Tag: Labor unions

GRAPHIC: Union political spending from 1989 to 2013

Chris Henderson · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

The average price for a hamburger and fries at the Restaurant Opportunities Center's High Road restaurants totals $20.50. (Thinkstock)

Union group’s minimum wage lobbying undercut by its ‘model’ restaurants

Mike Paranzino · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

A group of employees for the liberal nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America issued a statement late Monday stating that they "feel betrayed" by management's refusal to recognize their bid to join a union. (Screenshot of the statement issued by Media Matters for America)

Beltway Confidential

Media Matters employees ‘feel betrayed’ by anti-union actions

Sean Higgins · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Detroit reaches deal with city’s largest union

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 6:40 pm

Developer: New Jersey megamall to be done in 2016

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 4:26 pm

Obama's transparent political cynicism is incredible. But it's more than that. It shows his disregard for jobs and economic growth for blue-collar union workers who used to be Democrats. (AP Photo)

Anti-business President Obama strikes again

Lawrence Kudlow · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Today, only one of every 10 working Americans are union members. (Thinkstock)

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Washington Examiner special report looks at why labor unions are out of touch with America

Mark Tapscott · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Fewer than 10 percent of all currently unionized workers have ever voted on whether to have a union. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Five-day series finds unions withering and in need of reform

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

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Monday meme: Media Matters’ union hypocrisy

Ashe Schow · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

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Media Matters digs in to stop union from organizing its workers

Sean Higgins · April 27, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this April 24, 2014 file photo, protesters from labor organizations hold banners and placards during a protest to support workers on strike at Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. outside a Adidas shop at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Most of the tens of thousands of workers who were striking at a massive Chinese shoe factory complex have returned to the job, labor activists said Saturday, April 26, enabling Adidas to resume production there. The Germany-based athletic wear giant said workers returned Friday to its factory run by Taiwanese-owned Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of athletic shoes. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Strike at Chinese shoe factory ends partially

Washington Examiner · April 26, 2014 1:06 pm

Miles of pipe ready to become part of the Keystone Pipeline are stacked in a field near Ripley, Okla. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

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On Keystone pipeline, Democratic stalwart Laborers Union finds itself outbid by one enviro-billionaire

Byron York · April 26, 2014 4:00 am