 5:49 pm

In this Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, photo, Gennice Mackey uses a bullhorn to lead a chant of "Save the Raise!" outside a McDonald's restaurant in St. Louis. A Missouri law that takes effect Monday, Aug. 28, prohibits cities from having a higher minimum wage than the state's wage of $7.70 per hour. That means St. Louis' $10 minimum wage will be rolled back. But advocates of a higher wage are urging employers to keep the $10 minimum wage. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)

Missouri rolls back minimum wage in St. Louis

Sean Higgins · August 28, 2017 11:24 pm

Since the start of 2016, 15 states have passed 27 laws pre-empting local labor standards, according a study released Monday by the liberal Economic Policy Institute. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

GOP state lawmakers move to halt local minimum wages

Sean Higgins · August 28, 2017 11:14 pm

At least to Trump, DACA's value is its use as a bargaining chip, a value that's gone if he eliminates DACA by executive order on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump move on settling trade disputes splits NAFTA fans and critics

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2017 4:01 am

The Republican governor said the rate would not be the comprehensive solution needed to expand the economy and create jobs. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoes $15 minimum wage bill

Sean Higgins · August 25, 2017 10:25 pm

Former President Ronald Reagan will be inducted into the Labor Department's Hall of Fame, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced Thursday. Acosta noted that the late Republican president had the unique distinction of being the only president of a labor organization to also sit in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart, File)

Ronald Reagan to go into Labor Department’s Hall of Fame

Sean Higgins · August 24, 2017 5:52 pm

"Corporate America has a long history of supporting white supremacy. CEOs' rebuke of Trump doesn't change that," Jobs With Justice tweeted Thursday. It followed that with another tweet, "White supremacy and low wages go hand-in-hand. #fightfor15." Jobs with Justice is a pro-labor activist group whose board of directors includes AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, among other top union leaders. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Union group seeks to tie companies to white supremacy

Sean Higgins · August 24, 2017 4:59 pm

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

Trump close on pick to lead NLRB

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2017 9:48 pm

An estimated 114 multi-employer pension plans covering more than 1.3 million people are underfunded by more than $36 million and are expected to become insolvent in the next two decades, according to a new report. The Teamsters' Central States, the Bakery and Confectionary Workers Union, and the United Mine Workers plans account for $22.8 billion, about 62.5 percent, of the unfunded liability. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

1.3 million workers’ pension plans expected to go insolvent

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2017 9:23 pm

"I can only assume that someone in the White House preferred not to have labor's voice at the table after all," Thea Lee wrote in Cosmopolitan. (Wikipedia Commons)

Former AFL-CIO official says labor group excluded from White House meetings

Sean Higgins · August 22, 2017 8:28 pm

A federal law criminalizes female genital mutilation as a federal felony.

Democrats press Justice Department on higher ed affirmative action policy

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2017 5:49 pm

The workers reported nearly equal levels of satisfaction regarding wages, workplace safety, and healthcare benefits. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Union workers satisfied in right-to-work states: Study

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2017 4:41 pm