Tag: Labor

On Monday, Detroit is expected to release the results of a vote by the state's retirees on an accepting a "grand bargain" bailout package from Michigan.ÃÂ If accepted, it would be a significant step forward for the city towards returning to a solid financial footing. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

First signs of a Detroit recovery?

Sean Higgins · July 15, 2014 6:59 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2012 file photo, a train makes its way to the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Jamaica Station in the Queens borough of New York. Unions negotiating with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday, July 14, 2014, that talks aimed at avoiding a walkout at the LIRR, the nation's largest commuter railroad, have collapsed. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

MTA head cites wide gulf in LIRR contract talks

RACHELLE BLIDNERFRANK ELTMAN · July 14, 2014 10:10 pm

FILE - In this July 12, 2013, photo, employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., work on the assembly of a Passat sedan. Volkswagen on Monday, July 14, 2014 said it will build a new seven-passenger SUV at the Chattanooga factory, adding about 2,000 jobs. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)

VW to build new SUV in Tennessee, add 2,000 jobs

ERIK SCHELZIGTOM KRISHER · July 14, 2014 9:46 pm

Ulrich Hackenberg, Volkswagen Director of Produce Development for Power Trains, stands next to the Volkswagen CrossBlue SUV concept vehicle during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Volkswagen’s not waiting around for Big Labor

Sean Higgins · July 14, 2014 8:57 pm

Bombardier union at Ontario plant goes on strike

Bombardier union at Ontario plant goes on strike

Washington Examiner · July 14, 2014 7:53 pm

Workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP/ Erik Schelzig)

Beltway Confidential

Volkswagen to expand Chattanooga plant

Sean Higgins · July 14, 2014 3:55 pm

Gov. Robert Bentley's opposition to new state taxes during his first term could change in a second term. (AP)

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley looking at all possibilities on revenue

Phillip Rawls · July 14, 2014 1:16 pm

FILE - In this June 12, 2013 file photo, workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The United Auto Workers unions announced on Thursday, July 10, 2014, that it is forming a local chapter in Chattanooga, and that it expects Volkswagen to recognize it once it signs up a "substantial" number of workers at the plant.(AP Photo/ Erik Schelzig, file)

Volkswagen to build new SUV in Tennessee, add 2,000 jobs

Associated Press · July 14, 2014 1:13 pm

In this photo taken on Friday, July 11, 2014, a landscaper shapes hedges on private property in Southampton, N.Y. Studies show the gap separating the rich from the working poor has been ever-widening in recent years and few places provide that evidence as starkly as Long Island's Hamptons. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Workers struggle in Hamptons, playground for rich

Frank Eltman · July 12, 2014 5:32 pm

In this July 3, 2014 photo, Michael Mayes, CEO of Chicago-based Quantum 9 Inc., a medical cannabis consulting company, poses for a photo in his Chicago office. The prospect of adding jobs, even as few as 30, has led officials in many shrinking Illinois' communities to set aside any qualms about the state's legalization of medical marijuana and to get friendly with would-be growers. Quantum 9 has helped win permits for marijuana producers in four other states. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Illinois towns see jobs ahead in medical marijuana

Carla Johnson · July 12, 2014 4:34 pm

In this photo from Thursday, July 10, 2014, Irwin Carbajal, 23, a aircraft cabin cleaner, poses for a photograph at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. Carbajal, who makes $8.25 an hour, is hoping to benefit from a pay increase which the Service Employees International Union is pushing for. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Deadline looms in Newark airport wage hike flap

David Porter · July 12, 2014 3:45 pm

FILE - In this June 12, 2013 file photo, workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The United Auto Workers unions announced on Thursday, July 10, 2014, that it is forming a local chapter in Chattanooga, and that it expects Volkswagen to recognize it once it signs up a "substantial" number of workers at the plant.(AP Photo/ Erik Schelzig, file)

UAW: ‘Consensus’ reached with Volkswagen on union

Erik Schelzig · July 10, 2014 10:24 pm