Tag: Labor

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, jobs, and manufacturing, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In North Carolina, Obama hits GOP on jobless benefits

Brian Hughes · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama stands with Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Congressional budget plan cuts funds to union watchdog agency

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Examiner Editorial: Volkswagen right to side with U.S. workers against UAW

Washington Examiner · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

National Labor Relations Board attorneys are pursuing charges against Walmart, claiming the nonunion retail giant illegally fired 19 workers for participating in activities related to anti-Walmart protests in 14 states held over the last year and a half.ÃÂ (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

NLRB charges Walmart with illegal firings, disciplinary actions

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

While the Senate isn't likely to fight over the spending bill when debate begins this week, it is no closer to striking a deal on whether to extend federal unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Congress gridlocked on unemployment pay while House easily passes $1 trillion spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Obama to make manufacturing push in North Carolina

Brian Hughes · January 15, 2014 12:00 am

A New York Post report suggests that Census workers faked data used to calculate the unemployment rate.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

The three myths of labor force participation

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

An open letter organized by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute recommends legislation introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, that would increase the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 hourly rate to $10.10, indexed to increase with inflation.ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Seven Nobel Prize-winning economists endorse increase in minimum wage

Joseph Lawler · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning involves whether three 2011 presidential recess appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are valid, given the fact that the Senate was not technically in recess at the time. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Will Supreme Court rein in Obama’s recess appointment power grab?

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Workers walk by the Volkswagen AG plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

UAW’s Bob King confident he’ll win organizing fight over Tennessee Volkswagen plant

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Minnesota Orchestra flutist Wendy Williams, right, and student Alyssa Griggs pose for a photo in St. Paul, Minn., on Dec. 16. (AP Photo/Minnesota Public Radio, Chris Roberts)

Minnesota Orchestra, locked-out musicians approve contract

Associated Press · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

A gauge known as the labor force participation rate measures the proportion of working-age adults who either have a job or are looking for one. This rate fell to 63.2 percent last year, its lowest level point since 1978, according to the Labor Department. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Fewer Americans in the workforce

Washington Examiner · January 13, 2014 5:00 am