Tag: Labor

Unaware of the work stoppage Roy Pearson waits for a SEPTA commuter train at the East Falls commuter rail station in Philadelphia on Saturday June 14, 2014. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett asked President Barack Obama on Saturday to intervene the dispute between the Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its engineers and electricians unions, which went on strike at midnight Friday, June 13. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Obama order forces Philly rail workers back on job

Maryclaire Dale · June 15, 2014 1:18 am

Detroit announces settlement with largest union

Detroit announces settlement with largest union

Washington Examiner · June 14, 2014 4:06 pm

FILE - A SEPTA regional train, the R7, rolls into 30th Street station in Philadelphia in this Nov. 16, 2004 file photo. Four hundred workers at a Philadelphia-area regional rail system went on strike Saturday morning June 14, 2014, shutting down 13 train lines that carry commuters to the suburbs and Philadelphia International Airport. Subways, trolleys and buses operated by SEPTA will continue to run. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

Philadelphia commuter rail workers go on strike

Geoff Mulvihill · June 14, 2014 5:12 am

Our Decimated Labor Force

Irwin M. Stelzer · June 14, 2014 3:00 am

Obamacare's many coverage mandates and taxes are to blame for this upturn in the cost of insurance. Overall, union officials project that Obamacare will increase their members' health coverage costs by 5 to 12.5 percent. (AP Photo)

Even the labor unions are souring on Obamacare

Sally Pipes · June 13, 2014 8:12 pm

With Congress' partisan bickering all but ensuring no significant legislation will clear the politically divided body this election year, across the street the Supreme Court is finishing up a busy year that will affect the president's authority as well as major consumer and worker issues. (Thinkstock Image)

How the Supreme Court’s upcoming rulings will affect Obama, unions and you

Sean Lengell · June 13, 2014 2:00 pm

Cotton farmer Teofilo âJuniorâ Flores, left, with his wife, Maria Flores, talks about the U.S.-Mexico border fence that passes through his property in Brownsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Why Harvard’s George Borjas is worried about immigration

Joseph Lawler · June 13, 2014 1:00 pm

Workers in key industries getting most pay raises

Bernard Condon · June 13, 2014 4:02 am

Netherlands' head coach Louis van Gaal attends a press conference the day before the group B World Cup soccer match between Spain and the Netherlands at the Arena Ponte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

BRAZIL BEAT: Van Gaal not thinking much about club

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 11:55 pm

Police and World Cup protesters clash in Brazil

Police and World Cup protesters clash in Brazil

adriana-gomez, liconbradley-brooks · June 12, 2014 10:18 pm

Deal would hike minimum wage to $11 by 2017

Deal would hike minimum wage to $11 by 2017

Bob Salsberg · June 12, 2014 9:18 pm

Gov’t sets wage increase for many of its workers

Gov’t sets wage increase for many of its workers

Tom Raum · June 12, 2014 7:48 pm