Tag: Labor

Workers at Media Matters for America will definitely hold a vote on whether to form a union, according a statement posted online by Service Employees International Union Local 500. (Thinkstock)

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Union says Media Matters will let workers vote on whether to organize

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2014 5:14 pm

In this June 10, 2014, photo, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy checks his phone outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, before the verdict in the Vergara v. California lawsuit in Los Angeles. Even before a California judge's scathing ruling against the state's teacher tenure policies, protections that make it harder to fire teachers had already been weakened in many states, and even removed altogether in a few places. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Some states roll back teacher tenure protections

Kimberly Hefling · June 12, 2014 3:17 pm

Ann Arbor schools hire company for custodial work

Ann Arbor schools hire company for custodial work

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 1:43 pm

FILE - In this May 16, 2014 file photo, shoppers walk past a now hiring sign at a Ross store in North Miami Beach, Fla. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Applications for US jobless aid up modestly

Josh Boak · June 12, 2014 12:51 pm

A union member listens during a UNITE HERE unionized hotel workers campaign on February 16, 2006 in Los Angeles. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Obama’s first union endorsement pays off for an Obamacare co-op

Richard Pollock · June 12, 2014 10:00 am

Brazil averts subway strike on eve of World Cup

adriana-gomez, liconjoshua-goodman · June 12, 2014 1:11 am

Oil boom produces jobs bonanza for archaeologists

Josh Wood · June 11, 2014 9:53 pm

NY Speaker pushes for minimum wage hike, Dream Act

NY Speaker pushes for minimum wage hike, Dream Act

David Klepper · June 11, 2014 7:18 pm

US: NY firm made workers pray, say ‘I love you’

US: NY firm made workers pray, say ‘I love you’

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2014 6:13 pm

San Francisco voters to decide on $15 minimum wage

San Francisco voters to decide on $15 minimum wage

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2014 5:40 pm

Taxi stand still at Parliament Square in central London as thousands of London black cabs blocking the streets to protest over new technology they say endangers passengers, in London, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. The strike action by taxi drivers hit many European cities, Wednesday, sparked by fears about the growing upheaval in the travel and transport industry, largely due to digital technologies. Big Ben's clock tower back centre. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

European taxi protest: Transport tech upheaval

LORI HINNANTGREGORY KATZ · June 11, 2014 4:23 pm

UK unemployment drops as economy strengthens

UK unemployment drops as economy strengthens

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2014 9:31 am