Tag: Labor

Union issues strike notice to WVU Hospitals

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

VIDEO: Martin O’Malley says minimum wage increase won’t drive away business

Steve Doty · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, left, and District Council 47 President Frederick Wright prepare to sign the first new contract for the city's white-collar workers on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. The contract ends a five-year stalemate and extends a new contract to mid-2017, Wright said Tuesday according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Troy Graham)

Philadelphia, white-collar union reach tentative accord

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Former company officers bought a business in bankruptcy, through confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan. The bankrupt company assumed the union contract, although it wasn't assigned to the buyers.

Sale didn’t enable buyer to avoid union contract

Bloomberg News · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Diplomats union to vote on ambassador nominees

Diplomats union to vote on ambassador nominees

Lara Jakes · February 25, 2014 11:21 pm

Ben Jealous, former CEO of the NAACP, gave a keynote speech at a Maryland rally for civil and immigrant rights. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Worker rights bills inspire rally in Maryland

Associated Press · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said Thursday he will not comply with a subpoena issued by the United Auto Workers to appear at a regional National Labor Relations Board hearing April 21.ÃÂ (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Bob Corker warns NLRB ruling on UAW VW election could muzzle lawmakers

Sean Higgins · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. faces reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, following a closed-door Democratic policy meeting. The Senate seemed ready Tuesday to vote preliminary approval of a sprawling Democratic bill expanding health, education and other benefits for veterans, but the election-year measure faced conservative opposition and an uncertain fate as Republicans try to make it smaller and find ways to pay for it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate delays minimum wage action as House Dems push John Boehner on vote

Susan Ferrechio · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

The first rail shipment of 2012 Volkswagen Passats built at the automaker's plant in Chattanooga is loaded aboard train cars Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Bill Poovey)

Beltway Confidential

VW workers ask NLRB to reject union complaint regarding lost election

Sean Higgins · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, speaks with reporters about legislation outlawing workplace discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 7. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Minimum-wage vote probably delayed in Senate, Tom Harkin says

Bloomberg News · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Volunteering fell to the lowest rate in 2013 since the government has been measuring it, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Volunteering falls to 10-year low in the U.S.

Joseph Lawler · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Kansas state Rep. John Rubin, a Shawnee Republican, is the sponsor of an unsuccessful proposal to create a 401(k)-style plan for new public employees. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas lawmakers staying course on public pensions

John Hanna · February 25, 2014 5:00 am