Tag: Labor

In this September 2017 photo, students walk to class on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. As academia becomes increasingly competitive in attracting top students and staff, universities are turning to retail to create study, work, and play environments that set themselves apart.

NLRB proposes rule that would prevent students from unionizing

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2019 12:53 pm

Magazine - Features

Manmade disasters

James Poulos · September 20, 2019 3:00 am

United Auto Workers President Gary Jones, left, and General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra sit to open their contract talks in Detroit, Tuesday, July 16, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

General Motors should tell the UAW to take a hike

Tom Rogan · September 17, 2019 6:46 pm

In this June 19, 2019, photo a worker carries supplies for a new house in a Brandon, Mississippi, neighborhood.

Hammer time: US construction index at record high, more work than workers

Paul Bedard · September 17, 2019 6:31 pm

Eugene Scalia speaks at an event.

GOP sets quick vote for Trump labor secretary pick Eugene Scalia

Sean Higgins · September 17, 2019 5:54 pm

Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks about the party's legislative priorities.

Ilhan Omar claims jobs program she crafted with Booker will ‘pay for itself’

Julio Rosas · September 17, 2019 1:35 am

GM autoworkers go on nationwide strike

Sean Higgins · September 16, 2019 7:35 am

Democratic presidential candidates are introduced for the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC on the campus of Texas Southern University Thursday in Houston.

Democrats have to take sides on charter schools

Washington Examiner · September 15, 2019 4:00 am

French President Emmanuel Macron waits before an event.

Beltway Confidential

Macron must not buckle on pension reform

Tom Rogan · September 13, 2019 6:39 pm

Dennis Williams, president of the United Auto Workers union (UAW), speaks during the start of labor negotiations with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA), at the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. With negotiations kicking off this month between U.S. carmakers and their main domestic labor union, talks involving Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV are poised to be the most contentious.

Feds investigating current and former UAW union bosses for yearslong embezzlement scheme

Tim Pearce · September 13, 2019 6:25 pm

Union members from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

SEIU accused of union-busting by its own staff

Sean Higgins · September 13, 2019 6:23 pm

Newark-Liberty airport police on Thursday received an unspecified bomb threat to a British Airways flight en route from London's Heathrow Airport. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

British Airways cancels ‘nearly 100%’ of flights amid pilot strike

Zach Halaschak · September 9, 2019 4:26 pm