Tag: Labor

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. joins low-wage workers at a rally outside the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 28, 2014, to urge Congress to raise the minimum wage as lawmakers return to Washington following a two week hiatus. Democrats been pushing to lift the minimum wage but even if any legislation is passed in the Senate, it is certain to be ignored in the Republican-controlled House. (AP Photo)

Minimum wage approaches likely Senate rejection

Alan Fram · April 28, 2014 10:45 pm

Labor secretary announces new job grants to states

Labor secretary announces new job grants to states

Tom Raum · April 28, 2014 8:38 pm

Detroit reaches deal with city’s largest union

Detroit reaches deal with city’s largest union

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 6:40 pm

Developer: New Jersey megamall to be done in 2016

Developer: New Jersey megamall to be done in 2016

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 4:26 pm

Texas had 216 oilfield deaths from 2008 to 2012

Texas had 216 oilfield deaths from 2008 to 2012

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 1:34 pm

Today, only one of every 10 working Americans are union members. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Washington Examiner special report looks at why labor unions are out of touch with America

Mark Tapscott · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

After months of delay, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will hold a critical test vote on legislation that would raise the minimum wage by nearly 40 percent, to $10.10 an hour. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid plans minimum wage vote this week

Susan Ferrechio · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Tulips bloom in front of the Capitol in Washington. Congress gets back to work Monday, April 28, after a two-week vacation, and it's looking like lawmakers will do what they do best: the bare minimum. Forget immigration, a tax overhaul, stiffer gun checks. They're all DOA. Raising the minimum wage or restoring lost unemployment benefits? Not going to happen. Forcing government approval of the Keystone XL pipeline? Veto bait. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Lawmakers return to vote on business tax breaks, possible contempt charge against ex-IRS official

Susan Ferrechio · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

UCLA Medical Center health care workers walk the picket line during a two-day strike, Tuesday May 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Public employees unions help boost state debt crisis

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Fewer than 10 percent of all currently unionized workers have ever voted on whether to have a union. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Five-day series finds unions withering and in need of reform

Washington Examiner · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. Marines collect their food in the drive through of McDonald's in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Navy Base, Cuba on Monday, Feb. 25, 2002. The fast food restaurant is the only one in Cuba. (AP Photo/ Tomas van Houtryve)

Obama’s work edicts could kill businesses on military bases

Byron York · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

(Graphic illustration by Karen Lomax/Washington Examiner)

Big Labor’s identity crisis

Sean Higgins · April 28, 2014 4:00 am