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National Edition News cover for October 8, 2015 - GOP barbs hit Obama in campaign for legacy: President Barack Obama attends a conversation co-hosted by Coworker.org during the White House Summit on Worker Voice, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Workers, employers, unions, organizers and other advocates were meeting on how to energize a new generation of Americans to come together and recognize the potential power of their voice at work. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Ben Carson has written his ninth book, "A More Perfect Union." (Sentinel Books)
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California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an equal-pay measure that lets female employees challenge pay discrimination based on the wages a company pays to other employees who do similar work. Equal Rights Advocates lauded the law as "the strongest equal-pay law in the country," while the California Political Review predicted the bill would usher in "government control of wages and work." (Associated Press)
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Senior health care Strapped by Obamacare Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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About 3,000 Romanian doctors emigrate every year to work abroad, where they get better salaries and working conditions. (Associated Press)
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National Edition Opinion cover for October 6, 2015 - Big Labor’s assault on employee freedom (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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Illustration on employees flight from the burdens of Big Labor by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Rah-Rah Ralley for Unionization Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Soviet Union and Russian Victory banner
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Illustration on merging health insurance providers by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Moulton Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa. Clinton is calling for the repeal of part of President Barack Obama's health care law, the so-called "Cadillac tax" on health insurance that's unpopular with large corporations and unions alike. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (CREDIT)
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TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger speaks at a news conference on security for the U.S. rail system at Union Station in Washington on Sept. 3, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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2013 World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro
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Office workers sit for hours on end, with health consequences in the mix. (AP Photo)
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In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, produce is placed on a Whole Foods paper bag in Andover, Mass. Grocery chain Whole Foods is cutting about 1,500 jobs, or 1.6 percent of its workforce, over the next eight weeks as it looks to lower prices and keep up with competition, the company announced Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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Protesters participate in a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on March 25, 2015, as the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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In this July 22, 2015, file photo, supporters of a $15 minimum wage for fast-food workers rally in front of a McDonald's in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, Pope Francis greets nuns of the Little Sisters of the Poor order during a private meeting at their convent, in Washington. The Little Sisters of the Poor is a religious order that is suing the Obama administration over a requirement in the Affordable Care Act that employers provide health insurance that covers birth control. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
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A provision in the spending bill would let the Trump administration raise the cap from 66,000 foreign workers to more than 135,000. (Associated Press/File)
