Labor

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In this April 22, 2015, file photo, a sign at a recruiting station for Leslie's Pool supplies boasts that it is a great place to work during a National Career Fairs job fair, in Chicago. The Labor Department released employment data for April on Friday, May 8, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Labor union members and supporters listen during a rally as Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces a plan to get a minimum $15 an hour wage hike for fast-food workers, Thursday, May 7, 2015, in New York. Cuomo is proposing a plan to get a minimum wage hike that doesn't require legislative approval. Cuomo said he will direct the state labor commissioner to examine the minimum wage in the fast-food industry. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and MoveOn.org Civic Action launched a series of web videos in an interactive online campaign to test out ideas from the liberal agenda, starting with videos promoting a $15 minimum "living wage" and other laws to help working families.

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Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and MoveOn.org Civic Action launched a series of web videos in an interactive online campaign to test out ideas from the liberal agenda, starting with videos promoting a $15 minimum "living wage" and other laws to help working families.

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National Edition News cover for May 7, 2015 - Trump hires political players: Donald Trump waves after speaking at the Freedom Summit, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who, along with a review board must approve the decision to keep any employees deemed to have intentionally cheated on their taxes, has insisted things at his agency have improved over the last two years. (Associated Press)

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apprenticeship: Donald Trump has hired several high-profile political operatives in what many believe as laying the groundwork for a potential 2016 White House run. While continually hinting, Mr. Trump has not yet formally announced a bid. (Associated Press)

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In this March 25, 2015, file photo, Margot Riphagen, of New Orleans, wears a birth control pills costume as she protests in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, 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. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Hillary Rodham Clinton has been under intense pressure from her Democratic Party's left wing to embrace a plan to expand Social Security benefits and pay for it with increased taxes on wealthy Americans. (Associated Press)

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National Edition News cover for April 21, 2015 - Clinton refuses to disclose if she collects Social Security benefits : Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a round table discussion with employees at Whitney Brothers during a campaign stop, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Keene, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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This image made from video shows the scene following a bomb attack on a van carrying U.N. employees in Garowe, in the semiautonomous Puntland region of northern Somalia Monday, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo)

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This image provided by the Department of Health and Human Services shows a portion of the HealthCare.gov website. (AP Photo/HHS)

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This image provided by the Department of Health and Human Services shows a portion of the HealthCare.gov Website. Republican or Democrat, the next president will have the chance to remake the nation’s health care overhaul without fighting Congress. The law signed by President Barack Obama includes a waiver that, starting in 2017, would let states take federal dollars now invested in the overhaul and use them to redesign their own health care systems. (AP Photo/HHS)

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National Edition News cover for April 18, 2015 - Obamacare fails to deliver on free birth control as some insurers charge fees: FILE - This May 28, 1999, file photo shows a new birth control pill container designed to look like a woman's makeup compact for Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., of Raritan, N.J., displayed at the manufacturer's assembly line. More than half of privately insured women are getting free birth control due to President Barack Obama’s health care law, part of a big shift that’s likely to continue despite the Supreme Court allowing some employers with religious objections to opt out. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)

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Union attempts to organize fast food illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican and possible 2016 presidential hopeful, called for raising the retirement age and "means-testing" Social Security recipients to protect the future of the program. (Associated Press)

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hired gun: Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is under fire from the NRA due to his support of the NAGR, a rival gun rights advocacy group. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the negative effects of raising the minimum wage by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Sen., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks to employees after touring New Hampshire Ball Bearings Thursday April 9, 2015 in Laconia, N.H. Lindsey met with workers to discuss their support of legislation re-authorizing the Export-Import Bank. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)