Tag: Labor unions

The court's 4-4 ruling in Friedrichs shows anti-labor activists no longer have a sympathetic majority. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court ruling signals end to conservative hopes for labor reform

Sean Higgins · March 29, 2016 5:55 pm

"Antonin Scalia has saved labor unions," read a headline published shortly after the court announced it was split 4-4 in the case of Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association. (AP Photo/Chris Greenberg, File)

Gawker gets in some more digs at the late Justice Scalia

Becket Adams · March 29, 2016 4:55 pm

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday announced that they were split 4 to 4 on a case that could have been a major blow to public sector unions. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Labor groups spared as Supreme Court splits on teachers union case

Sean Higgins · March 29, 2016 2:48 pm

Jerry Brown's announcement pushes the state into unknown economic territory. (AP Photo)

Calif. to raise minimum wage to $15

Sean Higgins · March 28, 2016 8:46 pm

Court backs labor board on Jimmy John’s protests

bloomberg-bna, lawrence-dube · March 28, 2016 4:34 pm

Shipping department workers say Chanel has systematically failed to pay its employees overtime wages. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Fashion giant Chanel fights employee OT lawsuit

the-fashion, julie-zerbo · March 28, 2016 10:00 am

If Lyft persuades a federal judge to approve the accord announced in January, the company will be a step ahead of its larger rival Uber Technologies Inc. (AP Photo)

Lyft peace pact could fail if judge heeds Teamsters

Joel Rosenblatt · March 25, 2016 4:28 pm

Watch: Elizabeth Warren talks ‘joint employers’

Washington Examiner · March 25, 2016 11:00 am

American Airlines gave in to pressure from employees and adopted a profit-sharing program, acknowledging the issue was thwarting efforts to improve labor relations and the carrier's performance. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Flight attendants at American Airlines win profit sharing

Mary Schlangenstein · March 24, 2016 4:38 pm

"This rule will chill employer free speech and make it harder for small business owners to navigate a host of complex labor rules," said House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., in a joint letter with Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe, R-Tenn. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Republicans slam administration over labor ‘persuader’ rule

Sean Higgins · March 23, 2016 7:55 pm

The proposal would increase California's minimum wage to $15 by 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Minimum wage measure makes Calif. ballot

Curtis Skinner · March 23, 2016 6:49 pm

The court, in a 6-2 ruling on Tuesday written by conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy, upheld a 2014 appeals court decision in favor of the workers. (AP Photo/April L. Brown, File)

Supreme Court rules against Tyson Foods in pay case

Lawrence Hurley · March 23, 2016 4:53 pm