labor-law

The union that spurred the government's labor-law complaint against Boeing Co. proposed a settlement ahead of a National Labor Relations Board hearing next week, but the aircraft maker said the union's request "went well beyond what we would consider reasonable."

Boeing Rejects Union on Plant Melanie Trottman 2011

The union that spurred the government's labor-law complaint against Boeing Co. proposed a settlement ahead of a National Labor Relations Board hearing next week, but the aircraft maker said the union's request "went well beyond what we would consider reasonable."

Boeing Rejects Union on Plant Melanie Trottman 2011

The partisan debate over the NLRB election proposal and other recent actions by the agency—including a labor-law violation complaint filed against aircraft giant Boeing Co.—has drawn fresh scrutiny of the role of unions in the economy, including whether collective bargaining helps or hurts job creation.

Proposal Revamps Union Elections Melanie Trottman 2011

Such a clause would have made companies that do business with the USDA, such as commodity giant Cargill Inc. and meatpacker Tyson Foods Inc., responsible for promptly reporting to USDA's contracting officials if any of their subcontractors and suppliers were hit with formal allegations of labor-law problems.

Agriculture Department Eases Stance on Contracts Scott Kilman 2012

For the record, I'd happily take a deal wherein the collective bargaining rights of public workers were weakened but private workers were given card check and the other labor-law reforms needed to create some semblance of fair elections.

You can't separate public and private unions 2011

With labor-law enforcement -- or even a sense that workers should have rights -- seemingly a thing of the past, these anti-worker sentiments are spreading.

Dave Johnson: Does Government Know Who the Boss Is? Dave Johnson 2011

The talks, which will cover everything from faster budget cuts to labor-law reforms, could lead to some government decisions as early as the end of this week, an Italian official said.

ECB Puts Pressure on Italy Stacy Meichtry 2011

Walter Olson on Italy's labor-law reformers who have to live under armed guard.

Notable & Quotable 2012

A good deal of the credit lies with the labor-law reforms enacted under Mrs. Merkel's Social Democratic predecessor, which gave employers greater freedom to negotiate contracts with their workers.

Merkel the Populist 2011

That's all the more reason for Europe to stop pouring money into broken economies like wine on shattered glass and instead embark on a genuine "jobs and growth" program of across-the-board tax cuts and labor-law reform.

Seventeenth Brussels Washout 2012