Labor

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Melody Vaughn, one of two Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services social workers, speaks with reporters about their actions which saved the life of a Madison County child earlier this year, and earned them the first ever Governor's Award for Outstanding Service in Child Protection and Well-Being, following a statewide meeting of MDCPS social workers in Jackson, Miss., Friday, June 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Tausha Rawls, right, and Melody Vaughn, two Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services social workers, speak with reporters about their actions which saved the life of a Madison County child earlier this year, and earned them the first ever Governor's Award for Outstanding Service in Child Protection and Well-Being during a statewide meeting of MDCPS social workers in Jackson, Miss., Friday, June 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, photo, Tyler Wegmeyer, owner of Wegmeyer Farms, picks strawberries in the pick-your-own strawberry patch at Wegmeyer Farms in Hamilton, Va. Hiring summer workers is one of Wegmeyer's biggest problems. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, photo, Tyler Wegmeyer, owner of Wegmeyer Farms, picks strawberries in the pick-your-own strawberry patch at Wegmeyer Farms in Hamilton, Va. Hiring summer workers is one of Wegmeyer's biggest problems. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., third from left, accompanied by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., second from left, Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., right, and healthcare leaders, discuss the effects of the proposed Republican healthcare legislation on families at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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National Edition News cover for April 18, 2015 - Obamacare fails to deliver on free birth control as some insurers charge fees: FILE - This May 28, 1999, file photo shows a new birth control pill container designed to look like a woman's makeup compact for Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., of Raritan, N.J., displayed at the manufacturer's assembly line. More than half of privately insured women are getting free birth control due to President Barack Obama’s health care law, part of a big shift that’s likely to continue despite the Supreme Court allowing some employers with religious objections to opt out. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, Alan Leafman, center, president of Health Insurance Express, Inc., helps Raquel Bernal, right, and her husband John Bernal, both of Apache Junction, Ariz., navigate the nation's health care insurance system online at the Health Insurance Express store in Mesa, Ariz. Enough insurers are planning to sell coverage through the Affordable Care Act in 2018 to keep the market place working, if only barely, in most parts of the country. However competition in many markets has dwindled to one insurer, or none in some cases, and another round of steep price hikes is expected to squeeze consumers who don’t receive big income-based tax credits to help pay their bill. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to release a discussion draft of a secret Republican health care bill on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this June 2, 2014, file photo, a sign that reads "15 Good Work Seattle" is displayed below Seattle City Hall, right, and the Columbia Center building, left, after the Seattle City Council passed a $15 minimum wage measure. A new study says Seattle's $15-an-hour minimum wage law has boosted pay for restaurant industry workers without costing jobs. The report, from the University of California at Berkeley, is certain to add to the debate as activists around the country push for increases in local, state and federal minimum wages. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2016, file photo, former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer smiles before an NCAA college football game against Alabama, in Knoxville, Tenn. University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro has hired former Volunteers football coach Phillip Fulmer as his special adviser for community, athletics and university relations. DiPietro announced the hiring Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2014, file photo, protesters participate in a rally on Chicago's south side as labor organizers escalate their campaign raise the minimum wage for employees to $15 an hour. Amid a national push by unions and worker advocates for a $15 minimum wage, Illinois Democrats hope to pass an ambitious hike during the spring legislative session, despite a warning from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner that he opposes an increase of any kind. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

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Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 members gather at the Prince George's County Council meeting before presenting a "Fund It, Fix It and Make It Fair" Metro proposal. (Sarah Nelson/The Washington Times) **FILE**

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Pence hires lawyer (Illustration by Gary Varvel for Creators Syndicate)

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Construction workers work high atop a building under construction, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in Austin, Texas. A national immigration crackdown has fueled workforce shortages as people in the country illegally abandon jobs in many sectors of the economy, from hanging drywall for booming construction businesses in Texas to working the fields at Oregon wineries. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

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Water safety

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President Donald Trump accompanied by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, speaks at a workforce development roundtable at Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, Wis., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 15, 2017, during an event on Apprenticeship and Workforce of Tomorrow initiatives. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Donald Trump speaks about the shooting of House Majority Whip Steve Scales of La. at a baseball practice, Thursday, June 15, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington before the start of an event on Apprenticeship and Workforce of Tomorrow initiatives. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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