Tag: Labor

Hector Calderon, foreground, a manager for the Crunch Pak sliced apple company, speaks to workers demonstrating outside the production warehouse in Cashmere, Wash., on Friday, May 9, 2014. They walked away from work in a protest because a number of them may be taken off the job due to an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement audit in August 2013. (AP Photo/The Wenatchee World, Don Seabrook)

Hundreds may face layoffs after immigration audit

Washington Examiner · May 10, 2014 10:15 pm

Dan Gerawan, owner of at Gerawan Farming, Inc., left, talks with crew boss Jose Cabello in a nectarine orchard near Sanger, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

Energy and Environment

California farmer locked in battle with union

Scott Smith · May 10, 2014 3:00 pm

Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., speaks during a news conference in support of charter schools on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Republicans highlight jobs bills in weekly address

Washington Examiner · May 10, 2014 10:10 am

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Examiner Editorial: Free students from failure with school choice for all

Washington Examiner · May 10, 2014 4:00 am

GOP leader’s bill may thwart minimum wage proposal

GOP leader’s bill may thwart minimum wage proposal

David Eggert · May 10, 2014 1:52 am

President Barack Obama poses for a selfie photo after speaking at a Walmart store in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, May 9, 2014. Obama announced new steps by companies, local governments and his own administration to deploy solar technology, showcasing steps to combat climate change that don't require consent from a disinclined Congress. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

At Wal-Mart, Obama praises steps on solar power

Jim Kuhnhenn · May 9, 2014 7:49 pm

FILE - In this April 28, 2014 file photo, Natalie Silverstein, of the Broward County Transportation Department, left, explains the job openings at the County to job seeker Janely Ramos, right, during a job fair in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for March on Friday, May 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

US job openings slip in March after strong gain

Christopher Rugaber · May 9, 2014 3:42 pm

Angelita Rodriguez protests outside a Walmart store in Paramount, Calif., on Nov. 23, 2012. ( AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Beltway Confidential

Walmart cozies up to White House, annoying unions

Sean Higgins · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

A sign points to a job fair on the campus of Kaplan University in Lincoln, Neb. (AP/Nati Harnik)

Job creation and hiring slowed in March

Joseph Lawler · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

The Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York alleged that the national version of the organization, the Restaurant Opportunities Center United, had severed ties with it after the two had a bitter falling-out.ÃÂ

Beltway Confidential

Rift separates national, New York branches of pro-minimum wage group ROC

Sean Higgins · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

Baylor University President Ken Starr testifies at the House Committee on Education and Workforce on college athletes forming unions, on May 8, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Witnesses oppose NLRB ruling on college athletes

Tom Raum · May 8, 2014 9:24 pm

They Found the Guy

Geoffrey Norman · May 8, 2014 7:05 pm