Wilbur Ross, the Secretary of Commerce, penned an op-ed in the Washington Post discussing how NAFTA has disadvantaged American workers. Citing a report released by the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis within the Department of Commerce, Secretary Ross arg... More »
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration erased information pertaining to workplace deaths from its homepage on Friday. The data has been replaced with information about how companies can make sure they comply with OSHA standards to reduce workplace ... More »
On Friday, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin announced new legislation intended to expand apprenticeships and public-private partnerships. The PARTNERS (Pairing Apprenticeships with Regional Training Networks to Meet Employer Requirements) Act would allow states to o... More »
According to The New York Times, a health center providing free healthcare to members of the union, the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, will open in Brooklyn this August. Free healthcare is not new for the union’s members. The union has operated thei... More »
On Wednesday, nurses at Tufts Medical Center went on strike. This marks the first nurses’ strike in Boston in over 30 years and, according to the union, the largest in Boston’s history. Approximately 1,200 members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association part... More »
This week, the Department of Labor expressed its intention to change its impending overtime rule. The Labor Department filed a response brief in a Fifth Circuit case involving a challenge to the Obama administration’s overtime rule. The rule, which was inten... More »