Tag: Labor

(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Still-low jobless claims bounce back to 269,000

Joseph Lawler · December 3, 2015 1:34 pm

Black Friday protests against world's largest retailer fizzle.

Workers scarce at Walmart protests

Sean Higgins · November 27, 2015 10:10 pm

OUR Walmart's annual protests haven't succeeded in reversing the decline in union membership. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Bad advertising: OUR Walmart’s Black Friday protests

Glenn Spencer · November 26, 2015 5:01 am

You can measure earned success by the money you earn or the usefulness of your work, and also by the work you do raising a family or joining with others in the multitude of voluntary associations which Alexis de Tocqueville identified 180 years ago as the major strength of America. (AP file photo/Paul Sancya)

Give thanks this year — for work

Michael Barone · November 25, 2015 9:45 pm

Anti-Walmart union group plans Black Friday protests

Sean Higgins · November 24, 2015 10:45 pm

The Laborers International Union of North America is the latest big union to throw its support to the Democratic front-runner. (AP Photo/Lance Iversen)

Clinton snags another big union endorsement

Sean Higgins · November 24, 2015 5:22 pm

The Reagan National Airport workers will join thousands of workers in major U.S. cities protesting poverty wages and alleged illegal treatment by their employers (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Why Reagan National workers will fast before Thanksgiving

Anna Giaritelli · November 24, 2015 1:34 pm

The president took the side of 'radical environmentalists,' the labor union president said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Obama a ‘hypocrite’ for rejecting Keystone, says labor leader

Daniel Chaitin · November 21, 2015 5:31 pm

"The Employee Rights Act would solve problems workers face today -- including problems enshrined in current labor law. The bill would help restore a balance of power in the workplace from unions to workers," the organization said in post Wednesday. "Heritage Action ... will include co-sponsorship of this legislation in our scorecard." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Heritage Action pushes lawmakers on Employee Rights Act

Sean Higgins · November 19, 2015 9:50 pm

New applications for unemployment benefits fell to 271,000 in the second week of November, the Department of Labor reported Thursday.Â (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Jobless claims fall to 271,000, reversing two-week trend

Joseph Lawler · November 19, 2015 1:32 pm

Not much research behind $12 minimum wage proposal

Sean Higgins · November 18, 2015 5:01 am

The legislation is an effort to head off organized labor's push to unionize Indian casinos.Â (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios).

House votes to limit federal labor authority over Indian tribes

Sean Higgins · November 17, 2015 8:44 pm