(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - One of the Nation's largest Teachers’ Unions is expected to sue U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos - the complaint: She repealed a rule meant to protect student loan borrowers from for-profit and career-focused schools that graduate them with too much debt and limited job prospects. Randi Weingarten, the President of the 1.7 more»

The Minimum Wage will increase for a total of 47 states and cities across the U.S. this year, impacting at least seven million Workers. Expensive cities like Mountain View, California, Seattle and New York City will have wages at or above $15 per hour. However, some cities and counties will stay at lower wages due to select state rulings. The more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Republican President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on Federal Unions to a new level. For the first time, the Trump Administration is seeking to bust a Union - the National Association of Immigration Judges, by declaring that its Members are managers ineligible for Labor Organization Membership. It’s tantamount to more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – The United Steelworkers (USW) Union has filed a lawsuit challenging the Federal Government’s decision to gut a regulation intended to prevent chemical disasters and save lives. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) capitulated to industry demands by rescinding crucial provisions of the Chemical Disaster more»

The American Labor Movement has been under attack for decades, but you wouldn’t know it from watching the Democratic Primary Debates. Last week, moderators mentioned Unions once - specifically a Labor Federation, the AFL-CIO, and only to ask Bernie Sanders why he opposed the USMCA Trade Deal that the Union endorsed. This meager exchange is still more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. House has committed to voting on a comprehensive Bill supporting Union Organizing before Presidents' Day. The announcement comes after 68 representatives, including Suzanne Bonamici (Democrat-Oregon) sent a letter to the House Leadership urging the lawmakers to bring the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Even though several recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) would make it harder for Workers to Unionize, Labor Unions are refusing to take these decisions lying down. In 2014, the NLRB ruled that Employees at Purple Communications who have access to their employers’ e-mail system for more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Republican Trump Administration has waged an all-out assault on Workers employed at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Silencing Researchers; Erasing years of scientific advancement; and cutting Agency Staffing to the lowest levels since 1985. Now Employees are joining together to articulate a bold new vision for the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET)-Communications Workers of America (CWA), its Local 11 (New York) and Local 31 (Washington, D.C.) have negotiated one of the largest back pay settlements in the 84-year history of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The agreement requires CNN America, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The chasm between what the country's corporate leaders and their Workers earn is widening to Grand Canyon-like proportions, according to new research that shows CEO compensation surged 940% between 1978 to 2018 while the average Worker saw a meager 12% pay hike over the same 40-year period. "CEOs are getting more because of their power more»

For decades now, too many of the benefits produced by our country have flowed to the 1%, at the expense of the rest of us. One way to turn that tide is by supporting candidates who will end tax giveaways to corporations who ship jobs overseas - candidates who will un-rig our economy by making corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The two-year-old Tax Law pushed by Republican President Donald Trump and his Congressional Allies has helped the wealthy enrich themselves and left out Working People. Known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the law has benefitted corporations and the wealthy while doing little or nothing for Working Families, according to a new more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Companies that have made the decision to put profits over people and sent their jobs overseas has destroyed many communities across the United States. First, it was manufacturing - and now big companies like AT&T are laying off thousands of Workers and sending their jobs to Asia. This trend has caused many voters to become angry more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reversed regulations that were previously adopted by the Obama-era Board that allowed Unions to spring an organizing vote on an employer without adequate time for it to mount an effective defense. Called “Ambush” and “Quickie” Election Rules, they were part of the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Income for Middle Class Americans is growing more slowly than for both top earners and the poor, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The analysis comes two years after Republican President Donald Trump enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a major overhaul in the nation's tax laws billed by the White House as a boon for more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Opponents of job outsourcing made a Holiday Season appeal to Republican President Donald Trump: Stop U.S. companies from forcing American workers to train the very same cheaper Foreign Laborers who will soon replace them. Why it matters: Trump promised voters he'd end abuses of Worker Visa Programs and save U.S. jobs, but as he more»

