Steel Is Booming, But Workers Are Fuming - Mother Jones

The Washington Post reports that Donald Trump's steel tariffs have caused the domestic steel industry to boom: ....
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/10/steel-is-booming-but-workers-are-fuming/

Scott Pruitt Is Having Yet Another Scandal-Ridden Day - Mother Jones

For Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt, the scandals just won't let up. The acting director of the Office of Government Ethics has written a stern letter outlining concerns over Pruitt's seemingly endless list of controversies, warning that the American public's trust in government was being imperiled by his mounting scandals.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/04/scott-pruitt-is-having-yet-another-scandal-ridden-day/

5 lies Scott Pruitt told this week about his mounting scandals - Vox

The EPA Administrator is trying to defend himself against ethics questions surrounding a housing deal with a lobbyist, first-class travel, and improper raises for aides ...
https://www.vox.com/2018/4/7/17207350/5-lies-scott-pruitt

Three months into the tax cuts, significant wage gains seem elusive - The Washington Post: Analysis

Earnings for nonsupervisory employees are up 0.2 of a percent from January through March. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/04/06/three-months-into-the-tax-cuts-significant-wage-gains-seem-elusive/

Trump floated replacing Sessions with Pruitt this week - CNNPolitics

President Donald Trump floated replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Scott Pruitt as recently as this week, even as the scandal-ridden head of the Environmental Protection Agency has faced a growing list of negative headlines, according to people close to the President....

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/05/politics/scott-pruitt-trump-jeff-sessions/index.html

EPA’s Pruitt gave big raises to two close aides after being rebuffed by the White House - The Washington Post

A top aide at the Environmental Protection Agency, who recently received a 33 percent raise from Administrator Scott Pruitt despite a lack of approval from the White House, helped shop for housing options for him and his wife last year, according to several individuals with knowledge of the matter.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/03/epas-pruitt-gave-big-raises-to-two-close-aides-after-being-rebuffed-by-the-white-house/

These teachers work up to 6 jobs. Now they're fed up and ready to walk out - CNN

Craig Troxell steps precariously across a customer's roof, marking hail damage from yet another Oklahoma storm. He still smells of the freshly cut grass from the swanky side of town, where he had just mowed lawns to make a few extra dollars. ...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/31/us/oklahoma-teachers-profiles/index.html

Pfizer CEO gets 61% pay raise—to $27.9 million—as drug prices continue to climb – Ars Technica

As drug giant Pfizer Inc. hiked the price of dozens of drugs in 2017, it also jacked up the compensation of CEO Ian Read by 61 percent, putting his total compensation at $27.9 million, according to financial filings reported by Bloomberg.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/amid-drug-price-increases-pfizer-ceo-gets-61-pay-raise-to-27-9-million/

Trump’s Objections Require Some Corrections - The New York Times

President Trump said that American troops would receive the largest pay raise in a decade and that Democrats fought against a solution for Dreamers. Neither claim is true. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/us/politics/fact-check-military-pay-immigrants.html

Doctors in Quebec oppose pay raises, say the money should go to overworked nurses - ThinkProgress.org

More than 750 physicians, residents, and medical students in Quebec signed an online petition asking that a recent hike in their salaries be canceled and that the funds go, instead, to overburdened nurses and patients in need of health care. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/doctors-quebec-pay-raise-overworked-nurses-4cf8c444a7a8/

Teachers union demands $10K raises, increased funding for education, state agencies | KTUL

The Oklahoma Education Association has laid out its demands for lawmakers to prevent a strike, and the list goes way beyond just teachers. The state teachers union announced Wednesday that Oklahoma lawmakers have until April 1 to pass a budget with meaningful pay raises for teachers and increased funding for education. If an agreement is not reached before then, teachers will go on strike and schools will begin to close.....
http://ktul.com/news/local/state-teachers-union-to-hold-teletown-hall-after-releasing-demands-for-lawmakers

Democrats slam Ryan over deleted tweet -- POLITICO

The speaker's campaign erased a tweet touting a woman saying her pay went up $1.50 a week because of the tax cut law. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/03/paul-ryan-deleted-tweet-tax-democrats-389082?cid=apn