Tag: Labor

In this AP file photo, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. speaks in front of the Supreme Court. Verrilli, arguing National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning on behalf of the Obama administration, warned that ruling against the NLRB would cast a legal cloud over hundreds of rulings by the board, which resolves complaints of unfair labor practices and conducts elections for labor union representation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Supreme Court questions legality of Obama recess appointments

Sean Lengell · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., advocated for higher minimum wages, immigration reform and Big Labor issues like card check. (Getty images File)

Beltway Confidential

Retiring Rep. George Miller was staunch Big Labor ally

Sean Higgins · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

White House ‘confident’ Supreme Court will uphold Obama’s recess appointment power

Brian Hughes · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this Jan. 10, 2014, photo, Stan Osnowitz, an electrician with 43 years of experience, displays tools from his work bag in his apartment in Baltimore. He has been unemployed since the end of June 2013 and lost his state unemployment benefits of $430 a week in December, but he keeps his work equipment packed and ready to go at a moment's notice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options

JOSH BOAKSAM HANANEL · January 12, 2014 6:47 pm

Protestors demonstrate outside a McDonald's restaurant in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 5 as part of push by labor unions, worker advocacy groups and Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Federal minimum wage hike would affect states differently — and that’s a plus for Democrats

Joseph Lawler · January 12, 2014 5:00 am

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)

Supreme Court to hear case on Obama’s disputed NLRB appointments

Sean Lengell · January 12, 2014 5:00 am

Ron Unz, a Silicon Valley multimillionaire and registered Republican who once ran for governor and, briefly, U.S. Senate, wants state voters to endorse the wage jump. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Entrepreneur: Boost California wages to $12 an hour

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Command Sgt. Maj. Martin R. Barreras, a recipient of three Purple Hearts who helped rescue Jessica Lynch at the beginning of the post-9/11 wars, died May 13 in San Antonio Military Medical Center after suffering injuries in Harat Province, Afghanistan on May 6. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Reservist wins $2 million award against Postal Service after firing

Sean Higgins · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Obama vows ‘year of action’ on economy

Jeremy Barr · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Luis Mendez, 23, left, and Maurice Mike, 23, wait in line at a job fair in Miami. (AP/Lynne Sladky)

US employers may post a 5th month of solid hiring

Christopher Rugaber · January 10, 2014 12:15 pm

Beltway Confidential

Job growth ‘nowhere near robust enough,’ AFL-CIO says

Sean Higgins · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

(AP/Steven Senne)

Weak jobs report shows unemployment rate dipping below 7 percent for first time in Obama presidency as workers leave labor force

Joseph Lawler · January 10, 2014 5:00 am