I want to talk about the importance of the Stop and Shop strike and how it inspired my co-Workers, and I also want to talk about the direction of the Labor Movement now that we’re moving into a period in which there were more Workers on Strike in 2018 than at any time since 1986. The 2019 Stop & Shop Strike began on April 11th when 31,000 more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The right to an inexpensive, Public Postal System in the United States has roots that go back further than most amendments recorded in the Bill of Rights. In 1775, Benjamin Franklin ran the post office and used it to sustain communications between a small group of revolutionaries who would soon wage a winning war against the largest more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - There were 5,250 Worker Fatalities in the United States in 2018, according to this year’s annual report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), an agency of the US Labor Department. An average of 101 Worker Fatalities a week, the 2018 toll represents a 2% increase over the 5,147 Workers killed on the job in 2017. The BLS more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Employers can now more easily restrict Workers from wearing Union Buttons and other insignia under a National Labor Relations Board ruling (NLRB) released just before Christmas. The NLRB held that Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated policies that say Workers can only wear “small, non-distracting” insignia no larger than the size more»

Americans are expected to spend more than ever this Holiday Season and it’s not hard to understand why. Continuing the longest job expansion in history, the Labor Market beat expectations in November as it added 266,000 jobs. The associated real wage growth over the last few years is the first that many Workers have seen in decades. Yet, among more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A coalition of more than a dozen Environmental Groups have sued the Trump Administration for rolling back Chemical Disaster Prevention Regulations, a move they say has endangered millions of lives. "By killing these critical protections, millions of people living near chemical facilities in the United States are put in harm's way," more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In mid-November, dozens of Workers gathered in Washington, D.C. to bring their grievances to the Nation's highest Labor authority, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Though they were armed with picket signs and a signature giant Scabby the Rat balloon, the protesters weren’t filing a legal charge - they were the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Federation of Government Employees is applauding the new Fiscal 2020 Budget that provides Federal Workers with a 3.1% pay raise in January, as well as the repeal of the Cadillac Tax on high-cost Health Insurance Plans. The AFGE released the following statement: The bipartisan spending deal that will fund Federal Agencies more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Shortly after Google Staffers engaged in the largest mass walkout at any tech firm in the United States, the company quietly lobbied the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the hopes it would roll back a decision that safeguarded the only way protesters were able to organize that action as quickly as they did: E-mail. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continued its Holiday Season gift-giving for employers on Monday (December 16th) when it issued a ruling that allows employers to stop deducting Union Dues from Employee paychecks after the expiration of a Collective Bargaining Agreement. That 3-to-1 ruling overturns the Obama-era decision more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has gutted an Obama-era rule that required employers to report on-the-job injuries and illnesses. The Republican Trump Administration’s new rule returns injury reports back into the darkness of corporate filing cabinets and makes it much more difficult for Regulators more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In a television commercial that’s become part of the lore surrounding Donald Trump’s affinity for McDonald’s Corporation, he embraced a purple, lumpy denizen of the fast-food chain’s “McDonaldland” and said: “Together, Grimace, we could own this town.” He was talking about New York, not more»

As Amazon works to combat its public image as a starvation-wage employer by doling out mere pennies in pay hikes and deploying an army of Workers to sing the company's praises on Twitter, a leaked video reveals the trillion-dollar company is continuing to work feverishly behind the scenes to crush any attempts by Workers to Unionize and bargain collectively more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Senate Republicans are readying a radical plan to raise taxes on Retiree Pension Benefits and put catastrophic burdens on Union Retirement Plans, according to documents released last month. Under cover of a “rescue” for a few endangered Multi-Employer Pensions - primarily troubled Mineworkers and Teamsters Plans - Senate more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka announced Tuesday (December 10th) that the Labor Confederation will support Republican President Donald Trump’s new North American Trade Deal, paving the way for likely passage in the Democratic-controlled House. Trumka said in a statement that the National AFL-CIO endorses more»

