Can the US Tolerate More Help from the Labor Department?

The Aspen Times ^ | March 22, 2012 | Charlie Leonard

[Aspenhuskerette]

Given the fact that the U.S. Department of Labor is responsible for reporting unemployment statistics each week, and those numbers remain pretty dismal despite some recent gains, you would think the folks running that agency would be bending over backward to help promote and create new employment opportunities. Instead, it's U.S. businesses that the Labor Department has bent over — and it's not to help them get some exercise or stretch their job-creating muscles.

Let's review just a few of the major Labor Department announcements during the past three years of the Obama administration.

When the president took office, his No. 1 labor priority was to advocate for a union-favored election tactic called “card check,”

[CaptainAmiigaf]

The reason why, in this age, highly skilled independent crafts and tradesmen will NEVER consider taking on an apprentice to pass on their skills and knowledge.
I became an apprentice at the age of 10, and at 77 am still at work, receiving work from across the USA, simply because I am in what is called sadly a “Dying trade”.
My “pay” as I learned.... a Coke and hamburger mid-afternoon.