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In this July 12, 2013, photo, employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., work on the assembly of Passat sedans. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) **FILE**

Tennessee VW workers voting on unionization this week

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

FILE - A "We stand with the UAW" sign appears outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee factory are scheduled to finish voting Friday, April 19, 2024, on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

UAW would be loser for Volkswagen employees

By Diana Furchtgott-Roth

FILE - A "We stand with the UAW" sign appears outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee factory are scheduled to finish voting Friday, April 19, 2024, on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy

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The pilots union at American Airlines says it’s seeing more safety and maintenance issues

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. File photo credit: Photohubsanctuary via Shutterstock.

Union settles extended strike with Pittsburgh newspaper, while journalists, other unions remain out

FILE - An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood on March 10, 2023, in Fairview Heights, Ill. Workers are entitled to workplace accommodations for abortions and some pregnancy-related conditions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to federal regulations published Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

New rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act include divisive accommodations for abortion

By Claire Savage and Alexandra Olson - Associated Press

Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, holds up a copy of Republican legislation that would prohibit transgender women and girls from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity, as the House Rules Committee prepares the bill for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2023. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 would amend Title IX, the federal education law that bars sex-based discrimination, to define sex as based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Biden crams abortion into Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Helping working mothers illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

WATCH: Prosperity and empowerment for working mothers

By Linda McMahon

A shopper looks at clothes at a Walmart store in Secaucus, N.J., on March 25, 2024. On Monday, April 15, 2024, the Commerce Department releases U.S. retail sales data for March (AP Photo/Anne D'Innocenzio)

Retail sales up 0.7% in March from February, underscoring the resiliency of the U.S. consumer

By Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

A hiring sign beckons potential employees to apply for work inside a discount store Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in Centennial, Colo. On Thursday, April 11, 2024, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Fewer Americans file for jobless claims as labor market continues to shrug off higher interest rates

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a ride-share car displays Lyft and Uber stickers on its front windshield in downtown Los Angeles. The future of Uber and Lyft in Minneapolis has been a source of concern and debate in recent weeks after the City Council voted last month to require that ride-hailing companies pay drivers a higher rate while they are within city limits. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Minneapolis delays minimum wage on rideshare firms to July

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

USAA cuts more than 200 jobs in restructuring effort

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

FILE - A couple sit along a trail overlooking White Rock Lake in Dallas on Feb. 24, 2024. Coming up with the best tax strategy in retirement can be much trickier than it seems, and tax pros agree that it is a time when people need to be especially careful. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez-File)

If you’re retired or about to retire, think carefully about your tax strategy

By Katherine Roth - Associated Press

Content creator Cynthia Huang Wang works below the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Monday, April 8, 2024. Despite a strong job market, there are still thousands of people who have found themselves out of work across industries stretching from tech to retail to media. But rather than trying to find another job in their old role, some workers are turning to online content creation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Content creation holds appeal for laid-off workers seeking flexibility

By Brooke Schultz - Associated Press

Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. Tesla has found itself locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with union workers in Sweden and neighboring countries. The showdown pits the electric car maker's CEO Elon Musk, who's staunchly anti-union, against the strongly held labor ideals of the Nordic countries. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Swedish unions block Tesla’s Supercharger expansion

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

FILE - Chris Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, speaks at a rally outside an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island in New York, April 24, 2022. Within union ranks, some felt Smalls was spending too much time traveling and giving speeches instead of organizing workers on Staten Island. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Two years after its historic win, a divided Amazon Labor Union lurches toward a leadership election

By Haleluya Hadero - Associated Press

Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts

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Over shoulder close up man student wear headphones use laptop computer study online listen watch training course make notes e learning teacher call mock up screen, distance education concept. File photo credit: Ground Picture via Shutterstock.

Tired of after-hours messages from your boss? One state might make it illegal

By Staff - The Washington Times

Job seeker Johannes Oveida looks over a brochure at a job fair at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Allentown, Pa., on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam) ** FILE **

U.S. employers added a surprisingly robust 303,000 jobs in March in a sign of economic strength

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

Mexican immigrants who have been unable to obtain work permits after living and working for years or even decades in the U.S., meet with activist Nora Sandigo and journalists, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

DHS renews work permits for hundreds of thousands of migrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times