Tag: Labor

Striking Chicago Public School teachers picket as Mayor Rahm Emanuel visits with students in Chicago in September 2012. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Retired Illinois teachers sue state over pension law

Associated Press · December 28, 2013 5:00 am

Former Vice President Al Gore, shown here Jan. 29, made a lot of money selling Current TV to Qatar-owned Al-Jazeera. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

My Top 10 stories of 2013

Sean Higgins · December 28, 2013 5:00 am

The Michigan Education Association, the state branch of the National Education Association, only allows members to leave the union in one month out of the year, and strictly enforces this rule. Miss it even by a little and not only are you still a member, but you owe another year's worth of dues, too. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

How a Michigan teachers union obstructs members trying to quit

Sean Higgins · December 27, 2013 5:00 am

A long line of job seekers wait outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the last week on Dec. 26. (AP/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)

Weekly US jobless claims drop 42,000 to 338,000

Associated Press · December 26, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. stocks were poised to open higher Thursday, as Wall Street returns from the Christmas holiday, helped by a report that showed fewer Americans were filing for unemployment benefits. (AP/Richard Drew)

Better news on US job market sends stocks higher

Associated Press · December 26, 2013 5:00 am

Public employee union members occupy the unique position of being both workers and taxpayers. They vote for their public officials at regular intervals, but they almost never have the opportunity to vote in recertification elections. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Wisconsin experience shows need for union recertification elections

Washington Examiner · December 25, 2013 5:00 am

Top leaders at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers overruled its Puget Sound branch, District 751, and ordered that it allow its members toÃÂ vote early next month on the latest proposed contract from the Boeing Co., where most of its members work. (AP/Kin Cheung)

Beltway Confidential

Top union leaders overrule local officials in Boeing dispute

Sean Higgins · December 24, 2013 5:00 am

Calling it an "appalling practice," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called on President Obama's administration to stop contracting with foreign sweatshops to produce official federal government uniforms and other clothing.(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

AFL-CIO slams Obama administration for sweatshop purchases

Sean Higgins · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

Union officials say a shortage of workers contributes to the problems at a Nebraska hotline for people applying for benefits such as food stamps and Medicaid. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Union criticizes staffing at Neb. benefits hotline

Washington Examiner · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

The state's falling unemployment rate would appear to be good news, but University of Connecticut economists said in a report released Monday that it's due not to job creation, but because workers are quitting the labor force.

Economists see little cheer in falling joblessness

Associated Press · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

Washington Secrets

Republicans, even John Boehner, face voter backlash over unemployment cutoff

Paul Bedard · December 23, 2013 5:00 am

The rank-and-file union members who are struggling in these difficult economic times might be interested to know that the top 100 highest-paid union officials took home $52 million between them -- in 2012 alone.ÃÂ (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)

Top three myths of Big Labor

Matt Patterson · December 21, 2013 5:00 am