Tag: Thomas Perez

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 03: Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez speaks during a stop of the 'Give America a Raise' bus tour at the U.S. Capitol Building on April 3, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Delay on attorney general could backfire on Obama

Brian Hughes · October 15, 2014 9:00 am

GOP leader says Labor Dept. is wasting tax money

GOP leader says Labor Dept. is wasting tax money

Tom Raum · August 26, 2014 8:02 pm

The U.S. Department of Labor spent $100,000 promoting a book club. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., wants to know more about it. (iStock)

Labor Department spends $100K on a book club

Kelly Cohen · August 26, 2014 6:03 pm

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building April 29, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Joe Biden: ‘Visionary-In-Chief’

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2014 8:02 pm

Updated: Labor secretary inaccurately cites his department’s data in hearing

Beltway Confidential

Updated: Labor secretary inaccurately cites his department’s data in hearing

Sean Higgins · April 4, 2014 4:00 am

Farm labor leader Cesar Chavez speaks at Boston University in Boston, Ma., Feb. 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Beltway Confidential

Labor Secretary cites Cesar Chavez, ignores his opposition to immigration

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2014 4:00 am

Washington Secrets

Progressives, Team Obama hit the road to push $10.10 minimum wage

Paul Bedard · March 18, 2014 12:00 am

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, file photo, customers at a Wal-Mart store head to the checkout lines past a worker with the company's motto on the back of her vest, in Salt Lake City. With fewer middle-income jobs available, low-wage work is becoming a dead-end for more Wal-Mart employees. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Obama signs order to revise overtime pay rules

Meghashyam Mali · March 13, 2014 4:00 am

Sen. Tom Harkin says hearing witnesses can ignore GOP questions

Sen. Tom Harkin says hearing witnesses can ignore GOP questions

Paul Bedard · March 12, 2014 12:00 am

Richard Mattos, 59, looks for jobs at a state-run employment center in Salem, Ore., on Dec. 26. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper, File)

Obama to meet with those who lost unemployment benefits

Brian Hughes · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Mother Jones: Why is Obama’s Department of Labor bringing on a top McDonald’s PR person?

Washington Examiner · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez, above, Rep. Luis Gutierrez and American Book Award winner Edwidge Danticat are among the speakers at the sixth annual National Immigrant Integration Conference. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

Hundreds of immigrant advocates gather in Miami

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am