Tag: Labor unions

The state of Oregon, faced with limited Medicaid funds, held a lottery in which the winners got Medicaid coverage and the losers did not. This provided the opportunity to conduct a randomized study of the effects of Medicaid coverage.

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare tax change will benefit union insurance plans

Sean Higgins · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George Cohen is resigning only days after learning he is a target of a congressional inquiry spurred by a Washington Examiner series. (AP Photo)

Head of scandal-plagued FMCS to resign following Washington Examiner series

Luke Rosiak · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Worker centers are doing unions’ dirty work for the holidays

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Damon Silvers, policy director for the AFL-CIO, which hired him in 1997 after officials took notice of his ability to communicate just as well with Wall Street titans as he could with factory workers.

Seattle Times: AFL-CIO policy chief aims to stop unions’ decline

Washington Examiner · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Walmart associates, as the storeâs hourly employees are called, are given the option to be off on Thanksgiving or work for holiday pay, 25 percent good-in-December store discounts and free hot meals during breaks, said company spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan. (AP/Nick Ut)

Macy’s joining Walmart on Thanksgiving energizes labor

Bloomberg News · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

State labor commission votes to start union recertification elections

Washington Examiner · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., considered a leading conservative voice within the Republican Party, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 7. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Conservatives should stop worrying and love the ‘nuclear option’

David Freddoso · November 24, 2013 5:00 am

San Jose Mercury News: BART board rejects family leave clause in labor deal

Washington Examiner · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker said Friday he had little interest in pursuing a right to work law for his state. (AP Photo)

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Scott Walker: No need to pursue ‘right to work’ in Wisconsin

Sean Higgins · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

The Street: US Airways/AMR merger means a labor union must exit

Washington Examiner · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

Boeing Commercial AirplanesÃÂ President and CEO Ray Conner speaks during a press conference after a test flight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in Tokyo on April 28. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

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Boeing disputes report it has decided to move Washington state production

Sean Higgins · November 22, 2013 5:00 am

Two Wisconsin public sector unions failed to achieve re-certification Thursday, the latest sign that Gov. Scott Walker's sweeping reforms to the state's rules for public employee unions are causing workers to abandon labor organizations. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

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Wisconsin unions struggle to stay certified

Sean Higgins · November 22, 2013 5:00 am