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Hoping to avoid the turmoil that plagued the labor movement during the 2008 presidential election, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Thursday the federation's member unions will withhold their presidential endorsements until they all agree on a candidate. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Immigration

Unions agree to agree on their 2016 presidential candidate

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Revealing that Big Labor leaders have been meeting privately with President Obama on a possible immigration executive action just as Big Business leaders have, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged the White House to be aggressive and make broad, expansive policy. (Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor)
Immigration

AFL-CIO chief urges Obama to be bold on immigration executive action

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McDonald's Corp. has no way to appeal the federal government's decision that it is liable for legal complaints at its franchised restaurants, industry experts say. That's because there is no decision to appeal -- at least no official one. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Politics

McDonald’s can’t appeal NLRB franchise decision

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In 2011, Gov. Mark Dayton (left) issued an executive order, which aside from the ability to unionize, didn't offer home health providers any state employee benefits. (Getty images/Chip Somodevilla)
Beltway Confidential

Minnesota certifies union after it wins 13 percent support

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Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)
Columnists

How Obama made a federal agency Big Labor’s ‘litigation arm’

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Labor Department officials have assured transgendered people involved in federal contracting that they, too, are protected by anti-discrimination laws. (iStock)
Beltway Confidential

Labor Department bans transgender discrimination in federal contracting

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Dian Palmer, president of Service Employees International Union Healthcare Wisconsin, wants one thing to be perfectly clear: Her union takes its ethical responsibilities very seriously. So it's just baffling to her how a forged signature was used to financially support the union's political arm. (iStock image)
Beltway Confidential

Wisconsin union has no idea how that forged card got in there

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For the 2014 legislative session, Gov. Mark Dayton and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor majorities in the state House and Senate set about repealing hundreds of laws. (AP Photo)
Columnists

In Minnesota, being your own boss doesn’t mean you won’t be unionized

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For the California Teachers Association, the question is
Beltway Confidential

California teachers union fears right-to-work law inevitable

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A recruitment letter recently sent out by a Seattle union is a case study in why a person should always read everything first before signing. (iStock image)
Beltway Confidential

Labor recruitment pitch shows why you should always read the fine print

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