Tag: Labor

Eight unions told the AFL-CIO they want an alignment with climate activist Tom Steyer ended. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

Union rift spells trouble for greens’ anti-Trump PAC

John Siciliano · May 16, 2016 8:55 pm

State right-to-work laws have been on the books since the 1940s, and the federal government approved the practice in 1947 as part of the Taft-Hartley amendments to the National Labor Relations Act. (AP Photos)

Scalia’s death could doom right-to-work laws

Sean Higgins · May 16, 2016 4:01 am

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · May 16, 2016 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, speaks with Doug McCarron, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, left, and Bill Irwin Jr., executive director of the Carpenters International Training Center. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Unions pour $45 million into pro-Dem super PACs

Sean Higgins · May 14, 2016 4:01 am

"Early news reports, which said kiosks would be available in every Wendy's restaurant by the end of the year, were not quite accurate," Wendy's spokesman Bob Bertini said. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Minimum wage hikes push Wendy’s toward self-service

Sean Higgins · May 13, 2016 10:03 pm

Many of us are as likely to say "busy" to feel like we're in demand or accomplishing something important. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

No, you’re really not too busy

Daniel Allott · May 13, 2016 8:10 pm

If you go back in history, you will find much greater regional differences in wages between North and South. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Beltway Confidential

Does the data back up assertion that unions boost wages substantially?

Michael Barone · May 13, 2016 5:14 pm

Most charters aren't unionized, however, which is a major reason unions generally oppose them. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Beltway Confidential

Where teachers’ unions and school choice fans agree

Jason Russell · May 13, 2016 4:35 pm

First-time applications for unemployment benefits jumped to 274,000 in the last week of April. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jobless claims jump to 294,000, highest in a year

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2016 12:32 pm

Uber driver near an airport.

Uber deal with union a marriage of convenience, experts say

Sean Higgins · May 11, 2016 10:36 pm

Advertised job openings rose to 5.76 million in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Job openings rise to highest level in nearly a year

Joseph Lawler · May 10, 2016 2:23 pm

Britain's Labour MP Naz Shah makes a statement in the House of Commons, London, on April 27. (Parliament TV via AP)

Labour’s Jewish problem

Dan Hannan · May 9, 2016 4:03 am