Tag: Labor

VIDEO: Hundreds rally to demand hike in minimum wage

Lisa Ruhl · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

The decline of the labor union

Sean Higgins · April 28, 2014 12:00 am

Media Matters digs in to stop union from organizing its workers

Beltway Confidential

Media Matters digs in to stop union from organizing its workers

Sean Higgins · April 27, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this April 24, 2014 file photo, protesters from labor organizations hold banners and placards during a protest to support workers on strike at Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. outside a Adidas shop at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Most of the tens of thousands of workers who were striking at a massive Chinese shoe factory complex have returned to the job, labor activists said Saturday, April 26, enabling Adidas to resume production there. The Germany-based athletic wear giant said workers returned Friday to its factory run by Taiwanese-owned Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of athletic shoes. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Strike at Chinese shoe factory ends partially

Washington Examiner · April 26, 2014 1:06 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama waves upon his arrival for his three-day visit in Malaysia, at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Subang, Malaysia, Saturday, April 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Obama pushes again for minimum wage increase

Washington Examiner · April 26, 2014 10:12 am

Miles of pipe ready to become part of the Keystone Pipeline are stacked in a field near Ripley, Okla. (AP/Sue Ogrocki)

Beltway Confidential

On Keystone pipeline, Democratic stalwart Laborers Union finds itself outbid by one enviro-billionaire

Byron York · April 26, 2014 4:00 am

House passes unemployment discrimination bill

House passes unemployment discrimination bill

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 9:58 pm

FILE - In a Tuesday, May 10, 2011 file photo, United Auto Workers Vice President - GM Department Joe Ashton talks about working together with management during the news conference at the General Motors Transmission Plant in Toledo, Ohio. General Motors Co. announced Friday, April 25, 2014 that UAW President Joe Ashton was nominated to a board seat on the GM board of directors controlled by a UAW trust fund that pays retiree health care bills. The move is a first for General Motors. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)

UAW official nominated for seat on GM board

Tom Krisher · April 25, 2014 7:32 pm

VW lawyer: Automaker has deals in place outside TN

VW lawyer: Automaker has deals in place outside TN

Erik Schelzig · April 25, 2014 12:21 pm

Nurses to strike 1 day in Hazard, Beckley, W.Va.

Nurses to strike 1 day in Hazard, Beckley, W.Va.

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2014 8:02 am

Former Northwestern University football player Michael Odom talks to reporters as his former teammates vote on the student athlete union question Friday, April 25, 2014, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Historic day as Northwestern players decide union

Jason Keyser · April 25, 2014 4:00 am

Paula Lukaszek, left in blue jacket, and other supporters of a measure to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour surround Seattle City Hall for about 40 minutes Wednesday afternoon, April 23, 2014. Lukaszek is a plumber at the University of Washington and president of Local 1488 WFSE - Washington Federation of State Employees. She makes more than $15 per hour but is there in support of those who don't. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Greg Gilbert) SEATTLE OUT; USA TODAY OUT; MAGS OUT; TELEVISION OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT TO BOTH THE SEATTLE TIMES AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Seattle stymied in efforts to raise minimum wage

Manuel Valdes · April 25, 2014 1:28 am