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This May 24, 2016, file photo shows Xerox copiers at a store, in North Andover, Mass. Xerox said Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, that it will raise its offer for computer and printer maker HP to nearly $35 billion after a lower bid was rejected. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Xerox cutting 15% of its workforce

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks to a reporter from The Associated Press during an interview at the union's headquarters Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Mike Householder) ** FILE **

Indiana autoworkers gear up for major strike

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

In this March 9, 2021, file photo, a plane arrives at Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

Canadian airline’s unionized crew members reject proposed contract

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The New York state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., is pictured on Dec. 14, 2020. New York's minimum-wage workers had more than just the new year to celebrate Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, with a pay bump kicking in as the clock ticked over to 2024. In the first of a series of annual increases slated for the Empire State, the minimum wage increased to $16 in New York City and some of its suburbs, up from $15. In the rest of the state, the new minimum wage is $15, up from $14.20. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

The Empire State rings in the new year with a pay bump for minimum-wage workers

Associated Press

Julie Su speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for her to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Legal contortions keep Biden’s unconfirmed labor secretary on the job

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Illustration on unions, strikes and the age of the worker by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Good news: 2023 won’t mark a union revival

By Liam Sigaud

Blue state business regulations for 2024 illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Happy New Year? Blue states to start 2024 with a bunch of new business regulations

By Gene Marks

A hiring sign is displayed at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Deerfield, Ill., Tuesday, Dec.12, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. applications for jobless benefits rise, but labor market remains solid

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

Starbucks employees and supporters link arms during a union election watch party Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks says it’s committed to bargaining with unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next year. The move Friday is major reversal for the coffee chain after two years fighting the unionization of its U.S. stores. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)

Judge to Starbucks: Apologize to fired union organizer and offer her job back

The Washington Times

Characters removed from a sign on the Twitter headquarters building are piled on a street in San Francisco on July 24, 2023. A little more than a year ago, Elon Musk walked into Twitter's San Francisco headquarters, fired its CEO and other top executives and began transforming the social media platform into what's now known as X. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

X ordered to court over missing bonuses

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump plans to replace Obamacare with new, less expensive health care program

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the state Capitol, Feb. 1, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. On Saturday, Dec. 23, New York's governor vetoed a bill that would have banned noncompete agreements, which restrict workers' ability to leave their job for a role with a rival business. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

New York governor vetoes bill that would ban noncompete agreements

By Maysoon Khan - Associated Press

Tampa Bay Lightning fans watch from boats with the downtown skyline in the background during the NHL hockey Stanley Cup champions' boat parade, July 12, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. On Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, the city of Tampa reached an agreement with the federal government to resolve a discrimination lawsuit alleging that male workers didn't receive the same parental leave as female workers. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Tampa settles lawsuit with feds over parental leave for male workers

Associated Press

An unsold 2023 Model X sports-utility vehicle sits outside a Tesla dealership June 18, 2023, in Littleton, Colo. Tesla is recalling more than 2 million vehicles across its model lineup to fix a defective system that's supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when they use Autopilot. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Tesla seeks Nordic guru as labor fight escalates in Europe

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Traffic moves along Pioneer Way past the sign outside a branch of Wells Fargo bank Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Deadwood, S.D. Employees at a Wells Fargo location in New Mexico have voted to unionize, the first time that workers at a major U.S. bank have attempted to organize. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

New Mexico Wells Fargo workers vote to unionize

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Starting wages are advertised on a sign in the window of a Taco Bell in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, May 9, 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced on Thursday, May 12, 2022, that soaring inflation will trigger an automatic increase in California's minimum wage to $15.50 per hour next year. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) **FILE**

25 states will hike minimum wage in 2024

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

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)

Musk and Tesla are battling unions across Scandinavia. What comes next in the labor dispute?

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

A tipping option is displayed on a card reader tablet at a business in Glenview, Ill., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Tipping fatigue, it seems, is swarming America as more businesses adopt digital payment methods that automatically prompt customers to leave a gratuity. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

Tipping in America is out of control, and we’ve got to end it

By Joseph Curl

Southwest Airlines plane prepares to land at Midway International Airport, Feb. 12, 2023, in Chicago. Southwest Airlines flight attendants have voted down a contract offer reached by negotiators for the airline and the union. The Transport Workers Union Local 556 said Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 that the proposal was voted down 64% to 36%. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Pilots reach tentative deal with Southwest Airlines

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden walks to shake hands with Rashawn Spivey, CEO of Hero Plumbing, LLC., right, after he was introduced to speak at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden tries to reassure Black voters that his economic policies are working

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times