Tag: Labor

Supporters of a higher minimum wage claimed victory last week in their effort to place the issue on the November ballot, but getting it there wasn't easy. (iStock Image)

Minimum wage push shows ballot measure hurdles in Nebraska

Grant Schulte · July 7, 2014 1:43 pm

An Ohio Department of Taxation report finds that since 2012 the amount of tax credits granted businesses promising to create and retain jobs has been going up. (iStock Image)

Tax breaks cost Ohio $63 million last year

Associated Press · July 7, 2014 1:37 pm

Is the ‘recovery summer’ for real this time?

Joseph Lawler · July 7, 2014 12:54 pm

Good news for the American worker: Employment in June surged 288,000, with a 262,000 gain in the private sector, easily beating the consensus forecast of 215,000 new payrolls. (iStock Image)

Looking under the hood on the latest good jobs report

Lawrence Kudlow · July 7, 2014 10:56 am

Washington state unions plan to negotiate for competitive pay

Associated Press · July 7, 2014 9:35 am

FILE- In this June 15, 2013 file photo, Infosys Executive Chairman N. R. Narayana Murthy reacts to a shareholders comment during the company's 32th Annual General Meeting in Bangalore, India. In 2013 Infosys was accused of bringing thousands of foreign workers to the United States using incorrect visas, but denied any allegations as part of the settlement reached with a $34 million settlement in Texas. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Backlash stirs in US against foreign worker visas

LAURA WIDES-MUNOZPAUL WISEMAN · July 6, 2014 2:57 pm

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) president Richard Trumka addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at Los Angeles Convention Center Monday, Sept 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Beltway Confidential

Union leaders having a hard time talking about Harris v. Quinn

Sean Higgins · July 5, 2014 10:00 am

FILE - This Sept. 10, 2012, file photo shows thousands of public school teachers rallying outside the Chicago Public Schools district headquarters on the first day of strike action over teachers' contracts in Chicago. A majority of union members today now have ties to a government entity at the federal, state or local levels. The typical union worker now is more likely to be an educator, office worker or food or service industry employee rather than a construction worker, autoworker, electrician or mechanic, with far more women than men among the ranks. Overall, 11.3 percent of U.S. wage and salary workers are unionized, down from a peak of 35 percent during the mid-1950s. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Unions representing government workers are gaining

Tom Raum · July 4, 2014 2:55 pm

President Barack Obama stands next to a painting of "Uncle Sam," during a visit with workers at 1776, a hub for tech startups, Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Washington. The president said job growth in June shows the recovery is taking hold, but the economy could still do better, he also urged Congress to work with him to help create more jobs. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Amid positive jobs numbers, politicians hedge bets

Jim Kuhnhenn · July 4, 2014 7:46 am

FILE - In this April 25, 2014, file photo, Northwestern football players walk between their locker room and McGaw Hall, where voting is taking place on the student athlete union question in Evanston, Ill. A national organization representing college and university presidents is disputing a federal ruling that students who receive college athletic scholarships are essentially employees of their schools and thus entitled to join unions and exercise collective-bargaining rights. Student-athletes participate for their own benefit; they do not render services for compensation, said the 1,800 member American Council on Education. Ahead of a midnight deadline, the council filed a 30-page friend-of-the court brief taking strong issue with the ruling earlier this year by a National Labor Relations Board regional director that allows college athletes at Northwestern University to unionize.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

College presidents say no to unions for athletes

Tom Raum · July 3, 2014 11:15 pm

JerShon Cobb #23 of the Northwestern Wildcats celebrates after hitting a three-pointer during the second half of play against the Wisconsin Badgers at Kohl Center on January 29, 2014 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Mike McGinnis/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans file briefs against Northwestern athletes union

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2014 9:13 pm

Broad US job growth helps high school grads

Broad US job growth helps high school grads

The Associated Press · July 3, 2014 8:05 pm