Tag: Labor

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., are pictured.

Democrats resist vote on Trump USMCA deal despite Mexico’s labor reforms

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2019 9:29 pm

Democrats' history on immigration is one of empty rhetoric and base deception. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House spending bill lets Congress hire ‘Dreamers’

Susan Ferrechio · April 30, 2019 9:12 pm

In this Feb. 21, 2014 file photo, employees at work in the new multibillion-dollar Honda car plant in Celaya, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato.

Mexico adopts labor reforms, advancing Trump USMCA trade deal

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2019 11:29 am

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said during his Senate confirmation hearings that while the Obama administration went too far, the overtime rule needed to be updated. That has policy advocates on both sides wondering what the White House will eventually replace it with. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Labor Department says ‘gig economy’ workers are contractors, not employees, in win for owners

Sean Higgins · April 29, 2019 8:19 pm

International Association of Fire Fighters General President Harold A. Schaitberger, left, and Vice President Joe Biden hold up a helmet that he was presented with after his remarks at the International Association of Fire Fighters 2009 Legislative Conference in Washington, Monday, March 16, 2009.

Firefighter union throws its support behind Biden

Zach Halaschak · April 29, 2019 6:53 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a Service Employees International Union forum on labor issues, Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Las Vegas.

Union workers warm to Warren as they shrug off Bernie Sanders absence

Joseph Simonson · April 28, 2019 9:07 pm

Emergency crews work at the scene of a construction crane collapse where several people were killed and several others injured Saturday, April 27, 2019, in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. The crane collapsed near the intersection of Mercer Street and Fairview Avenue near Interstate 5 shortly after 3 p.m.

Construction crane collapse kills four in Seattle

Zach Halaschak · April 28, 2019 4:36 pm

Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority South Central Regional Conference in New Orleans, Friday, April 19, 2019.

Kamala Harris calls for a ban on right-to-work laws

Joseph Simonson · April 27, 2019 6:08 pm

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta testifies during a hearing before the House Appropriations subcommittee on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Department of Labor appeals ruling against ‘Trumpcare’ plans

Kimberly Leonard · April 26, 2019 7:07 pm

Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta appears at an event.

Beltway Confidential

How the Labor Department can give workers a break

Gregory Jacob · April 26, 2019 4:45 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

Beltway Confidential

Emmanuel Macron’s yellow vest plan is doomed to failure

Tom Rogan · April 25, 2019 8:19 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks to union members and other federal employees at a rally, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington.

Unions spent $2B on politics in 2018

Sean Higgins · April 23, 2019 7:22 pm