Puzder’s nomination as labor secretary comes under attack; Alexander defends him
Senate Democrats and labor advocates demanded Thursday that Franklin, Tenn., resident Andrew Puzder withdraw his nomination as labor secretary because the fast-food executive’s record shows he would...
View ArticleAlexander, Corker offer respect for Puzder’s withdrawal
Start of a Breitbart News report The chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee expressed his support for businessman Andy Puzder’s nomination for Labor Secretary Wednesday...
View ArticleTN unemployment rate fell from 5.1% to 4.7% in April, biggest decline since 1984
News release from Department of Labor and Workforce Development NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) Commissioner Burns Phillips announces a preliminary...
View ArticleMemphis boosts grants to 1968 sanitation strikers to $70K
The Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to increase the grants going to city workers who participated in the city’s 1968 sanitation strike, reports the Commercial Appeal. The council voted 10-0 to give...
View ArticleTN 3.3% unemployment rate is lowest in Southeast
News release from Department of Labor and Workforce Development NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) Commissioner Burns Phillips announces a preliminary...
View ArticleTN unemployment rate falls to lowest level ever recorded (again)
News release from the governor’s office NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips today announced the state unemployment rate...
View ArticleTNDP backs ‘Medicare for all,’ $15 minimum wage and medical marijuana
News release from Tennessee Democratic Party On Saturday, October 28, 2017, the Executive Committee of the Tennessee Democratic Party passed three resolutions supporting progressive policies. First...
View ArticleSenate approves revision in rules for online job contract companies
After a half-hour of debate, the state Senate approved 25-3 Monday night a bill that revises legal restrictions for online “marketplace platform” companies that collect a fee for putting those needing...
View ArticlePolitico: TN one of six states with no enforcement of minimum wage rules
Excerpt from a Sunday Politico piece: As Democrats make raising the minimum wage a centerpiece of their 2018 campaigns, and Republicans call for states to handle the issue, both are missing an...
View ArticleApril figures show TN employment higher, wages lower
Tennessee employers added 45,000 jobs across the state in the past year, lowering the state’s seasonally-adjusted jobless rate from 4 percent a year ago to 3.4 percent last month, reports the Times...
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