Tag: Labor

Beyond Bailout Nation

Peter Ferrara, Stephen Moore · October 26, 2015 4:00 am

An employee at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

UAW renews bid to represent VW workers in Tenn.

Sean Higgins · October 23, 2015 11:44 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at an event in Washington last week. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Clinton wins endorsement from major public-sector union AFSCME

Sean Higgins · October 23, 2015 5:41 pm

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Labor board expands burden on business to disclose worker info to unions

Sean Higgins · October 23, 2015 4:01 am

The case involved Star Transport's firing of two drivers in 2009 after they refused to make beer deliveries for the company, citing their adherence to Islamic law.Â (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)

EEOC wins discrimination case for Muslims fired for not delivering beer

Sean Higgins · October 22, 2015 7:28 pm

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 17 on Thursday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jobless claims scrape rock bottom at 259,000

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2015 12:34 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka slammed the mostly Republican backers of the anti-sanctuary city bill, saying that they were promoting "hate." (AP Photo)

Anti-sanctuary city bill promotes ‘hate,’ AFL-CIO says

Sean Higgins · October 21, 2015 3:50 pm

Economist Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary during President Bill Clinton's first term, is leaning toward backing Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 2016 Democratic primary.Â (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

Ex-Clinton labor chief leans toward Sanders

Sean Higgins · October 21, 2015 2:23 pm

Protesters rally for higher pay in front of a McDonald's, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Union-funded activist group ‘sole reason’ for McDonald’s complaint: Labor board

Sean Higgins · October 20, 2015 7:38 pm

Job market is healing and the population is aging, Goldman Sachs says. (Getty)

U.S. needs only 85,000 new jobs a month: Analysis

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2015 5:51 pm

Vice President JoeÂ Biden, who is considering a 2016 presidential run, reportedly spoke with Harold Schaitberger, general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters.Â (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Biden phones major labor leader, drops another 2016 hint

Daniel Chaitin · October 18, 2015 3:50 pm

Amalgamated Bank is union owned and has extensive ties to the Democratic establishment. (Bloomberg Photos)

Labor-Dem money-go-round

Sarah Bedford · October 18, 2015 4:01 am