Sam Hananel

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Critics: Some unions could get break from fees

Sam Hananel · November 7, 2013 8:28 am

AP source: OSHA wants safety reports made public

Sam Hananel · November 7, 2013 4:54 am

Some unions could get break from health care fees

Sam Hananel · November 6, 2013 10:18 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says the goal is to spur House Republicans to support legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally. (AP File)

Unions ramp up push for immigration overhaul

Sam Hananel · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Federal workers to get back pay in next paycheck

Sam Hananel · October 17, 2013 4:31 pm

Some furloughed workers recalled to duty

Sam Hananel · October 16, 2013 6:40 am

In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, Marcelo del Canto, right, a budget analyst for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, demonstrates during a rally against the government shut down during a federal union workers demonstration with congressmen outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. These days, many federal workers are frustrated, anxious and growing tired of being pawns in a never-ending political struggle over government funding. Both he and his federally-employed wife been furloughed and worry about making the next mortgage payment on a house they bought in March. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US government work is losing cachet for some

Sam Hananel · October 7, 2013 8:18 am

With hours to go until a possible government shutdown, visitors tour the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. Capitol officials said today that if a shutdown goes into effect, all organized tours of the Capitol and the Capitol Visitors Center will be suspended. The Senate has the next move on must-do legislation required to keep the government open, and the Democratic-led chamber is expected to reject the latest effort from House Republicans to use a normally routine measure to attack President Barack Obama's signature health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal workers get shutdown instructions

Sam Hananel · October 1, 2013 7:39 am

With hours to go until a possible government shutdown, visitors tour the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. Capitol officials said today that if a shutdown goes into effect, all organized tours of the Capitol and the Capitol Visitors Center will be suspended. The Senate has the next move on must-do legislation required to keep the government open, and the Democratic-led chamber is expected to reject the latest effort from House Republicans to use a normally routine measure to attack President Barack Obama's signature health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal workers prepare for shutdown process

Sam Hananel · October 1, 2013 4:04 am

Shutdown impact: Tourists, military hit quickly

Sam Hananel · September 28, 2013 3:58 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., the Republican Conference chair, left, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, after a closed-door strategy session. Pressure is building on Republicans over legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown, as the Democratic-led Senate is expected to strip a tea party-backed plan to defund the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare," from their bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Preparing for shutdown, government plans furloughs

Sam Hananel · September 27, 2013 9:26 pm

Labor Dept.: Same-sex spouses have benefit rights

Sam Hananel · September 19, 2013 12:05 am