Bureau of Labor Statistics
The New York Times journalist noted that the president's claims resulted in a real-time fact check.
William Beach criticized the president for the shock firing of Erika McEntarfer, his successor at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
He claimed "patterns" in revisions to labor data, but balked when asked to provide specific proof.
The president unceremoniously sacked the Bureau of Labor Statistics' top boss after weak employment numbers were released Friday.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"There is absolutely no chance that the BLS commissioner manipulated the jobs and unemployment data to hurt Donald Trump," a former labor official says.
Trump’s unhinged, on-again, off-again tariff scheme led to a weak jobs report Friday.
But any talk of a strike resurgence needs to be put in the historical context of a major long-term decline.
"Discouraged" workers who've given up on looking for a job aren't counted in the official unemployment rate.
Telecommuting tends to be a luxury for higher earners. The nature of service jobs, in particular, can make it impossible.
There were 25 work stoppages -- involving 425,500 total workers -- last year.