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College lecturers picket outside Croydon College in south London as thousands of public-service workers and teachers in the United Kingdom strike over pension cuts on Thursday, June 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Larry Vernon of Canton, Mich., fills out an application during a job fair in Southfield, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits changed little last week, evidence that the struggling economy isn’t generating many jobs. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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** FILE ** Rick Rivera (center), a retired schoolteacher from Upper Freehold, N.J., sports on his back a picture of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with Mickey Mouse ears as Mr. Rivera and public employee union members protest near the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., on Monday, June 20, 2011. The state Senate and Assembly were debating a bill requiring sharply higher pension and health care contributions from public employees. The governor signed the legislation on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Jim Riggleman said the uncertainty over his contract situation undermined his authority as manager. John McLaren will take over on an interim basis.
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Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman resigned as manager over a contract dispute Thursday, June 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)
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**FILE** In this photo from June 15, 2011, job seekers stand in line at a job fair in Southfield, Mich. (Associated Press)
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says foreign-born engineers, scientists and tech innovators could ease Michigan's unemployment by moving to the state and becoming entrepreneurs. (Associated Press)
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Rep Tim Scott of South Carolina says no union jobs have been lost in Washington state as a result of the Boeing Co. opening a nonunion plant in his state. The National Labor Relations Board is suing Boeing over it. (Associated Press)
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Ginger Adamson leads supporters of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2211 near the New Jersey Statehouse, where lawmakers were considering pension and health care legislation. (Associated Press)
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Wal-Mart employee Betty Dukes was involved in a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the retail giant that the Supreme Court on Monday ruled could not proceed. (Associated Press)
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Carol Rosenblatt (right), of the District, takes part in a rally at the Supreme Court on March 29 in support of plaintiffs in a case of female employees against Wal-Mart. The National Women's Law Center decried Monday's ruling, which held there were too many female plaintiffs in too many different jobs to justify a class-action lawsuit. (Associated Press)
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Ginger Adamson leads supporters of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2211 on Monday near the New Jersey Statehouse, where lawmakers were considering pension and health care legislation. (Associated Press)
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Charleston, S.C., residents listen as Lafe Solomon, acting general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board answers questions presented to him by a congressional panel at the Charleston County Council Chambers on Friday. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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"If the NLRB had its way, then once you plant your flag in a union state, then you can never leave," said Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, of the ramifications for businesses. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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**FILE** In this photo taken on Nov. 12, 2003, then Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayad (center), former government General Secretary Hasan Abu-Lebdeh (right) and former Labor Minister Ghassan Khatib (left) sit in an unknown office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Associated Press)
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Shoppers walk through the parking lot toward the Target store in Valley Stream, N.Y., Friday, June 17, 2011. Workers at the Target store in New York voted against joining the country's largest retail union Friday night, but the union said it would press on and broaden its push to represent the company's workers nationwide. (AP Photo/Newsday, John Dunn)
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Boeing employees work in the 787 Dreamliner aft-body-assembly building on Thursday, June 16, 2011, in Charleston, S.C. The building is the size of 10.5 football fields and can house two 787 Dreamliners wingtip to wingtip. Boeing will be able to deliver three airplanes per month. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)
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Job seekers line up at the 10th annual Skid Row Career Fair held at the Los Angeles Mission downtown Los Angeles Thursday, June 2, 2011. Employers hired only 54,000 new workers in May, the fewest in eight months, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Job seekers wait in line at a job fair in Southfield, Mich., on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, though the number of applications remains above levels consistent with a healthy economy. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Employees go about their business in Boeing Co.'s $750 million final assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C., on Friday. The company's new 787 jetliner assembly plant is at the center of a National Labor Relations Board dispute. (Associated Press)
