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    Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Labor, business leaders reach agreement on outline of immigration plan

    Key business and labor leaders said Thursday that they have hammered out the broad outline of a compromise on one of the hardest issues in reforming the nation's immigration system -- how to handle future needs for foreign workers in the U.S.
    Key business and labor leaders said Thursday that they have hammered out the broad outline of a compromise on one of the hardest issues in reforming the nation's immigration system -- how to handle future needs for foreign workers in the U.S. Although...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, George W. Bush, Career and Workplace

    2. Feb 18, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  2. Analysis: Minimum wage plan a new test for Obama

    WASHINGTON (AP) — If anything illustrated President Barack Obama's new sense of self-confidence, it was his State of the Union call for an increase in the national minimum wage.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — If anything illustrated President Barack Obama's new sense of self-confidence, it was his State of the Union call for an increase in the national minimum wage. For much of the past two years, the president and his aides have...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Senate, Labor Legislation, Washington, DC, Parties and Movements

    3. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. If the GOP is doomed, why does it keep winning everything but the presidency?

    The Republicans are doomed. Conservatism is over. President Obama is conducting a mop-up operation at this point.
    The Republicans are doomed. Conservatism is over. President Obama is conducting a mop-up operation at this point. That's the basic consensus in places like New York City, Washington, D.C., and other citadels of blue America. And let's be fair,...

    Tags: Washington, DC, Parties and Movements, Voting, Elections, Barack Obama

    4. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. 'Wage theft' prevails in post-recession economy

    Behind the counter at a convenience store in Princess Anne, Elvira Orellana worked 72 hours a week, making sandwiches, cleaning the kitchen and ordering the ingredients to prepare oxtail, curry chicken and cheese steaks.
    Behind the counter at a convenience store in Princess Anne, Elvira Orellana worked 72 hours a week, making sandwiches, cleaning the kitchen and ordering the ingredients to prepare oxtail, curry chicken and cheese steaks. Her employer paid her $648 a week...

    Tags: Labor Markets, Civil Laws, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Companies and Corporations

    5. Jan 30, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Brenda J. Clayburn, City Union of Baltimore president, dies

    Brenda J. Clayburn, a founder and later president of the City Union of Baltimore who was also a longtime city Police Department supervisor, died Sunday of undetermined causes at her Northwest Baltimore home. She was 63.
    Brenda J. Clayburn, a founder and later president of the City Union of Baltimore who was also a longtime city Police Department supervisor, died Sunday of undetermined causes at her Northwest Baltimore home. She was 63. "She had recently been sick, and...

    Tags: American Federation of Teachers, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Work Relations, Baltimore Police Department, NAACP

    6. Jan 30, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Leave entitlements alone

    The most serious economic challenge facing America is the continuing jobs crisis – not the deficit or the national debt. If House Republicans plan to use the fiscal cliff showdown to hold working people, seniors and the disadvantaged hostage with...

    Tags: Health Insurance, Republican Party, Government Health Care, Fiscal Cliff, Medicare

    7. Jan 27, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Campaign rules for federal employees get an update

    Even as<strong> </strong>Congress and the White House appeared to be at a standoff over the fiscal cliff last month, lawmakers and the president were able to agree on at least one thing: an update of the Hatch Act.
    Even as Congress and the White House appeared to be at a standoff over the fiscal cliff last month, lawmakers and the president were able to agree on at least one thing: an update of the Hatch Act. The 1939 law prohibits federal employees and certain...

    Tags: Andrew Johnson, National Government, Civil and Public Service, Justice System, Career and Workplace

    8. Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. No vote on Illinois House pension plan today

    The Illinois House adjourned for the day without voting on a major government worker pension overhaul, casting grave doubt on the reform plan's fate.
    Clout Street
    The Illinois House adjourned for the day without voting on a major government worker pension overhaul, casting grave doubt on the reform plan's fate. The bill passed out of a committee earlier today, but proponents are still trying to round up enough...

    Tags: John J Cullerton, Retirement, Tom Cross, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation

    9. Dec 20, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. 500 steelworkers turn out to receive United Way holiday meals

    For years, Jeff Mikula collected United Way donations from his fellow steelworkers at Sparrows Point. On Thursday, he &mdash; and 500 former co-workers from the now-closed plant &mdash; stood in line to receive them.
    For years, Jeff Mikula collected United Way donations from his fellow steelworkers at Sparrows Point. On Thursday, he — and 500 former co-workers from the now-closed plant — stood in line to receive them. The Dundalk man, who worked as an...

    Tags: Holidays, Labor Markets, Auction Service, United Way , Dundalk

    10. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. Unions suffer sharp decline in membership

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving economy.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Union membership plummeted last year to the lowest level since the 1930s as cash-strapped state and local governments shed workers and unions had difficulty organizing new members in the private sector despite signs of an improving...

    Tags: Labor Markets, Regional Authority, Work Relations, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation

    11. Jan 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Joe Biden's swearing-in opens inaugural ceremonies

    WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden took the first official step of the inaugural weekend, swearing the oath of office as he stood among friends, family and a circle of Democratic power players of his political history &ndash; and, perhaps, future.
    WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden took the first official step of the inaugural weekend, swearing the oath of office as he stood among friends, family and a circle of Democratic power players of his political history – and, perhaps, future....

    Tags: David Axelrod, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections

    12. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Unions blast state on plans for underfunded pensions

    A coalition of public employee unions issued a report today blasting state legislation to address their vastly underfunded pension systems and offering instead to make increased worker contributions if lawmakers raised $2 billion by ending tax benefits to corporations and imposing new taxes.
    Tribune reporter
    A coalition of public employee unions issued a report today blasting state legislation to address their vastly underfunded pension systems and offering instead to make increased worker contributions if lawmakers raised $2 billion by ending tax benefits to...

    Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Justice System, Retirement, Civil and Public Service, Career and Workplace

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