Tag: Labor unions

A coal miner looks on during a campaign rally at American Energy Corportation on August 14, 2012 in Beallsville, Ohio. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Miners’ union slams EPA proposal, warns of job losses

Sean Higgins · June 2, 2014 10:52 pm

Surrounded by veterans and GOP House members, Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., left, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, finishes a statement calling for reforms in the wake of gross mismanagement and misconduct at VA hospitals, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May, 29, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Jeff Miller wants Veterans Affairs’ ‘official time’ employees doing union work back on their regular jobs

Mark Flatten · June 2, 2014 10:39 pm

What right to work did in Michigan, the Supreme Court might soon do nationally: In the case of Harris v. Quinn, the justices must decide if Illinois state government can force its own public sector employees to participate in a union. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Supreme Court could deliver crippling blow to Big Labor

Sean Higgins · June 2, 2014 1:07 pm

Las Vegas casino strike averted with agreements

Martin Griffith · June 1, 2014 7:06 pm

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) president Richard Trumka addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at Los Angeles Convention Center Monday, Sept 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Examiner Editorial: Unions that backed Obamacare now whine about higher costs

Washington Examiner · May 31, 2014 10:00 pm

Talks at 5 Vegas casinos may avert planned strike

Michelle Rindels · May 30, 2014 6:49 pm

Staffing company ending Detroit schools contract

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 10:01 am

24-hour strike at Aer Lingus snarls Irish airports

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 8:29 am

Union rep says LAX expansion overshadows security

Kevin Freking · May 29, 2014 11:25 pm

Members of a coalition working to raise Michigan's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, from the current $7.40 an hour, prepare to file more than 300,000 signatures Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Lansing, Mich., for a measure to appear on the November ballot. The signature submission comes one day after Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation raising the minimum wage to $9.25 an hour by 2018. (AP Photo/Emma Fidel)

Grassroots group submits petition for wage raise

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 8:05 pm

Another Vegas casino agrees to pact with unions

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 2:37 pm

2 Vegas casinos reach tentative union contracts

Michelle Rindels · May 27, 2014 7:44 pm