Tag: Labor

Cable cars, buses stall as workers call in sick

Cable cars, buses stall as workers call in sick

SUDHIN THANAWALATERRY COLLINS · June 3, 2014 12:58 am

GE Healthcare to cut 90 Milwaukee jobs

GE Healthcare to cut 90 Milwaukee jobs

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2014 12:39 am

Caitlyn Faircloth, a worker with Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream, hands out free ice cream next to a tip jar, Monday, June 2, 2014, at a rally celebrating the passage of a $15 minimum wage measure outside Seattle City Hall in Seattle. The Seattle City Council passed a $15 minimum wage measure, Monday, but not until after debate over how long businesses will have to phase in the measure, and how tips, benefits, and other forms of compensation will be considered. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Seattle council passes $15 minimum wage

DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP · June 3, 2014 12:25 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks at a news conference in March in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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AFL-CIO tepidly applauds EPA rule on cutting carbon emissions

Sean Higgins · June 2, 2014 11:05 pm

A coal miner looks on during a campaign rally at American Energy Corportation on August 14, 2012 in Beallsville, Ohio. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Miners’ union slams EPA proposal, warns of job losses

Sean Higgins · June 2, 2014 10:52 pm

With Cuomo on board, NY Democrats seek wage hike

With Cuomo on board, NY Democrats seek wage hike

David Klepper · June 2, 2014 9:40 pm

The week ahead in economics: The European Central Bank’s experiment

Joseph Lawler · June 2, 2014 1:15 pm

What right to work did in Michigan, the Supreme Court might soon do nationally: In the case of Harris v. Quinn, the justices must decide if Illinois state government can force its own public sector employees to participate in a union. (AP Photo)

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Supreme Court could deliver crippling blow to Big Labor

Sean Higgins · June 2, 2014 1:07 pm

Las Vegas casino strike averted with agreements

Las Vegas casino strike averted with agreements

Martin Griffith · June 1, 2014 7:06 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)

Examiner Editorial: Unions that backed Obamacare now whine about higher costs

Washington Examiner · May 31, 2014 10:00 pm

Talks at 5 Vegas casinos may avert planned strike

Talks at 5 Vegas casinos may avert planned strike

Michelle Rindels · May 30, 2014 6:49 pm

"A staggering 1 in 8 such men are not in the labor force at all, meaning they are neither working nor looking for work," a Senate Budget Committee Republicans report said.

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Record number of working-age men are not working

Joel Gehrke · May 30, 2014 2:53 pm