Tag: Labor

The sign of a Walmart store in San Jose, Calif. (AP/Jeff Chiu)

Beltway Confidential

Walmart alleges union activists stormed ladies room in Michigan store

Sean Higgins · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Labor market churn picked up slightly in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday morning, but the pace of hiring and firing remains far below the levels that prevailed before the financial crisis that began six years ago.ÃÂ

More grinding improvement in U.S. job creation in February

Joseph Lawler · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Michigan to boost efforts for auto industry jobs

Michigan to boost efforts for auto industry jobs

Washington Examiner · April 7, 2014 1:02 pm

In this April 3, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama listens on stage before speaking about the shooting at Fort Hood, during an event welcoming members of the U.S. teams from the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia in the East Room of White House in Washington. The roller coaster of health care enrollment behind him, Obama is using a lull between foreign travel to refocus on his economic agenda, using executive actions to push for greater gender pay equality and to promote better technical skills for U.S. students.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama tests work policies on federal contractors

Jim Kuhnhenn · April 7, 2014 11:29 am

Shown is an interior view of a new Silverliner V passenger train car in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 13, 2010 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Philly transit talks stall, but no strike planned

Maryclaire Dale · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Workers are leaving traditional labor unions and have been doing so for years. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Labor’s lackeys stack the deck but workers keep leaving unions

Washington Examiner · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

After a big week for economic policy that began with the president unveiling his budget proposal and ended with a better-than-expected jobs report, this week will be a little slower. But there's still plenty happening.

The week ahead in economics: finance, regulation and hiring

Joseph Lawler · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks during a general session at the California Democrats State Convention on Saturday, March 8, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Maryland lawmakers approve minimum wage hike

Brian Witte · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

The Peace Monument, also known as the Naval Monument or Civil War Sailors Monument, is seen on the grounds of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Republicans this week tackle budget plan while Senate Dems push paycheck fairness

Susan Ferrechio · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Kansas state Reps. Shanti Gandhi, left, a Topeka Republican, and David Crum, an Augusta Republican, confer during the House's debate on a school funding plan, Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas lawmakers back school funding, tenure plan

John Hanna · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Jay Carney: No pay gap between men and women at White House

Jay Carney: No pay gap between men and women at White House

Brian Hughes · April 7, 2014 4:00 am

Morocco’s unions unite to protest gov’t austerity

Morocco’s unions unite to protest gov’t austerity

Washington Examiner · April 6, 2014 11:06 am