Labor
Coronavirus causes 35% weekly hike in jobless claim applications
January 15, 2021Jobless crisis sharpens as depression resulting from virus-forced closures deepens.
Read moreBiden’s pandemic aid bill to look like the Cares Act
January 14, 2021The new Democratic aid package includes the main planks of the Cares Act killed by McConnell.
Read moreBiden, AFL-CIO labor law agendas track each other
January 13, 2021Richard Trumka, president of the nation’s largest labor federation, is calling Joe Biden the most pro-worker president in decades.
Read moreGet a shovel: Biden to roll back Trump ‘midnight rules’
January 12, 2021Democratic President Joe Biden promises to immediately undo the most recent—and some of the most egregious—damage perpetrated by his right-wing GOP predecessor, Donald Trump.
Read moreBiden nominates Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Laborer, as Labor Secretary
January 8, 2021He will return control of the Department of Labor to a pro-union advocate.
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