Our Nation is less than a year away from voters heading to the polls to either change the direction of our country or re-elect Republican President Donald Trump. Regardless of who Democrats nominate as our candidate, one question must remain top of mind among party strategists - How do we win back Working-Class Voters? It’s an important question to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Moody's Analytics estimates the Trump Administration's Trade War with China has resulted in 300,000 fewer jobs being created in the U.S. and that the figure could rise to 450,000 by year-end if the dispute continues, according to the Economic Research Firm. Moody's Analytics' Chief Economist Mark Zandi said the two countries are more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - On October 10th, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) decision in LA Specialty Produce Company provided some employer-friendly clarification of its standard for assessing the lawfulness of Employee Handbook Provisions under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and in doing so, categorized two specific types of more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - International Association of Machinists (IAM) International President Robert Martinez, Jr. is criticizing the Multi-Employer Pension Plan proposal made by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (Republican-Louisiana) and Lamar Alexander (Republican-Tennessee) - calling it nothing more than a “tax on Retirees.” Martinez issued the more»

The announcement by General Motors to drop car lines, close plants and lay off Workers is more than just a signpost of where the economy is going (“GM closing plants, laying off 15,000,” Front Page, November 27th). GM’s decision is rational thinking in the complex world of auto manufacturing. Shareholders reward profits and those more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) own Workers rallied against management abuses affecting their Union’s ability to represent them, signaling new depths of the agency’s Union-Busting Agenda. “This is an agency dedicated to promoting collective bargaining and protecting Workers’ right to organize, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In October, the Trump Administration published a proposed rule regarding tips which, if finalized, will cost Workers more than $700 million annually. It is yet another example of the Republican Trump Administration using the fine print of a proposal to attempt to push through a change that will transfer large amounts of money from more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The White House suspended more than 100 shovel-ready Military Construction Projects in September to divert funding for a border fence, effectively killing hundreds of potential International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)-represented jobs. The Pentagon announced the suspensions on September 3rd, outlining plans to reallocate more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) own Workers have openly rallied against management abuses affecting their Union’s ability to represent them, signaling new depths of the agency’s Union-Busting agenda. “This is an agency dedicated to promoting collective bargaining and protecting Workers’ right more»

The numbers tell one story: Unemployment in the U.S. is the lowest it’s been in 50 years and more Americans have jobs than ever before and wage growth keeps climbing - but people tell a different story: long job hunts; trouble finding work with decent pay; and a lack of predictable hours. These accounts are hard to square with the record-long more»

If the U.S. is going to make a big dent in Income Inequality and raise living standards for the Middle Class, it’s going to need a multi-pronged approach. Higher taxes and more spending on health care will help. Minimum Wage Laws can raise pay for Workers at the bottom without reducing employment much, but they only benefit a relatively small slice more»

The Hill Editor’s Note: Daniel Alpert is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Cornell Law School and Founding Managing Partner of Westwood Capital, LLC. Michael Stumo is CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America. The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill. For years, pundits and policymakers have more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) - the largest Federal Employee Union that represents 700,000 Workers in the Federal Government and the Government of the District of Columbia, is echoing a call from 43 U.S. Senators for Congress to take immediate action to prevent the White House from undermining the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the Nation’s largest Union representing Federal Workers, says a draft proposal by the Trump Administration seeks to overturn 47 years of legal precedent and could, if it stands, make it harder for Federal Employees and Union Representatives to successfully challenge Workplace more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Federal Agency responsible for protecting Private Sector Workers’ Union Rights is engaging in Union Busting against its own Employees, according to Career Staffers who staged a protest earlier this week at National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Members of the NLRB Professional Association and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - It may be hard to remember, but the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is supposed to ensure the right of Workers to organize and safeguard the stated public policy expounded in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which favors Collective Bargaining - but under the Trump Administration, the NLRB is going out of its way to attack more»

(RICHMOND, VIRGINIA) - Virginia Democrats, who at long last have legislative majorities and the governorship, are having second thoughts about repealing the state’s Right-To-Work (for less) Law, according to activists on both sides of the Labor issue. “A lot of legislators want to slow-walk their way into repeal while we want to forge more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Veterans Affairs (VA) Department will evict Unions that have office space in agency facilities or force them to pay rent by early next year, as the VA begins implementing Executive Orders issued by Republican President Donald Trump. The department will also severely restrict the Unions’ ability to conduct representational more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Unemployment Rate stands at 3.6%, initial claims for Unemployment Insurance are at their lowest levels in 50 years, and hourly wages - particularly for the lowest earners, seem to be going up. Headline numbers can hardly look better. Is there any reason to doubt that Workers are doing great? Many years ago Warren Buffett walked more»