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It’s Official: Trump Will Nominate Gene Scalia, Son Of Late Justice, For Labor Secretary

The White House formally announced President Donald Trump’s intention to nominate Eugene Scalia for labor secretary Tuesday, over one month…

6 years ago

Top Labor Official Leaving Following Accusations He Misled White House Staff

A top official in the Department of Labor (DOL) is leaving after the White House investigated allegations he mistreated staff…

6 years ago

Trump’s Labor Department Backtracks On Obama-Era Stance On Gig Businesses

The Department of Labor (DOL) issued an “opinion letter” Monday recognizing a gig business’s workers as contract labor, a favorable…

6 years ago

Trump’s Labor Department Rewrites Obama Rule On Guaranteed Overtime Pay

The Labor Department proposed a rule Thursday that would expand guaranteed overtime pay laws over roughly 1.1 million workers. The…

6 years ago

Trump Speaks at Apprenticeship Initiative Kickoff [CANCELED]

President Donald Trump speaks at an Apprenticeship Initiative Kickoff at the Department of Labor. He was set to start at…

8 years ago

Job Growth Accelerates in April

Job growth accelerated in April, reversing Marches downward move, according to a report from the Department of Labor released Friday.…

8 years ago

First Trump Administration Jobs Report: 235,000 New Jobs, 4.7% Unemployment

President Trump has celebrated two blow-out jobs reports out earlier this week and today's BLS report is no different. The…

8 years ago

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Jump More Than Expected

With layoffs at 45-year lows, more Americans filed initial jobless claims than analysts had expected. A Department of Labor report showed…

8 years ago

Job Numbers: Real or Manipulated?

Did you hear about last month’s surprisingly positive jobs numbers? While an elated Team Obama cheered, the startling jump caused…

13 years ago

First Time Unemployment Drops Again… But…

Like many I look forward to seeing the unemployment numbers released by the Department of Labor each Thursday morning. These…

13 years ago

8.6% Unemployment is NOT Good News

To read the first paragraph of the Bureau of Labor statistics one might think that the jobs situation in the…

14 years ago

Joblessness, Jobs Numbers, Unemployment and other Confusing Government Statistics

Even the vice president isn't sure how or if the tragically high unemployment rates will come down. Remember in April…

14 years ago

Jobless Situation Unchanged Since March – Real Analysis on the Unemployment Numbers

Oh the media.  Every outlet has been totally abuzz about the drop in initial jobless claims reported by the Department…

15 years ago