Tag: Unions

House votes to avert rail strike, sending legislation to Senate

Virginia Aabram · November 30, 2022 6:12 pm

President Joe Biden, with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, left, speaks about a tentative railway labor agreement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Washington.

Biden faces railroad strike fallout after premature victory lap

Haisten Willis · November 30, 2022 11:00 am

‘Joe Biden blew it’: Rail workers union lashes out at the White House

Haisten Willis · November 29, 2022 7:55 pm

House to vote on legislation to avert railroad strike in move backed by Biden

Asher Notheis · November 29, 2022 12:14 am

Rubio says he won’t vote for deal to stop rail strike without worker support

Zach Halaschak · November 29, 2022 12:00 am

In January, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., introduced legislation called the Safe Freight Act, which requires that at least two people are at the controls for freight trains. Supporters say the bill will increase safety, but critics say the measure is unnecessary. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Tech companies start moving chip shipments off trains as strike threat rises

Zach Halaschak · November 28, 2022 6:50 pm

Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks outside the Statehouse, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, in Concord, N.H., after filing to be placed on the New Hampshire primary ballot.

Buttigieg warns looming rail strike ‘would not be good’ for economy

Rachel Schilke · November 22, 2022 8:42 pm

Pedestrians walk across Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington.

Congressional staffers gain traction in push to unionize House offices

Virginia Aabram · November 21, 2022 8:35 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, a BNSF Railway train hauls crude oil near Wolf Point, Mont. The oil industry's lead trade group released new standards on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, for testing and classifying crude shipped by rail after prior shipments were misclassified, including a train that derailed in Canada and killed 47 people. Shipping oil by rail has become far more common as domestic drilling booms in North Dakota, Montana, Texas, Colorado and other states. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Rail strike threat renewed as largest rail union rejects labor contract

Zach Halaschak · November 21, 2022 3:30 pm

SEE IT: Left-wing senators cheer on Starbucks workers striking at over 100 stores

Julia Johnson · November 17, 2022 9:24 pm

Rail strike deadline looms as unions struggle to approve deal

Zach Halaschak · November 17, 2022 12:00 am

Union leaders declare victory to ban ‘right to work’ in Illinois

Zach Halaschak · November 10, 2022 12:00 am