Tag: Labor

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, speaks at a packed meeting of the Chicago Board of Education Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Chicago. The board is expected to take a final vote Wednesday on whether to close 53 schools, an ambitious proposal that sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define â for better or worse â Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Chicago teachers will forgo 4th year of contact

Associated Press · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2006 file photo, Cylette Senatus, center, assembles a zipper on an athletic jacket, alongside dozens of other skilled seamstresses, at the AG Textile factory, in Port au Prince. Haiti raised slightly its minimum wage for the estimated 29,000 workers who sew together T-shirts and other clothing in the country's apparel factories. President Michel Martelly, his prime minister and a Cabinet member who oversees labor conditions signed the 12.5 percent increase into law. It took effect Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Haiti raises minimum wage for apparel workers

Trenton Daniel · May 5, 2014 11:17 pm

Martin O’Malley signs minimum wage increase bill

Martin O’Malley signs minimum wage increase bill

Brian Witte · May 5, 2014 6:20 pm

Retirements may cause labor shortage in Wisconsin

Retirements may cause labor shortage in Wisconsin

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 3:52 pm

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Liberal leaders less supportive of unions for their own organizations

Sean Higgins · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Backdropped by St. Paul's Cathedral covered in mist, people and buses cross Waterloo Bridge during the second day of a 48 hour workers strike partially closing the London Underground train network in London, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union went on strike over management plans to close all ticket offices on the subway network, known as the Tube, which will result in around 750 job losses from the Underground's staff of 18,000. A further 72 hour strike is planned starting May 5. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

London Tube strike suspended as union says new talks starting

Bloomberg News · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead participates in a special session on jobs in America during the National Governor's Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Wyoming Republicans reject censure of Gov. Matt Mead

Ben Neary · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

New Orleans Sen. Karen Peterson has a proposal to bar private employers from unintentionally paying women less than men for comparable work. Republican Rep. Julie Stokes of Kenner has a competing measure emphasizing that intentional pay discrimination is unlawful. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Travis Spradling)

Louisiana lawmakers differ on how to address gender pay gap

Lauren Langlois · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Consol Energy lays off 188 workers in Virginia

Consol Energy lays off 188 workers in Virginia

Washington Examiner · May 3, 2014 4:57 pm

This April 22, 2014, photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department said Friday, May 2, 2014, that U.S. employers added a robust 288,000 jobs in April, the most in two years, the strongest evidence to date that the economy is picking up after a brutal winter slowed growth. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Obama promotes his record in ‘Year of Action’

Washington Examiner · May 3, 2014 10:07 am

5 cautionary signs tucked into April’s jobs report

Josh Boak · May 3, 2014 7:26 am

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2013 file photo Texas Gov. Rick Perry gives the keynote speech at the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim, Calif. California Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday, May 2, 2014, it appears there was little California could have done to keep Toyota from moving its U.S. headquarters and about 3,000 jobs to Texas, saying "change is inevitable." Perry said his state offered Toyota $40 million in incentives. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Brown: Little state could have done to keep Toyota

Juliet Williams · May 3, 2014 12:13 am