Tag: Labor unions

AFL-CIO President Richard TrumkaÂ praised President Obama's executive order on immigration, saying the president was acting within his authority to better the nation's "moral and economic interests."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Big labor calls for Ex-Im Bank revival

Sean Higgins · October 28, 2015 3:35 pm

An employee at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

UAW renews bid to represent VW workers in Tenn.

Sean Higgins · October 23, 2015 11:44 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at an event in Washington last week. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Clinton wins endorsement from major public-sector union AFSCME

Sean Higgins · October 23, 2015 5:41 pm

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

Labor board expands burden on business to disclose worker info to unions

Sean Higgins · October 23, 2015 4:01 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka slammed the mostly Republican backers of the anti-sanctuary city bill, saying that they were promoting "hate." (AP Photo)

Anti-sanctuary city bill promotes ‘hate,’ AFL-CIO says

Sean Higgins · October 21, 2015 3:50 pm

Protesters rally for higher pay in front of a McDonald's, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Union-funded activist group ‘sole reason’ for McDonald’s complaint: Labor board

Sean Higgins · October 20, 2015 7:38 pm

Labor unions are frustrated that the Cadillac tax could diminish the generous health benefits they negotiate through collective-bargaining agreements.Â (AP Photo)

One part of Obamacare that will probably die

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 19, 2015 4:01 am

Vice President JoeÂ Biden, who is considering a 2016 presidential run, reportedly spoke with Harold Schaitberger, general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters.Â (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Biden phones major labor leader, drops another 2016 hint

Daniel Chaitin · October 18, 2015 3:50 pm

Amalgamated Bank is union owned and has extensive ties to the Democratic establishment. (Bloomberg Photos)

Labor-Dem money-go-round

Sarah Bedford · October 18, 2015 4:01 am

The legislation includes numerous pro-union changes to enhance the power of the NLRB. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Dems’ labor rule tweak would trip up ‘majority’ voting

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 11:07 pm

Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., left, chairman of the House Education Committee, and Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., right, chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, areÂ questioning a proposed new rule by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP challenges new rules proposed by OSHA

Sean Higgins · October 14, 2015 9:44 pm

If the states or the courts start giving workers their own choice, public-sector unionism will disappear. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Given the choice, public-sector workers quit their unions

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2015 4:22 am