(A few states, such as Washington, have public workers’ compensation insurance funds with some limited powers over workplace safety. Unions in Washington strongly support this system. When Liberty Mutual and other private insurers tried to enter the market a few years ago, labor fought the ...
WWII veterans, along with their unions, helped build our nation’s middle class brick by brick. Veterans and labor unions are poised once again to partner to strengthen our economy and preserve the American Dream. The seven-point plan focuses on: 1. Creating and growing good jobs for ...
Government would interferewith the project”so long as the hiringwasvolunta-ry,and that“due care”was“taken of the labourers so hired whilst at seas, and toprevent their subsequent abandonment.”¹⁷By the time Gladstone’sships werereadytodepart Calcutta, however,the Secretary of State for...
Conservatives have consistently opposed efforts to raise the minimum wage or to have it indexed to increase automatically with the cost of living. They argue raising the minimum wage is a “job killer.” They theorize that increases in the minimum wage discourage business hiring and result in hig...