Tag: Labor unions

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There is a way out for states trapped in the pension sinkhole

Scott Beaulier · June 27, 2014 12:00 pm

This Oct. 26, 2011 photo shows the Showboat Casino Hotel and its House of Blues nightclub in Atlantic City, N.J. A union official said on June 26, 2014 that a top executive of Showboat's parent company, Caesars Entertainment, revealed plans to issue notices to the casinos employees the next day warning that the Showboat could be shut down in 60 days. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Union: New Jersey casino warns of possible closure

Wayne Parry · June 27, 2014 2:22 am

FILE - In this June 18, 2008 file photo, Ikea employees cheer during the grand opening of New York City's first Ikea store, in Brooklyn. Ikea on Thursday, June 26, 2014 plans to announce its U.S. division is raising the minimum wage for thousands of its retail workers, pegging it to the cost of living in each location, instead of its competition. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Ikea raises hourly pay for US retail workers

Anne D'innocenzio · June 26, 2014 7:18 pm

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Beltway Confidential

More than a thousand NLRB cases potentially voided by Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · June 26, 2014 6:27 pm

Senate actions on NLRB, filibuster rule drain Noel Canning ruling of impact

Beltway Confidential

Senate actions on NLRB, filibuster rule drain Noel Canning ruling of impact

Sean Higgins · June 26, 2014 5:30 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Did caregivers in Illinois ever back a union in the first place?

Sean Higgins · June 26, 2014 10:00 am

NYC strikes a deal with 2 labor unions

NYC strikes a deal with 2 labor unions

Washington Examiner · June 26, 2014 1:39 am

In this Monday, June 23, 2014 photo, Chuck Stempler, owner of an AlphaGraphics printing and marketing franchise, poses for a photo next to a wall that tracks current jobs for customers at his business, in Seattle. Stempler, who is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn a Seattle law that will raise the city's minimum wage to $15 from the current $9.32, says he will have to cut jobs to afford the higher wage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Minimum wage issue pits franchisees against cities

Joyce Rosenberg · June 25, 2014 6:22 pm

Beltway Confidential

Crony cabbies snarl traffic to protest free-market competitors Uber, Lyft

Blake Seitz · June 25, 2014 5:34 pm

Today's hearing on the Export-Import Bank is Rep. Jeb Hensarling's first big step to try to persuade Republicans to listen to the grass roots and oppose corporate welfare. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Somehow, Export-Import Bank became an issue

Timothy P. Carney · June 25, 2014 2:12 pm

MTA sweetens contract offer to LIRR workers

MTA sweetens contract offer to LIRR workers

Washington Examiner · June 25, 2014 10:36 am

Chicago, AFSCME give details of contract agreement

Chicago, AFSCME give details of contract agreement

Washington Examiner · June 25, 2014 10:11 am