Labor

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FILE - In this May 6, 2016, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Roughly 5 million more U.S. workers will soon become eligible for overtime pay under new rules issued by the Obama administration. The policy changes would benefit many salaried employees in the fast food and retail industries who often work long hours, are called managers, but are paid just above the current $23,660 annual threshold that allows companies to deny overtime pay. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Donald Trump has released position papers on six issues so far: tax reform, Second Amendment rights, reforms at Veterans Affairs, U.S.-China trade relations, health care and immigration, where he's released two papers. (Associated Press)

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The Perfect Storm to Break up the European Union Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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The City of Houston is admitting it made a mistake after the personal information of more than 800 current and former city employees was sold by the city at auction in February. (KHOU 11)

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Illustration on the damaging effects of a minimum wage hike by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes a photo with a supporter after a rally in Spokane, Wash., Saturday, May 7, 2016. Trump spent a second day in the Northwest on Saturday, telling supporters he'd win Washington state in November and decrying manufacturing job losses. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Spokane, Wash., Saturday, May 7, 2016. Trump spent a second day in the Northwest on Saturday, telling supporters he'd win Washington state in November and decrying manufacturing job losses. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Marshawn Lynch, a former NFL football running back with the Seattle Seahawks, speaks in this Thursday, May 5, 2016, file photo at a job fair in Seattle sponsored by the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, an organization backed by Starbucks and other companies that seeks to increase employment and education opportunities for youth aged 16-24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, a restaurant posts a sign indicating they are hiring, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

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A new study finds taxi drivers are likely to overcharge passengers who indicate their fare will be reimbursed by their employer. In this April 26, 2016 file photo taxi drivers line up their vehicles at Heroes' Square during their demonstration against the use of Uber rideshare application in downtown Budapest, Hungary. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP, file)

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves to supporters as he walks with first lady Cilia Flores during a labor Day march in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 1, 2016. President Maduro ordered a 30 percent increase in the minimum wage, the latest move by the socialist government to grapple with high inflation and economic stagnation. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. Expect insurers to seek significant premium increases under President Barack Obama’s health care law, in a wave of state-level requests rippling across the country ahead of the political conventions this summer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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In this March 15, 2013, file photo, a Facebook employee walks past a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp advises concerned voters to check out the conservative ratings of Congress as determined by their actual voting records. (American Conservative Union) ** FILE **

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Busboys and Poets owner Andy Shallal stands behind Mayor Bowser's plan to raise the wage for restaurant wait staff, adding he hopes it will lead to living wages and do away with tipping. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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Afghan health care workers help a wounded man at a hospital after a Taliban-claimed suicide attack in Kabul. Armed militants in Afghanistan staged the coordinated assault on a key government security agency in the capital Tuesday morning, killing at least 28 and wounding more than 300 people.

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Illustration on the negative impact of Obamacare on United Healthcare by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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"When this campaign began, I said that we've got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7 and a quarter, raise it to $15," Sen. Bernard Sanders said at a Democratic presidential debate in Brooklyn. "Secretary Clinton said, 'Raise it to $12.' There's a difference. What has happened is history has outpaced Secretary Clinton because all over this country people are standing up and saying $12 is not good enough." (Associated Press)