Tag: Labor

Wash. AG says scammers pretending to be from public employees’ credit union

Wash. AG says scammers pretending to be from public employees’ credit union

Bryan Cohen · April 30, 2014 5:52 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, file photo, recruiter Valera Kulow, left, speaks with job seeker Monic Spencer during a career fair in Dallas. Payroll processor ADP reports on job growth at U.S. companies in April on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Survey: US businesses add 220K jobs in April

Christopher Rugaber · April 30, 2014 4:19 pm

GRAPHIC: Union chiefs’ annual pay

GRAPHIC: Union chiefs’ annual pay

Chris Henderson · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Despite repeated failures, Card Check still top Big Labor priority

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Obama blasts GOP for blocking minimum wage bill

Obama blasts GOP for blocking minimum wage bill

Brian Hughes · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

A chart prepared by Senate Democrats rests on an easel on the Senate steps before a news conference urging approval for raising the minimum wage, at the Capitol on April 2. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans block Dems’ minimum wage hike, citing stagnant economy

Susan Ferrechio · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and other Democrats, urge approval for raising the minimum wage, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Front row, from left are, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Reid, Senate Appropriations Committee Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and Senate Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. In the coming days, the Senate could debate a plan by Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin that would gradually lift today's minimum wage of $7.25 an hour to $10.10 by 2016. President Barack Obama wants to increase the hourly minimum wage as part of an election-year economic agenda focused on working families. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP blocks Dems’ minimum wage boost

Alan Fram · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks with a reporter during the National Governor's Association Winter Meeting in Washington on Feb. 23. (AP/Cliff Owen)

Scott Walker: Wisconsin would be in deep trouble now if public employee collective bargaining reforms had not passed

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

A protester, wearing a Michigan Education Association helmet, walks past Michigan State Police at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., in 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Unions in right-to-work states make opting out nearly impossible

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana’s right-to-work law has sparked economic rebirth for Midwest

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

A United Auto Worker pickets outside General Motors assembly plant Sept. 24, 2007 in Janesville, Wis. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Right-to-work surge is reviving America’s Rust Belt

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Michigan union loses 80 percent of members in one year

Sean Higgins · April 30, 2014 4:00 am