Tag: Labor

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Feds aren’t accurately tracking taxpayer dollars spent on unions, GAO finds

Sarah Bedford · November 20, 2014 2:52 pm

Cars line up to cross the U.S. border from Tijuana, Mexico. (iStock)

Let’s really reform immigration — to encourage high-skill immigrants

Michael Barone · November 20, 2014 10:00 am

Engineers union files class action against Impax Laboratories

LocalLabs News Service · November 19, 2014 8:45 pm

General President of the Laborers' International Union of North America Terry O'Sullivan attends the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 at the Cox Pavilion at UNLV August 10, 2009 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Union leader: Senate Democrats acted ‘cowardly’ on Keystone XL vote

Sean Higgins · November 19, 2014 6:32 pm

Good Enough for Government (Tele)Work

Geoffrey Norman · November 19, 2014 3:36 pm

A Secret Service agent scans the area as President Barack Obama boards Air Force One, before departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Secret Service allowed two senior agents to retire without harsh penalties

Susan Crabtree · November 19, 2014 10:00 am

The Obama attended the New York wedding of their chef Sam Kass, at an added to cost to taxpayers of nearly $300,000. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

$weet dreams: Obama billed taxpayers $295,227 to fly home to ‘sleep in his own bed’

Paul Bedard · November 18, 2014 8:30 pm

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, speaks during a session on "shaping the future of the marcoeconomic policy-mix" at the International Symposium of the Banque de France in Paris, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Conservative group asks for equal time with Yellen

Joseph Lawler · November 18, 2014 8:11 pm

Older male CEOs have the worst wage discrepancy between male and female corporate officers, but younger female CEOs also have a pretty bad discrepancy. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Are women CEOs also sexist?

Ashe Schow · November 18, 2014 6:21 pm

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Businesses are bracing for rush of pro-labor rulings

Sean Higgins · November 17, 2014 10:00 am

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP File Photo/Sajjad Safari)

Unions urge passage of Keystone XL pipeline

Sean Higgins · November 15, 2014 12:07 am

In this May 16, 2011 file photo, the WalMart Supercenter signage is seen in Springfield, Ill. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Union groups plan more ‘Black Friday’ protests at Walmart

Sean Higgins · November 14, 2014 8:58 pm