Tag: Labor unions

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Congress can rein in NLRB by withholding funds

Trey Kovacs · December 9, 2015 2:55 pm

Clinton’s got a brand new bank

Sarah Bedford · December 6, 2015 5:01 am

The plan is a boon for unions, which have long sought to organize Walmart's workers. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Unions request another minimum wage exemption

Preston Cooper · December 4, 2015 5:01 am

Black Friday protests against world's largest retailer fizzle.

Workers scarce at Walmart protests

Sean Higgins · November 27, 2015 10:10 pm

OUR Walmart's annual protests haven't succeeded in reversing the decline in union membership. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Bad advertising: OUR Walmart’s Black Friday protests

Glenn Spencer · November 26, 2015 5:01 am

Anti-Walmart union group plans Black Friday protests

Sean Higgins · November 24, 2015 10:45 pm

The Laborers International Union of North America is the latest big union to throw its support to the Democratic front-runner. (AP Photo/Lance Iversen)

Clinton snags another big union endorsement

Sean Higgins · November 24, 2015 5:22 pm

The Reagan National Airport workers will join thousands of workers in major U.S. cities protesting poverty wages and alleged illegal treatment by their employers (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Why Reagan National workers will fast before Thanksgiving

Anna Giaritelli · November 24, 2015 1:34 pm

The president took the side of 'radical environmentalists,' the labor union president said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Obama a ‘hypocrite’ for rejecting Keystone, says labor leader

Daniel Chaitin · November 21, 2015 5:31 pm

Nurses United forÂ PatientÂ Protection, a super PAC tied to the National Nurses United union that backs Sanders, has spent over $569,000 supporting Bernie Sanders, according to reports. (AP Photo)

A super PAC helps Sanders after all

Ariel Cohen · November 19, 2015 12:28 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with people during a rally Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in Las Vegas, held by the Culinary Union to support a union drive at the Trump Hotel. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Washington Secrets

Hillary claims 70 percent of union members, 10 million supporters

Paul Bedard · November 18, 2015 11:56 pm

The legislation is an effort to head off organized labor's push to unionize Indian casinos.Â (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios).

House votes to limit federal labor authority over Indian tribes

Sean Higgins · November 17, 2015 8:44 pm