Tag: Labor

Building unions OK giving to Detroit retiree costs

Building unions OK giving to Detroit retiree costs

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 12:43 am

Beltway Confidential

Petition demands Media Matters stop opposition to staff unionizing

Sean Higgins · May 19, 2014 6:37 pm

Target ex-CEO’s pay fell 35 pct in final year

Target ex-CEO’s pay fell 35 pct in final year

Anne D'innocenzio · May 19, 2014 6:10 pm

Union at NC Daimler Trucks plants OKs new contract

Union at NC Daimler Trucks plants OKs new contract

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 4:55 pm

Temporary jobs on rise in today’s shifting economy

Tom Raum · May 19, 2014 10:33 am

The 20 highest-paid state employees last year worked for the Wisconsin Investment Board, which manages the investments of the Wisconsin Retirement System. (Thinkstock Image)

Highest-paid Wisconsin employee made $834k in 2013

Associated Press · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

A manufacturer of renewable energy equipment has found a formula to get its employees to save energy: a $6,000 annual bonus, offset with a carbon tax. (Thinkstock Image)

Energy and Environment

Vermont firm to workers: Save energy, earn bonus

Dave Gram · May 18, 2014 12:59 pm

Machinists union strikes at Stennis over pensions

Machinists union strikes at Stennis over pensions

Washington Examiner · May 16, 2014 5:50 pm

Des personnes defilent avec des banderoles pour l' initiative sur le salaire minimum a 4000frs lors de la manifestation du 1er Mai, la fete du travail, ce mercredi 1 mai 2014 dans les rues de Lausanne. (KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron)

Demonstrators demand on placards a monthly salary of at least 4'000 Swiss Francs, Thursday 1 May 2014, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Swiss people will vote on the minimum wage initiative Sunday May 18. (KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron)

Swiss mull creation of world’s top minimum wage

John Heilprin · May 16, 2014 4:16 pm

South Bend company to add more than 600 jobs

South Bend company to add more than 600 jobs

Washington Examiner · May 16, 2014 8:01 am

Former Spartanburg, S.C., sheriff's deputy Brandon Bentley, poses for a photo with his wife, retired Salem police department officer Kelly Clark, in Salem, Ore. Bentley's appeal to the South Carolina Supreme Court on a post-traumatic stress disorder claim was denied, stating the law did not provide mental health benefits for officers because they are trained in the use of deadly force and know that they may have to use it. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Police unions push for medical coverage of PTSD

Sadie Gurman · May 16, 2014 4:00 am

Velma Conrelius protests for higher wages outside a McDonalds restaurant in Detroit Thursday, May 15, 2014. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan workers rally for fast-food protests

Washington Examiner · May 16, 2014 1:40 am