94,517,000 Americans Not in the Labor Force in June
The BLS reports that 94,517,000 Americans were neither employed nor made an effort to find employment — due to discouragement, retirement, schooling or otherwise — during the month of June.
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White House Overtime Rules Hammer Private Sector, Exempt Public Sector
The U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule change that expands overtime for salaried employees earning $23,660 to $47,476 will cleverly hammer the private sector and generally exempt the unionized public sector.
Marco Rubio Warns Of Robot Takeover Of American Economy
If the Department of Labor continues to make it difficult for companies to hire American workers, Marco Rubio warned, robots would take over key jobs in the economy.
U.S. Labor Sec.: Donald Trump’s Policies Are ‘Everything that Is Not America; I’m Thoroughly Offended’
U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez went after Donald Trump, saying that he is “the modern-day incarnation of the Know-Nothing movement.”
BLS: More Than Half of U.S. States Lost Jobs In September
More than half of U.S. states experienced job losses last month, according to data released Tuesday by the Labor Department. The Bureau of Labor Statics reported that employment dropped in 27 states. Twenty states and the District of Columbia saw employment increase and three states had employment figures that remained unchanged.
Scott Walker Calls For Labor Reforms, Including Ban On Public Employee Unions
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is nationally known because of his battle over union reforms in his state, which resulted in several spectacular, and futile, efforts by Big Labor to knock him out of office.
Record 56,253,000 Women Out of Labor Force
The number of women out of the U.S. labor force reached another record high in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Obama’s Labor Department Plans to Mandate Overtime Pay for More Salaried Workers
Salaried workers who earn nearly $1,000 per week would become eligible for overtime pay under a proposal President Barack Obama unveiled Monday, lamenting that too many Americans are working too many hours for less pay than they deserve.
Labor Dept: 235 Union Pension Funds ‘Endangered’
The Labor Department announced that 235 union multi-employer-multi-employee pension funds are “endangered,” meaning they lack the assets to pay 80 percent of their promised benefits.
Union Membership Continues to Dwindle
Union membership in America continues to dwindle, according to new data released on Friday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
