Tag: Labor

Northwestern football players are reflected in a helmet during drills at practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, in Kenosha, Wi. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

NCAA applauds rejection of Northwestern players’ union bid

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 7:47 pm

Lamar Alexander said the NLRB should have been more definitive in defining the college athletes as students, not workers. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Top labor Republican says NLRB ruling fell short

Susan Ferrechio · August 17, 2015 6:27 pm

The National Labor Relations Board rejected a bid by football players at Northwestern University to form a union. (AP Photo)Â

College players’ bid for labor union rejected

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 4:34 pm

The issue arose when a complaint last year named the McDonald's Corp. as a "joint employer" with its local franchises, a new and unusual interpretation of ownership. (AP)

Hotels, restaurants seek cover from Congress on NLRB ruling

Sean Higgins · August 15, 2015 4:01 am

Clinton received support for a union endorsement of nearly 48 percent of the entire IAM membership.Â (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Hillary scores endorsement from another union

Daniel Chaitin · August 15, 2015 4:01 am

Wal-Mart employee Anna Hines walks through the parking lot of the soon-to-opened Walmart September 21, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Want to increase income inequality? Raise the minimum wage

Jared Meyer · August 14, 2015 3:17 pm

The rule would encourage those offering retirement advice to act in the best interests of their clients, a move supporters say is needed as people switch from work-sponsored to personal retirement plans. (AP)

Who won this week’s battle over 401k savings plans?

Joseph Lawler · August 14, 2015 4:01 am

Job growth has weakened in the past two months, with two straight job reports falling short of expectations and raising doubts about the strength of the economy.Â (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Average of jobless claims falls to four-decade low

Joseph Lawler · August 13, 2015 12:36 pm

People listen during a get out the vote rally put on by local unions and Democratic politicians on the grounds of the Jackson Memorial hospital on October 18, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Business struggles against ‘quickie’ union election rule

Sean Higgins · August 12, 2015 10:47 pm

The Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for June on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Job openings fall from record highs

Joseph Lawler · August 12, 2015 2:29 pm

Wal-Mart employees stock items in a new 142,000 square foot Wal-Mart store on September 26, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois the day before it opens on September 27. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Study: Obama rule gives workers paltry raise, costs companies billions

Joseph Lawler · August 12, 2015 9:00 am

Labor Secretary Tom Perez has applauded the efforts to raise it to that level in speeches, often appearing at events hosted by activists and politicians. (AP Photo)Â

Labor’s stealth push for a $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · August 12, 2015 4:01 am