Tag: Labor

Unemployment claims fall to lowest level since 2000

Joseph Lawler · November 6, 2014 2:01 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has seen the future of organized labor -- and it is a movement that doesn't necessarily include union members. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

AFL-CIO urges approval of Keystone XL pipeline

Sean Higgins · November 5, 2014 6:05 pm

Gov. Scott Walker wins re-election in Wisconsin

Sean Higgins · November 5, 2014 5:13 am

Beltway Confidential

Ed Schultz melts down over Scott Walker victory

Becket Adams · November 5, 2014 4:26 am

In a Nov. 2, 2012, announcement just prior to Election Day, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka confidently announced: "By talking one-on-one with working class voters, we've been able to cut through the noise of endless TV ads bought by big corporate interests and discuss core economic issues like protecting Medicare, ending tax cuts for the rich and creating good jobs." (Examiner file photo)

AFL-CIO’s get-out-the-vote message turns to despair

Sean Higgins · November 3, 2014 4:41 pm

Status update: Unemployed

NLRB backs employer in Facebook dispute

Sean Higgins · November 1, 2014 8:00 pm

President Barack Obama gestures towards the crowd as they respond to his words while he speaks about the economy after participating in a roundtable discussion with working parents, small business owners, students and faculty, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

‘Let’s do this’: Obama focuses on workplace equality for women in final midterm push

Rebecca Berg · November 1, 2014 2:48 pm

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Outsourcing: The last talking point?

Mona Charen · October 31, 2014 3:28 pm

A shopper looks at an item in the dairy section of a Kroger grocery store in Richardson, Texas. (AP/LM Otero)

Consumers shrug off Ebola fears, confidence highest in seven years

Joseph Lawler · October 31, 2014 3:04 pm

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Group demands NLRB turn over documents in McDonald’s case

Sean Higgins · October 30, 2014 10:34 pm

Beltway Confidential

VIDEO: Philip Klein talks inequality with Scott Winship

Philip Klein · October 29, 2014 11:00 am

Obama announced his intention to nominate Beck for the permanent position in September. (Getty images/Kristoffer Tripplaar)

WH won’t say if Obama still has confidence in FMCS chief nominee

Luke Rosiak · October 29, 2014 9:00 am