This Supreme Court Case Is The Biggest Threat To Organized Labor In Years

– Huffington Post

If the court rules against AFSCME, the entire U.S. public sector would essentially be a “right-to-work” zone – meaning employees could no longer be required to pay anything to the unions that bargain on their behalf. There are already 28 “right-to-work” states; the Janus case would affect the other 22 states, which have an estimated 5 million public sector workers.

 

Retail Jobs Reality Likely Isn’t As Grim As It Appears

– The Wall Street Journal

In a year when U.S. employers added more than 2 million jobs, one dark spot in 2017 appeared to be the retail industry. But those dire numbers, the worst among major industry categories, likely overstate job losses in the retail sector more broadly.

 

Wage Growth: Why Some American Workers Aren’t Benefiting

– CBS News

Service workers’ wage growth lags behind other segments of the workforce but that could change due to a shrinking labor pool.

 

Tax Reform Isn’t Over — Here Come The States

– Governing

Red states are considering tax cuts that rival recent federal cuts and blue states are proposing creative “tax shift” strategies to recapture federal deductibility that was recently lost.