Tag: Labor

Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, center, talks with media outside the Governor's office at the Michigan Capitol, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Dale G. Young)

Orr outlines Detroit bankruptcy plan to lawmakers

Washington Examiner · April 30, 2014 1:04 am

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, greets Michael Timmons of Cumberland, Maine, after speaking at the Maine Republican Convention, Saturday, April 26, 2014, in Bangor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine GOP senator likely ‘no’ vote on minimum wage

Alan Fram · April 29, 2014 5:48 pm

Spanish jobless rate up despite recovery signs

Spanish jobless rate up despite recovery signs

Washington Examiner · April 29, 2014 7:41 am

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting at the Venetian Las Vegas on March 29, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Scott Walker has already won — on labor union reform

Philip Klein · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Restaurant Opportunities Center United advocates for an increase in the minimum wage. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Liberal activist group admits it failed to disclose lobbying

Sean Higgins · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Ronald Hooks, the National Labor Relations Board's regional director for the Seattle area, said Seattle University was "not a church-operated institution within the meaning of" the Supreme Court's precedent because it lacks "substantial religious character." (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

NLRB says Catholic university not religious enough to bar unions

Sean Higgins · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Teacher George Sheridan, center, and other supporters of public education take part in a rally on the steps of the state Capitol on Dec. 6, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

When unions use non-member dues to finance political activities

Steven Malanga · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

GRAPHIC: Union political spending from 1989 to 2013

GRAPHIC: Union political spending from 1989 to 2013

Chris Henderson · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

The average price for a hamburger and fries at the Restaurant Opportunities Center's High Road restaurants totals $20.50. (Thinkstock)

Union group’s minimum wage lobbying undercut by its ‘model’ restaurants

Mike Paranzino · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

A group of employees for the liberal nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America issued a statement late Monday stating that they "feel betrayed" by management's refusal to recognize their bid to join a union. (Screenshot of the statement issued by Media Matters for America)

Beltway Confidential

Media Matters employees ‘feel betrayed’ by anti-union actions

Sean Higgins · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

President Obama stands with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka after he spoke about jobs and the economy at the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Washington in 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Democrats know better than to bite the Big Labor hand that feeds them

Sean Higgins · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

GRAPHIC: Top 20 labor-backed members of the House of Representatives

GRAPHIC: Top 20 labor-backed members of the House of Representatives

Chris Henderson · April 29, 2014 4:00 am