Tag: Labor

Md. Senate to hear minimum wage hike bill

Md. Senate to hear minimum wage hike bill

Washington Examiner · February 13, 2014 9:16 am

Workers at Volkswagen's lone U.S. plant in Tennessee on Wednesday kicked off a three-day election that will determine whether they will be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

Volkswagen workers begin 3-day union vote in Tennessee

Erik Schelzig · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his first budget proposal Wednesday, revealing that the nation's largest city has a surplus but warning that it still faces stark fiscal challenges due to the expired labor contracts of all 150 municipal unions. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, Pool)

New York City mayor unveils budget, warns of labor contract challenges

Jonathan Lemire · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

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Net job creation slows in 2013

Joseph Lawler · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama signs an executive order mandating that federal contractors be required to raise the minimum wage they pay their workers to $10.10, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at the end of an appearance at the US Steel's Mon Valley Works in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Obama to raise minimum wage for contract workers

Associated Press · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, after signing an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers during a ceremony. Wage increase to $10.10 an hour, goes into effect next year, and applies to new contracts and replacements for expiring contracts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama signs minimum wage executive order

Meghashyam Mali · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, is opposed to letting individual municipalities set their own minimum wages and tax rates, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to do. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Andrew Cuomo: Local minimum wages would disrupt economy

Associated Press · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 21, 2012, file photo, workers walk by the Volkswagen AG plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Workers at the plant will decide in a three-day vote Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

GOP’s Corker urges rejection of UAW at Volkswagen

Erik Schelzig · February 11, 2014 11:34 pm

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is highlighting a a fundraising phone call former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis made to an department employee as evidence that the Obama administration has a history of illegal fundraising activities. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Ex-Labor Secretary Hilda Solis flew on private union’s jet, failed to disclose gift

Sean Higgins · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

A House committee is holding a hearing on a bill to raise New Hampshire's minimum wage above the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

House panel considers minimum wage hike bill

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Advocates for allowing New York City officials to raise the minimum wage locally are heading to the state Capitol Tuesday, a day after Mayor Bill de Blasio said he planned to ask state lawmakers next week for the power to raise the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Advocates for higher NYC minimum wage go to Albany

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Oct. 22 file photo, 16-year veteran skycap Fred Harris prepares multiple baggage tags for a traveler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. About 50 elected officials have signed a letter to the Port of Seattle urging the government agency that runs the airport to embrace a citizen-approved initiative to raise the minimum wage for SeaTac employees to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Officials pressure Port of Seattle about $15 wage

DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP · February 11, 2014 12:00 am