Tag: Labor

The legislation allows the governor to freeze the rate if the California economy gets worse. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Calif. legislature approves $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2016 10:49 pm

Earlier this year, Walker signed an overhaul of state civil service rules for hiring and dismissing workers. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

Cruz benefits from Walker’s union battles

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2016 10:22 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on the SEC to investigate businesses that are lobbying against a pending Labor Department rule. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Warren demands SEC probes of companies opposing labor rule

Joseph Lawler · March 31, 2016 1:00 pm

Private-sector economists had expected just a slight uptick to 266,000, according to a survey conducted by Bloomberg. (Michael Ein/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

Unemployment insurance claims rise to 276,000, highest since January

Joseph Lawler · March 31, 2016 12:31 pm

Opinion: With Bill Clinton event coming, Univ. of Calif. caves to union demand

san-francisco, andrew-ross, phillip-matier · March 31, 2016 11:00 am

Because the Supreme Court lacked the late Justice Antonin Scalia's vote, state and local governments elected with union money and union backing can continue to give unions a sweetheart deal at the expense of unwilling workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Two big backward steps on unions

Washington Examiner · March 31, 2016 4:01 am

That is a revision of the prior rule, which said the reporting only had to be done if the lawyers directly spoke to the workers on behalf of management. (Bloomberg/Michael Nagle)

Major business group sues Labor Dept. over ‘persuader’ rule

Sean Higgins · March 30, 2016 10:21 pm

The court voted 5-1 to reject the Republicans' bid to sign onto a lawsuit brought by the Pennsylvania Home Care Association, a trade group, against an executive order Tom Wolf issued last year. (AP Photo)

GOP dealt setback in Pa. labor fight

Sean Higgins · March 30, 2016 9:31 pm

The labor board says charter school head created an "alter ego corporation" to avoid union bargaining. (AP Photo)

Labor board targets Detroit charter schools

detroit-metro, allie-gross · March 29, 2016 9:03 pm

The court's 4-4 ruling in Friedrichs shows anti-labor activists no longer have a sympathetic majority. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court ruling signals end to conservative hopes for labor reform

Sean Higgins · March 29, 2016 5:55 pm

"Antonin Scalia has saved labor unions," read a headline published shortly after the court announced it was split 4-4 in the case of Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association. (AP Photo/Chris Greenberg, File)

Gawker gets in some more digs at the late Justice Scalia

Becket Adams · March 29, 2016 4:55 pm

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday announced that they were split 4 to 4 on a case that could have been a major blow to public sector unions. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Labor groups spared as Supreme Court splits on teachers union case

Sean Higgins · March 29, 2016 2:48 pm