Job Growth Accelerates in June

Reuters
July 2, 2020 9:27 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy created jobs at a record clip in June as more restaurants and bars resumed operations, further evidence that the COVID-19 recession was probably over, though a surge in cases of the coronavirus threatens the fledgling recovery.

In Oracle Lawsuit, Labor Department Defends Agency Trump Admin Tried to Shut Down

Oracle Makes Hostile Bid For Rival Peoplesoft

Kevin Daley
April 28, 2020 7:12 PM

A lawsuit now unfolding in a Washington, D.C., federal court is putting the Trump administration in an awkward position, forcing government lawyers to defend an agency the White House has tried to shutter against a constitutional challenge from the tech giant Oracle.

A Month After Getting Trump Official Fired, Bloomberg Apologizes For Hit Piece

Labor appointee was rehired after hit job was discredited

Cameron Cawthorne
October 5, 2019 10:00 AM

Bloomberg Law apologized and retracted an article on Department of Labor appointee Leif Olson after falsely accusing him of anti-Semitism in early September.

Labor Nominee Scalia Moves Close to Confirmation

Committee advances Trump nominee to Senate floor on party lines

Yuichiro Kakutani
September 24, 2019 2:00 PM

A Senate committee advanced the nomination of President Trump's labor secretary in a party-line vote Tuesday morning.

Labor Department Employee Reinstated After Being Falsely Accused of Anti-Semitism

Stepped down in wake of false report

Graham Piro
September 4, 2019 8:55 PM

Department of Labor employee Leif Olson will return to his post one day after stepping down in the wake of a Bloomberg Law article that wrongfully accused him of anti-Semitism. Olson tweeted confirmation from his Twitter account Wednesday night.

Trump Says Labor Secretary Acosta Resigning Amid Epstein Case

Acosta faced criticism for handling of Epstein plea bargain

Reuters
July 12, 2019 10:05 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has tendered his resignation and will be temporarily replaced by Deputy Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella.

Admin. Announces Additional 30K Temporary Work Visas

Garners support of business, ire of immigration hawks

Charles Fain Lehman
May 7, 2019 2:45 PM

The Trump administration will issue an additional 30,000 temporary work visas in FY 2019, acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan announced Monday.

White House Unveils Outline of Plan to Merge Labor, Education Departments

Cameron Cawthorne
June 21, 2018 4:18 PM

The White House on Thursday announced its plan to merge the Departments of Labor and Education into a single Cabinet agency in order to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and streamline overlapping regulations and department functions.

McCarthy Pushes Back Against Boehner’s Criticism of GOP: The Party ‘Changed for the Better’

Cameron Cawthorne
June 3, 2018 1:31 PM

Pelosi Slams Jobs Report: ‘Strong Employment Numbers Mean Little’

David Rutz
June 1, 2018 11:40 AM

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) came down hard on a positive U.S. jobs report on Friday, saying the good employment numbers didn't matter to "families hit with soaring new costs" under Republican leadership.