Tag: Labor

A study shows just how far the shift has happened: An estimated 70 percent of domestic car and car parts manufacturing is now located in right-to-work states. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Beltway Confidential

Large majority of car manufacturing now in right-to-work states

Sean Higgins · June 23, 2014 12:42 pm

Billions at risk as West Coast port contract ends

Justin Pritchard · June 23, 2014 6:36 am

VIDEO: Joe Biden rallies support at summit on working families in D.C.

Lisa Ruhl · June 23, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this May. 7, 2014 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks to members of the Illinois Manufacturer's Association, in Springfield Ill. Illinois voters will get a chance to voice their opinion on raising the minimum wage under a ballot measure Quinn is set to sign on Sunday, June 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Pat Quinn approves minimum wage ballot question

Sara Burnett · June 22, 2014 9:42 pm

FILE - In this April 6, 2014, file phot, NCAA President Mark Emmert answers a question at a news conference in Arlington, Texas. Testifying in a landmark antitrust lawsuit filed against his organization, Emmert said Thursday, June 19, 2014, he believes there is a clear difference between the proposal to pay athletes a few thousand more dollars a year and giving them the equivalent of a salary. Emmert's testimony came in a much-anticipated appearance as the NCAA tries to convince U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken that its system of so-called amateurism is not anti-competitive and is the best model for regulating college sports. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

College recruiting: Next promise could be paycheck

Tim Dahlberg · June 22, 2014 4:12 pm

Long Island Rail Road workers rally for contract

Long Island Rail Road workers rally for contract

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2014 11:36 pm

The PCAs provide at-home care for the elderly and the disabled who hire them, paying them with government health plan reimbursements. The FCCPs run child care businesses -- they are not employees at all -- caring for young children of low-income parents who pay them with state-subsidy vouchers. (iStock Photo)

Voters should dismiss governors behind child care worker unions

Red Jahncke · June 21, 2014 10:00 am

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Lawsuit could help free public schools from union shackles

Star Parker · June 21, 2014 10:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

Hope and change: Rich liberals turn over leadership of group to teacher union honcho

Michael Barone · June 20, 2014 7:36 pm

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Puerto Rico’s financial crisis may need a Washington solution

Elias Gutierrez · June 20, 2014 4:00 pm

In this June 16, 2014 photo, Jacksonville police officer F. D. Williams, center, talks to job seekers during the City-Wide Job & Resource Fair at the Prime Osborn Convention Center in Jacksonville, Fla. The government reports on state unemployment rates for May on Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey)

Unemployment rates fell in 20 US states in May

Christopher Rugaber · June 20, 2014 3:45 pm

Chicago, AFSCME reach tentative 5-year contract

Chicago, AFSCME reach tentative 5-year contract

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 11:53 pm