Tag: Labor

FILE - In this March 11, 2011 file photo, Scot Beckenbaugh, deputy director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service listens during a news conference in Washington.Â Beckenbaugh draws a $174,000 salary for his job on K Street in Washington, yet he insists he is an Iowa resident for state tax purposes.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FMCS honcho lives in D.C. but claims Iowa tax residency

Luke Rosiak · October 15, 2014 9:00 am

Illinois employers post 212K job ads in September

Washington Examiner · October 15, 2014 8:02 am

Icahn aide: Taj has to close if union pact remains

Wayne Parry · October 14, 2014 10:24 pm

The United Auto Workers refused to allow a Michigan member to resign her union membership, according to a legal complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board. That constitutes a challenge to the state's new right to work law, which forbids workers from being obligated to join or otherwise support labor unions. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

UAW accused of rejecting worker’s attempt to quit union

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2014 9:00 am

Members of 32BJ SEIU, property service workers union, stand with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, before a debate between Malloy and Republican candidate Tom Foley, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, in Hartford, Conn. Organized labor is devoting millions of dollars and countless man-hours to re-elect Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a Democrat considered an important ally of unions despite a 2011 clash with unionized state employees in which he threatened massive layoffs during a budget impasse. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Unions rally to support Gov. Malloy’s re-election

Susan Haigh · October 14, 2014 12:16 am

Republican Rauner explains ‘right to work zones’

Sophia Tareen · October 13, 2014 10:00 pm

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EEOC’s own hiring practices not an issue, judge rules

Sean Higgins · October 13, 2014 9:39 pm

The Elk Club

The Scrapbook · October 13, 2014 4:00 am

President Obama speaking at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park, on Friday in San Dimas, Calif. In his weekly address Saturday,Â Obama pressed Congress to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, saying that doing so would help millions of Americans rise above poverty and spur economic growth.Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: ‘Could you live on $14,500 a year?’

Sean Lengell · October 11, 2014 4:36 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is adding the minimum wage to the list of items too urgent to wait until after the November midterm elections. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pelosi: Call Congress back to vote on war, minimum wage

Joseph Lawler · October 10, 2014 3:47 pm

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez is emerging as the new leading candidate for attorney general. (AP Photo)

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez tops AG list

Kelly Cohen · October 10, 2014 12:45 pm

Wary candidates fear boomerangs in jobless debate

CHARLES BABINGTONBILL BARROW · October 10, 2014 8:12 am