Labor

Federal employee unions use tax-funded official time, money to build political muscle

Mark Flatten -

February 5, 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)

Magazine

Examiner Editorial: Obama’s labor board resurrects ‘ambush election’ rule

Washington Examiner -

February 5, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama reaches for a pen to sign the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Several million American workers will cut back their hours on the job or leave the nation's workforce entirely because of Obama's health care overhaul, congressional analysts said Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, adding fresh fuel to the political fight over

Business

Analysts say health care law means fewer on job

ANDREW TAYLORRICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR -

February 5, 2014 2:43 am

President Obama speaks at General Electric's Waukesha Gas Engines facility on Jan. 30 in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo)

Columnists

Obama’s solution to phony wage gap is another job-killer

Diana Furchtgott-Roth -

February 4, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Jan. 28. (AP/Larry Downing)

Columnists

Obama and the grievance industry

Mona Charen -

February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Lobbying Congress is permitted. And high on the perennial list of union legislative priorities is killing any bill that would limit official time.

Too Big To Manage: Public pays for government unions to lobby for more federal spending

Mark Flatten -

February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Infographic: Too Big to Manage

Chris Henderson -

February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Air traffic controllers, nurses, lawyers and others employed by the government spend thousands of hours each year doing union business on official time. (Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

708 federal workers spent more time on union work than their government jobs in 2012

Mark Flatten -

February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Janet Yellen will be sworn in as the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve at 9 a.m. on Monday morning. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Economy

The week ahead in economics: Janet Yellen takes over, jobs and the budget

Joseph Lawler -

February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Caregiver Dena Adams, left, accompanied by attorney Phoebe Taubman, testifies before the New York City Council Civil Rights Committee. (AP Photo/A Better Balance)

New York, California bills show fight to protect caregivers

Jim Fitzgerald -

February 3, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Labor

Federal employee unions use tax-funded official time, money to build political muscle

Examiner Editorial: Obama’s labor board resurrects ‘ambush election’ rule

Analysts say health care law means fewer on job

Obama’s solution to phony wage gap is another job-killer

Obama and the grievance industry

Too Big To Manage: Public pays for government unions to lobby for more federal spending

Infographic: Too Big to Manage

708 federal workers spent more time on union work than their government jobs in 2012

The week ahead in economics: Janet Yellen takes over, jobs and the budget

New York, California bills show fight to protect caregivers

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