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Southwest Airlines plane prepares to land at Midway International Airport, Feb. 12, 2023, in Chicago. Southwest Airlines flight attendants have voted down a contract offer reached by negotiators for the airline and the union. The Transport Workers Union Local 556 said Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 that the proposal was voted down 64% to 36%. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Pilots reach tentative deal with Southwest Airlines

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. Tesla has found itself locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with union workers in Sweden and neighboring countries. The showdown pits the electric car maker's CEO Elon Musk, who's staunchly anti-union, against the strongly held labor ideals of the Nordic countries. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Musk and Tesla are battling unions across Scandinavia. What comes next in the labor dispute?

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

A tipping option is displayed on a card reader tablet at a business in Glenview, Ill., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Tipping fatigue, it seems, is swarming America as more businesses adopt digital payment methods that automatically prompt customers to leave a gratuity. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

Tipping in America is out of control, and we’ve got to end it

By Joseph Curl

President Joe Biden walks to shake hands with Rashawn Spivey, CEO of Hero Plumbing, LLC., right, after he was introduced to speak at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden tries to reassure Black voters that his economic policies are working

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A ship is moored at the port of Malmo as port workers are blocking the loading of vehicles from Tesla, in Malmo, Sweden, Tuesday Nov. 7, 2023. Pressure is growing on Tesla in Sweden, where a trade union is demanding that the Texas-based automaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, as most employees in the Scandinavian country have. Tesla has no manufacturing plant in Sweden, but 130 members of the powerful metalworkers’ union IF Metall walked out on Oct. 27 at seven workshops across the country where its popular cars are serviced. Other trade unions joined in solidarity, including dockworkers at Sweden’s four largest ports who decided Tuesday to stop the delivery of Tesla vehicles to increase pressure on the automaker to accept the metal workers’ demands. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File)

Poll: Majority of Swedes back Tesla strikes

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A sign marks the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory, Oct. 13, 2018, in Sparks, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Tesla hikes wages 10% at Nevada factory as United Auto Workers push to unionize

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., questions Moderna CEO and Director Stephane Bancel during a Senate HELP Committee hearing on the price of the COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Younger, less educated workers figured to bear brunt of fallout from $17 hourly minimum wage

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 31, 2017, photo, workers produce vehicles at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 1,000 workers at the Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. It's the first plant in the nation to reach that milestone in the UAW’s quest to organize more than a dozen nonunion factories. The union says in a statement Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, that the workers signed on in less than a week. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) **FILE**

Shawn Fain visits Tennessee VW plant, demands company stop union-busting

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A subway train arrives Jan. 13, 2015, at the L'Enfant Metro Station in Washington, D.C., which is part of the region's public mass transit network. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bad trip: Biden making federal workers take public transportation or other ‘green’ travel options

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This Oct. 16, 2019, file photo shows a sign at a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa. General Motors is recalling nearly 340,000 big SUVs in the U.S. because their daytime running lights may not shut off when the regular headlights are on. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, that having both lights on at the same time could cause glare, increasing the risk of a crash. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

GM announces layoffs at EV factories

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

This Jan. 6, 2015, photo shows an Etsy mobile credit card reader, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Etsy cuts 11% of staff during Christmas gift season

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Associated Press reporter Michael Liedtke sits in the back of a Cruise driverless taxi that picked him up in San Francisco's Mission District, Feb. 15, 2023. California's Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday, Oct. 24, immediately suspended operation of Cruise's driverless robotaxis in San Francisco, citing public safety after one of its cars ran over a person fatally struck by a vehicle driven by a human. (AP Photo/Terry Chea) **FILE**

Cruise axes 24% of staff amid budget crunch

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

They earned more than a million dollars — and still took unemployment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tesla vehicles line a parking lot at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory, on Sept. 18, 2023. The conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark where transport workers with the country’s largest trade union on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 said it was establishing a sympathy conflict against the Texas-based automaker. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Swedish transport union could quit picking up Tesla’s trash

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

A man sits inside a Starbucks, in New York, Jan. 11, 2016. An independent review of Starbucks' labor relations concluded that Starbucks should better communicate its commitment to workers’ collective bargaining rights and train its employees to respect those rights. Starbucks released the assessment Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Starbucks, union trade blows over anti-union practices

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks at CS Wind, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Pueblo, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

The Democrats’ war on American competence

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

Teachers Unions and Student Lockout Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Public sector unions have become Democratic Party’s most powerful tool

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 31, 2017, photo, workers produce vehicles at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 1,000 workers at the Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. It's the first plant in the nation to reach that milestone in the UAW’s quest to organize more than a dozen nonunion factories. The union says in a statement Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, that the workers signed on in less than a week. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig) **FILE**

UAW files unfair labor practice claim against nonunion automakers

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Reforming Social Security illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Bold ideas can reform Social Security without cutting benefits

By Michael Markey

Starbucks employees and supporters link arms during a union election watch party Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks says it’s committed to bargaining with unionized workers and reaching labor agreements next year. The move Friday is major reversal for the coffee chain after two years fighting the unionization of its U.S. stores. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)

Starbucks wants to restart contract talks next year with union

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times