Labor
Latest Stories
film-female_directors_study_70821.jpg
FILE - This Jan. 7, 2017 file photo shows director Ava DuVernay at the 2017 Film Independent Filmmaker Grant and Spirit Award Nominees Brunch in West Hollywood, Calif. A new study finds that just 7 percent of the 250 highest-grossing films of 2016 were directed by women. In recent years, gender inequality in Hollywood has drawn increased scrutiny, including an ongoing investigation by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
plant_explosion_76620.jpg
Employees leave on East Highway Street in front of McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing after a possible explosion Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Dodge Center, Minn. (Andrew Link/Rochester Post Bulletin via AP)
alabama_hostage_standoff_31407.jpg
Law enforcement surround the Alabama Credit Union on reports of a hostage standoff in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, told al.com that a gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com via AP)
alabama_hostage_standoff_31756.jpg
Law enforcement surround the Alabama Credit Union on reports of a hostage standoff in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, told al.com that a gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com via AP)
alabama_hostage_standoff_35103.jpg
Law enforcement respond to the Alabama Credit Union on reports of a hostage standoff in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, told al.com that a gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com via AP)
alabama_hostage_standoff_49137.jpg
Law enforcement respond to the Alabama Credit Union on reports of a hostage standoff in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Lt. Teena Richardson, a Tuscaloosa police spokeswoman, told al.com that a gunman entered the building and took the employees inside hostage. (Ben Flanagan/AL.com via AP)
health_overhaul_sign-ups_03243.jpg
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page as seen in Washington. The Obama administration says 11.5 million people have enrolled for coverage under the president's health care law as of Dec. 24. That's about 290,000 more sign-ups than last year at the same time, despite the Republican vow to repeal "Obamacare." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Health_Overhaul_Sign-ups_03243.jpg-8e48e.jpg
In this Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page as seen in Washington. On Jan. 20, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order that takes aim at the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, which requires Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty to the government at tax time. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**
1_8_2017_b1-moor-adjustable-8201.jpg
Adjustable Tax, AMerica Working Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
obama_legacy_health_care_23775.jpg
FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016 file photo, the HealthCare.gov web site home page is seen on a laptop in Washington. President Barack Obama’s health law is in jeopardy, but his health care legacy is certain to endure. That’s because of broad public support for many of the underlying principles _ along with lasting conflicts over how to secure those principles. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
airport_shooting_florida_44202.jpg
A Union City Police walks inside a police barrier on 20th Street in Union City, N.J., after attention was brought to a home believed to be inhabited by possible family members of the suspect in the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Union City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
winter_weather_tennessee_19513.jpg
Luis Morales laughs as Salvador Damazo crashes into him, while pushing him, down a hill at the West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex in Jackson, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. (C.B. Schmelter/The Jackson Sun via AP)
bc--wy--working_moms_93548.jpg
Morgan Thrasher, a graduate of CLIMB Wyoming's HVAC program, pauses during work on Dec. 15. 2016. Thrasher was hired by Laramie Mechanical after graduating from the program. (Shannon Broderick /Laramie Daily Boomerang via AP)
1_5_2017_new-congress-trump8201.jpg
Rep. Tom Price, nominated to head the Health and Human Services Department, is the first target of Senate Democrats, who are demanding more information about his stock trades in health care. (Associated Press)
legislature-gop_agenda_52170.jpg
Democratic state Rep. Rocky Adkins greets union workers outside of the state House chamber on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Frankfort, Ky. House Republicans were scheduled to pass several bills targeting labor unions on the third day of the legislative session. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)
obama_19458.jpg
President Barack Obama leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, about his signature health care law with members of Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
1_2_2017_b1keenelgrussia8201.jpg
The Old Soviet Union Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
Ebola.jpg
Health workers wearing protective gear wait to carry the body of a person suspected to have died from Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia, on Oct. 13, 2014. (Associated Press)
the_year_in_albany_40885.jpg
FILE - In this March 10, 2016 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a rally for paid family leave in New York. The year 2016 saw New York raise the minimum wage and extend paid family leave while state officials confronted yet another corruption scandal. Lawmakers also voted to regulate daily fantasy sports, legalize mixed martial arts and repeal a particularly unpopular tax. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
