Labor unions

Several warehouse workers marched through a northwestern Indiana Walmart store as they protested what they called freezing work conditions. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Walmart warehouse workers protest work conditions

January 29, 2014 5:00 am

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (John Gress/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

New questions raised about decision to let SEIU represent Illinois home health care workers

Sean Higgins -

January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Education

California students file suit to nix tenure law

Washington Examiner -

January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Workers inspect the doors of a new Passat inside the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga Tenn., Wednesday. May 24,2011. (AP Photo/Billy Weeks)

Columnists

Look for the union label to see how NLRB will rule in 2014

Sean Higgins -

January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Business

Union membership holds steady at 11.3 percent

Sam Hananel -

January 24, 2014 4:46 pm

Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)

Beltway Confidential

NLRB lawyers push dropping complaints against UAW, VW in Chattanooga case

Sean Higgins -

January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Private-sector union membership surged last year to 7.3 million, and membership in public-sector organized labor slid to 7.2 million. This marks the first time in five years that the total private-sector membership actually exceeded that of its federal, state and local government counterpart. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

In reversal, private-sector union membership now exceeds public sector

Sean Higgins -

January 24, 2014 5:00 am

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)

Economy

Membership in labor unions holds steady in 2013

Sean Lengell -

January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Union leader Joseph Mathunjwa, center, sings and dances with mine workers outside the Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Allied Metal and Construction Workers Union (AMCU) at Lonmin in Marikana, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Impala mines started a strike on Thursday pushing for an entry-level monthly salary of 12,500 rand (1147 US Dollars). (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Business

Platinum miners strike in South Africa

Ed Brown -

January 23, 2014 5:36 pm

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is pledging to commit up to $350 million in state funds to help Detroit as the bankrupt city tries to shore up pension funds that are billions in debt and prevent valuable city-owned art from being sold. (AP/Detroit Free Press, Ryan Garza )

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder backs plan to give bankrupt Detroit $350m

David Eggert -

January 23, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Labor unions

Walmart warehouse workers protest work conditions

New questions raised about decision to let SEIU represent Illinois home health care workers

California students file suit to nix tenure law

Look for the union label to see how NLRB will rule in 2014

Union membership holds steady at 11.3 percent

NLRB lawyers push dropping complaints against UAW, VW in Chattanooga case

In reversal, private-sector union membership now exceeds public sector

Membership in labor unions holds steady in 2013

Platinum miners strike in South Africa

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder backs plan to give bankrupt Detroit $350m

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