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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan announces a Republican plan to repeal and replace President Obama's health care law. (Associated Press)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, photo, a driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his front windshield drops off a customer in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
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Kevin A. Cullen, an employee at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, has been charged for stealing a wallet from a deceased veteran and using his credit cards to purchase pizza and video games. (Sumter County Sheriff)
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Photo by actress Elizabeth Hurley from a June 22 tweet urging Britons to vote in the June 23 "Brexit" referendum on the UK leaving the European Union.
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Workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation outside the town of Rifle in western Colorado, on March 29, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Ruthann Joyce directs members of Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union to a voting room, Thursday June 16, 2016, in Atlantic City, N.J., as the union decides whether to authorize a strike against Bally’s, Caesars, Harrah’s, Tropicana casinos. The union has already authorized a strike against the Trump Taj Mahal. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Opponents of a proposed sugary drink tax demonstrate outside City Hall in Philadelphia on June 8. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the impact of a rising minimum wages by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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George Wendt. (Dave Kapp)
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House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington on June 9, 2016, to unveil the national security plank of the Republican agenda and discuss recommendations from their Congressional National Security Task Force. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Illustration on the national jobs crisis by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Employees work at their stations at the Target Technology Innovation Center office in San Francisco. At a 21 percent turnover rate last year, millennials were three times more likely than nonmillennials to report changing jobs, and 60 percent said they were currently open to a change in employment, more than 15 points higher than nonmillennials. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser hired five community outreach officers to try to find at-risk youths so they can get enrolled in a job-training program that provides stipends that could lead to full-time jobs. (Associated Press)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a United Food and Commercial Workers International union Legislative and Political Affairs conference in Las Vegas. Despite widespread support for Democrats, rank-and-file members from throughout the union movement are flocking to Donald Trump's populist, tough-on-trade message. (Associated PRess)
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In this Wednesday, May 18, 2016, file photo, a woman passes a "We're Hiring!" sign while entering a clothing store in the Downtown Crossing of Boston. On Friday, June 3, 2016, the U.S. government issues the May jobs report. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Illustration on unions benefitting from minimum wage hikes by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Dr. Henry Heimlich, M.D. Screen-captured from YouTube video hosted at http://www.deaconess-healthcare.com/Heimlich_Institute/About_Dr._Heimlich. Accessed May 27, 2016.
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An employee of the Russia's national drug-testing laboratory holds a vial in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) **FILE**
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Illustration on reclaiming American employees' stake in industry by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a United Food and Commercial Workers International union Legislative and Political Affairs conference, Thursday, May 26, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)