Tag: Labor unions

The sign of a Walmart store in San Jose, Calif. (AP/Jeff Chiu)

Beltway Confidential

Walmart alleges union activists stormed ladies room in Michigan store

Sean Higgins · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Shown is an interior view of a new Silverliner V passenger train car in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 13, 2010 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philly transit talks stall, but no strike planned

Maryclaire Dale · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Workers are leaving traditional labor unions and have been doing so for years. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Labor’s lackeys stack the deck but workers keep leaving unions

Washington Examiner · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Morocco’s unions unite to protest gov’t austerity

Washington Examiner · April 6, 2014 11:06 am

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten speaks to the crowd during the "One Voice United" rally in Albany, N.Y., on June 8. (AP Photo/Shannon DeCelle)

Examiner Editorial: Teachers union strong-arms the financial community

Washington Examiner · April 5, 2014 4:00 am

A passenger stands in the terminal at the Frankfurt airport as Lufthansa pilots went on a three-day strike in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Germany's Lufthansa said it has canceled almost 900 domestic and intercontinental flights on the first day of a three-day strike by the pilots' union. Airline spokeswoman Barbara Schaedler said that up to 900 flights were canceled for Wednesday and that it expects to cancel about 3,800 flights altogether, affecting more than 425,000 passengers. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Lufthansa cancels 900 flights due to strike

Kirsten Grieshaber · April 2, 2014 1:17 pm

Northwestern quarterbacks Zack Oliver, center, and Christian Salem, right, throw as the football team participates in an NCAA college spring football practice Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Evanston, Ill. After spring break, Northwestern resumed spring football practices with a huge issue that could change the college sports landscape hanging over their heads. A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that the team can bargain with the school as employees. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

College athletes take labor cause to Capitol Hill

Kimberly Hefling · April 2, 2014 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Robert Menendez blocked GOP effort to honor Cesar Chavez’s immigration stance

Sean Higgins · April 1, 2014 4:00 am

Amazon workers on strike in Germany

Washington Examiner · March 31, 2014 5:56 am

Documents obtained following Freedom of Information Act requests filed with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Naval Criminal Investigative Service, are displayed at the AP office in Tokyo on Jan. 29. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

FOIA exemptions provide ample cover for bureaucrats hiding agency secrets, transparency advocates say

Mark Flatten · March 31, 2014 4:00 am

Farm labor leader Cesar Chavez speaks at Boston University in Boston, Ma., Feb. 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Beltway Confidential

Labor Secretary cites Cesar Chavez, ignores his opposition to immigration

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2014 4:00 am

Union opposes legislative action on minimum wage

Washington Examiner · March 30, 2014 1:49 pm