Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has signaled to congressional Republican leaders that his preference is to fund the border wall through the appropriations process as soon as April, according to House Republican officials.
The move would break a key campaign promise when Trump repeatedly said he would force Mexico to...
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The CEO of a chain that underpays and mistreats workers is about to lead the Labor Department
Johaunna Cromer never thought she would work at a fast food restaurant. A college graduate, trained psychologist, and former member of the Air Force, she said she used to believe fast food employees were mostly teenagers trying to supplement their allowance.
But in 2014, when her family moved...
Menards accused of misclassifying drivers to deprive them of rights
A federal agency is accusing home-improvement giant Menards of illegally misclassifying thousands of its truck drivers as independent contractors in order to deprive them of workplace rights.
The National Labor Relations Board’s Minneapolis regional office filed the complaint late last month, based on a charge filed by the AFL-CIO’s Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local...
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Retired iron workers could face pension cuts next month
Larry Burruel is starting the new year with a grim reality: His monthly pension check could be cut in half at the end of the month.
Burruel, 68, is among the hundreds of retired iron workers who received the tough news a few weeks before the holidays. The cuts proposed by his pension plan, a small Cleveland-based fund with about...
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