Tag: Labor

California union: Fewer teachers facing layoffs

Associated Press · March 15, 2014 12:00 am

President Barack Obama, center, surrounded by supporters of the president's memorandum, signs a Presidential Memorandum directing Labor Secretary Tom Perez to modernize overtime protections, Thursday, March 13, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama is bypassing Congress and orders changes in overtime rules so employers would required to pay millions more for extra time they put in on the job. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama overtime plan already stirring controversy

Tom Raum · March 14, 2014 6:41 pm

Detroit to monitor Marathon’s hiring practices

Detroit to monitor Marathon’s hiring practices

Washington Examiner · March 14, 2014 3:42 pm

Boehner questions Senate unemployment deal

Alan Fram · March 14, 2014 2:20 pm

A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows that President Obama's job approval rating has reached a new low: 41 percent. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama, White House officials meet with immigration activists

Meghashyam Mali · March 14, 2014 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Why teachers unions back the child care block grant reauthorization

Sean Higgins · March 14, 2014 12:00 am

Obama puts target on for-profit colleges

Brian Hughes · March 14, 2014 12:00 am

Workers win trial over pay for putting on gear

Workers win trial over pay for putting on gear

Washington Examiner · March 13, 2014 7:24 pm

McDonald’s hit by lawsuits over worker pay

Candice Choi · March 13, 2014 5:40 pm

Mass. speaker calls for hike in minimum wage

Mass. speaker calls for hike in minimum wage

Bob Salsberg · March 13, 2014 3:18 pm

Portland State University faculty authorize strike

Portland State University faculty authorize strike

Steven Dubois · March 13, 2014 3:17 pm

Shoppers check out the sale at an ALDO store in the Mall at Robinson, in Robinson Township, Pa. (AP/Gene J. Puskar)

Retail sales rise in February, ending two-month skid

Joseph Lawler · March 13, 2014 4:00 am