Tag: Labor

Union membership holds steady at 11.3 percent

Union membership holds steady at 11.3 percent

Sam Hananel · January 24, 2014 4:46 pm

Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)

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NLRB lawyers push dropping complaints against UAW, VW in Chattanooga case

Sean Higgins · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Private-sector union membership surged last year to 7.3 million, and membership in public-sector organized labor slid to 7.2 million. This marks the first time in five years that the total private-sector membership actually exceeded that of its federal, state and local government counterpart. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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In reversal, private-sector union membership now exceeds public sector

Sean Higgins · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) president Richard Trumka addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at Los Angeles Convention Center Monday, Sept 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Membership in labor unions holds steady in 2013

Sean Lengell · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

With more people receiving unemployment benefits, and given the costs associated with working, employers have to pay more to attract the unemployed.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Early indications from North Carolina’s cuts in unemployment benefits show employment rising

Joseph Lawler · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

O’Malley calls for minimum wage hike in speech

O’Malley calls for minimum wage hike in speech

BRIAN WITTENICK TABOR · January 23, 2014 7:39 pm

Union leader Joseph Mathunjwa, center, sings and dances with mine workers outside the Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Allied Metal and Construction Workers Union (AMCU) at Lonmin in Marikana, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Impala mines started a strike on Thursday pushing for an entry-level monthly salary of 12,500 rand (1147 US Dollars). (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Platinum miners strike in South Africa

Ed Brown · January 23, 2014 5:36 pm

In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, photo, job seekers sign in before meeting prospective employers during a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Weekly applications for US jobless aid mostly flat

Christopher Rugaber · January 23, 2014 2:52 pm

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker makes his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature in the Assembly chambers at the state Capitol Wednesday in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

Scott Walker makes case for property, income tax cuts

Scott Bauer · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is pledging to commit up to $350 million in state funds to help Detroit as the bankrupt city tries to shore up pension funds that are billions in debt and prevent valuable city-owned art from being sold. (AP/Detroit Free Press, Ryan Garza )

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder backs plan to give bankrupt Detroit $350m

David Eggert · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Sen Cory Booker, D-N.J. listens at right as Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., speaks about unemployment benefits during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 326,000, a sign that layoffs are weighing less on the job market and economic growth. (AP/Susan Walsh)

How states fared on unemployment benefit claims

Associated Press · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Illinois unions prepare attack on GOP’s Bruce Rauner

Illinois unions prepare attack on GOP’s Bruce Rauner

Associated Press · January 23, 2014 5:00 am