Labor Policy & Unemployment

Striking union workers from local 54 cheer after U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stopped to greet them outside the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City

Re-Assembling Labor

Marion Crain and John Inazu

August 31, 2015

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Dennis Williams (front C) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO Sergio Marchionne (front R) hold a news conference to announce a tentative agreement in Detroit, Michigan

The ‘New’ Labor Regime

Marion Crain and Kenneth Matheny

April 27, 2017

Workers construct a new home in the Balmoral neighborhood being developed by Irishman Garrett Kenny in Haines City, Florida, U.S., June 29, 2016. Photo taken June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Phelan Ebenhack - TM3EC6U0SVC01

After weathering the storms, jobs numbers are back on track

Jonathan Wright

Friday, December 8, 2017

A worker makes final preparations after installing the motherboard on the reverse side of a 32-inch TV at Element Electronics in Winnsboro, South Carolina May 29, 2014. When Walmart pledged last year to buy an extra $250 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade, it appeared to be just what was needed to help move America's putative manufacturing renaissance from rhetoric to reality. The company says consumers can now buy everything from U.S.-made flat-screen TVs, light bulbs and towels and curtains in its stores and on its website. The flat-screen TVs, made in Winnsboro, South Carolina by Element Electronics, may be the campaign?s biggest surprise to date. Today, Element?s 315,000-square-foot plant in South Carolina has six assembly lines making 32- and 40-inch TVs that are now available in all of Walmart's more than 4,000 U.S. Stores. The switch has led to significant savings in ocean freight charges and customs duties on finished goods - though like so many companies involved in the initiative Element has had difficulty finding domestic suppliers. To match Feature WALMART-RESHORING/ Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA6411FR01

Why wages aren’t growing in America

Jay Shambaugh and Ryan Nunn

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

A woman walks past a "help wanted" sign on a restaurant in Los Angeles, California.

More work, more self-sufficiency

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Workers of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority (PREPA) repair part of the electrical grid after Hurricane Maria hit the area in September, in Manati, Puerto Rico October 30, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez - RC1E03872390

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma still felt in October jobs numbers

Jonathan Wright

Friday, November 3, 2017

Elizabeth Vreswyk, founder and president of AWTY Logistics, talks to GIS technician Brock Kralicek in the company's office in Dickinson, North Dakota

Removing barriers to women’s labor force participation

Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Becca Portman

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Employees work on the assembly line at the Renault plant in Sao Jose dos Pinhais August 2, 2012. President of the Brazilian branch for French automaker Renault SA Olivier Murguet said on Thursday that Renault SA plans to expand the capacity of its Brazilian motor plant by 25 percent by 2013 as part of a sales offensive in Latin America's largest economy. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer (BRAZIL - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - GM1E8830G9Y01

What’s behind Latin America’s jobless recovery?

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Birds are silhouetted as they fly over the Lincoln Memorial.

D.C.’s paid-leave law needs improvement

Isabel V. Sawhill, Aparna Mathur, and Abby McCloskey

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Interstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey seen during widespread flooding in Houston, Texas.

Jobs numbers feel the effects of hurricanes Harvey and Irma

Jonathan Wright

Friday, October 6, 2017