Tag: Labor

Revolving door

Beltway Confidential

Ron Wyden, other Dem senators press Obama for further surveillance reforms

Sean Higgins · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Outgoing machinists union president Tom Wroblewski speaks at a signing event for legislation to help keep production of Boeing's new 777X in Washington State, in Seattle on Nov. 11. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Beltway Confidential

Boeing Seattle union chief retires after contract showdown

Sean Higgins · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Amazon has unionization efforts in the past. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Beltway Confidential

Delaware Amazon workers reject union

Sean Higgins · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

PennsylvaniaÃÂ Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican, has indicated that he would signÃÂ legislation that would limit the power of public sector unions. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Beltway Confidential

Pennsylvania GOP sets stage for public sector union reform

Sean Higgins · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Led by rising gasoline costs, inflation rose 0.3 percent on an annual basis in December, according to a Thursday release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from no increase the month before and a slight decrease in October. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Inflation edges up in December

Joseph Lawler · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

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/J. Scott Applewhite)

US weekly unemployment benefit claims drop to 326k

Josh Boak · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Dow Chemical backed anti-union nonprofit with $2 million donation

Washington Examiner · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sounded positive notes about the U.S. economy Friday morning, saying that the nation is starting off 2014 "strong" and facing "economic tailwinds, not headwinds," thanks to falling unemployment and what appears to be progress on fiscal affairs in Congress. (Mark Wilson/Getty images)

Treasury’s Jack Lew: U.S. boosted by ‘economic tailwinds’

Joseph Lawler · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Devyani Khobragade, who served as India's deputy consul general in New York, greets journalists as she leaves Maharastra State House in New Delhi, India, on Saturday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Indian-born U.S. prosecutor misses the target with his moral crusade against diplomat

Shikha Dalmia · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Gov’t charges Wal-Mart with labor violations

Gov’t charges Wal-Mart with labor violations

Sam Hananel · January 15, 2014 11:15 pm

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez joined Nancy Pelosi in calling for a minimum wage hike.

VIDEO: Democrats fighting hard for minimum wage increase

Lisa Ruhl · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Jeremiah Wright, the former spiritual mentor to President Obama who shouted "God damn America," slammed the president's military and foreign policy at a breakfast held by the Chicago Teachers Union to honor Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

Ex-Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright slams president in speech

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2014 5:00 am