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The Dollar General store is pictured, Aug. 3, 2017, in Luther, Okla. Dollar General violated federal labor law and “clearly intended to interfere” with worker rights in efforts to quell unionization at a Connecticut store, a National Labor Relations Board judge said Monday, July 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Dollar General on the hook for $17 million in workplace-safety fines

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Striking writers and actors chant as they walk a picket line, Monday, July 17, 2023, in New York. Three years after the pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill, the film and TV industry has again ground to a halt. This time, though, the industry is engaged in a bitter battle over the how streaming — after advancing rapidly during the pandemic — has upended the economics of entertainment. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Some influencers to join striking actors on picket lines

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to reporters following his meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden and Sanders meet union organizers amid labor turmoil

By Chris Megerian - Associated Press

United Parcel Service trucks are seen parked at a distribution facility, Friday, June 30, 2023, in Boston. A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said Friday, July 14, 2023, it will begin training many of its non-union employees in the U.S. to step in should there be a strike, which the union has vowed to do if no agreement is reached by the end of this month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

UPS to train nonunion drivers as strike looms

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Twitter logos hang outside the company's offices in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter declares ‘factual error’ in Biden tweet boasting about economy, wages

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., arrives for a briefing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Last week, Cotton sent a letter to Target CEO Brian Cornell — stating that the company's DEI program and "racial quota for hiring" was discriminatory while also pointing to the recent affirmative action ruling. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP attorneys general shift battle over affirmative action to the workplace

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

U.S. needs skilled foreign-born workers

A help wanted sign is posted in Lansdale, Pa., Friday, April 28, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Black Americans make up 90% of unemployment surge, but labor agency hesitant to call it larger trend

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, arrives for a news conference on the steps of the Texas state Capitol, June 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The Respect for Marriage Act is an historic bipartisan agreement that reflects a wider acceptance of gay rights in both Congress and the country. The measure would protect the rights of about a half million married couples. It passed the Senate and heads to the House in December 2022 for near-certain approval. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Same-sex marriage grounds for firing Catholic school’s guidance counselor, appeals court says

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Striking Writers Guild members hold signs during a rally in front of Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on May 17, 2023. Hollywood actors may be on the verge of joining screenwriters in what would be the first two-union strike in the industry in more than six decades. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) **FILE**

Actors’ union OKs emergency meeting with mediators ahead of strike

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Starbucks employees hold signs as they strike, Friday, June 30, 2023, outside the 228 S Clinton St. location in Iowa City, Iowa. The employees voted 25-0 in favor of unionizing out of 30 people eligible in the election on May 11. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

Starbucks’ union wants customers to help picket stores

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A man walks past a Microsoft sign set up for the Microsoft BUILD conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco on April 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) **FILE**

Microsoft starts new round of layoffs

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the Budget address, Feb. 14, 2023, at the Statehouse in Augusta, Maine. Most Maine workers will get up to 12 weeks of paid time off for family or medical reasons as part of a supplemental budget Mills signed into law on Tuesday, July 11. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Workers in Maine will get paid family and medical leave starting in 2026

By David Sharp - Associated Press

In this Dec. 18, 2020, file photo, a person passes the office of the California Employment Development Department in Sacramento, Calif. Some Americans are receiving tax forms saying they owe money on unemployment benefits they never received. The notices from state governments could be a sign of the extent of identity theft in the nation's state-run unemployment systems. Unemployment benefits are taxable, so government agencies must send a tax form to people who received them. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Woman serving life term for mom’s murder sentenced to 7 more years for COVID-19 unemployment fraud

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Illustration on the proposed Secretary of Labor Julie Su wrecking flexibility for employers, employees by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Labor Department rule would hurt financial services workers, consumers alike

By Rowan Saydlowski

Illustration on Thurgood Marshall by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Supreme Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy vindicates Thurgood Marshall

By Jeremy Dys

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Risk of recession not ruled out, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

An employee pushes a cart at a Walmart in Vernon Hills, Ill., Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

U.S. slowed hiring but still added a solid 209,000 jobs in June in sign of economy’s resilience

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

A hiring sign is shown in Wheeling, Ill., Sunday, March 19, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

More Americans apply for jobless benefits, but layoffs are not rising significantly

By Matt Ott - Associated Press

REI Employees in green welcome shoppers to the REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) Grand Opening at REI SoHo, the outdoor retailer's first Manhattan store, Dec. 2, 2011, in New York. Workers at the New York City outpost of outdoor clothing and equipment seller REI voted overwhelmingly in March to join a union, the first REI store to do so. Seattle-based REI has more than 170 locations across 41 states and Washington, D.C. (Matt Peyton/AP Images for REI) ** FILE **

Progressive REI accused of union-busting tactics

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times