Tag: Labor unions

Beltway Confidential

Are Twinkies now anti-union?

Sean Higgins · May 1, 2013 4:00 am

Montgomery Council approves union raises

Kate Jacobson · April 30, 2013 4:00 am

Sean Higgins: Nothing sweet about labor relations at Hostess

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

New Hostess owners walk back anti-union comments

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

California lawsuit would relieve nonunion teachers of paying dues

Joel Gehrke · April 30, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Labor clashes likely to follow return of Twinkies

Sean Higgins · April 29, 2013 4:00 am

Montgomery County union pay raises head to council after committee OK

Kate Jacobson · April 25, 2013 4:00 am

In a report issued in February, the Office of Personnel Management announced that the federal government paid more than $156 million in 2011 for hours that career civil service employees spent working for their unions, up from $139 million in 2010 and $129 million in 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Diana Furchtgott-Roth: Stop paying federal air traffic controllers to do union work

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · April 23, 2013 4:00 am

It is not unusual for a candidate's ties to special-interest groups to become a hot-button campaign issue, but when both candidates in a race are liberal Democrats in a deep blue state, and the issue is who is too close to unions, that deserves close attention. (AP Photo)

Sean Higgins: Public, private unions’ solidarity split in L.A. mayor’s race

Sean Higgins · April 23, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Wisconsin unions ask court to block collective bargaining changes

Sean Higgins · April 23, 2013 4:00 am

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray drew the ire of Joslyn Williams, the president of the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO, when he asked Congress to allow the city to avoid paying about $36 million in overtime that firefighters earned years ago and is the subject of ongoing litigation. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Union chief takes aim at Vincent Gray amid overtime dispute

Alan Blinder · April 22, 2013 4:00 am

After months of bargaining with Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, thousands of unionized county employees will get double-digit pay raises over the next two years if a panel of County Council members support the plan. (Photo: Examiner file)

Montgomery County panel indicates support for union raises

Andy Brownfield · April 22, 2013 4:00 am