Tag: Labor unions

This May 7, 2014 file photo shows Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Kline applauds labor board rejecting student athlete case

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 8:14 pm

Northwestern football players are reflected in a helmet during drills at practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, in Kenosha, Wi. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

NCAA applauds rejection of Northwestern players’ union bid

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 7:47 pm

The National Labor Relations Board rejected a bid by football players at Northwestern University to form a union. (AP Photo)Â

College players’ bid for labor union rejected

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 4:34 pm

Clinton received support for a union endorsement of nearly 48 percent of the entire IAM membership.Â (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Hillary scores endorsement from another union

Daniel Chaitin · August 15, 2015 4:01 am

People listen during a get out the vote rally put on by local unions and Democratic politicians on the grounds of the Jackson Memorial hospital on October 18, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Business struggles against ‘quickie’ union election rule

Sean Higgins · August 12, 2015 10:47 pm

Labor Secretary Tom Perez has applauded the efforts to raise it to that level in speeches, often appearing at events hosted by activists and politicians. (AP Photo)Â

Labor’s stealth push for a $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · August 12, 2015 4:01 am

The "Cadillac" tax got its name because it goes after very expensive healthcare plans. (Bloomberg Photos)

Dems and unions attack Obamacare ‘Cadillac’ tax

Robert King · August 12, 2015 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., gestures while speaking to nurses during a visit to the National Nurses United office, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Nurses union endorses Bernie Sanders over Clinton

Daniel Chaitin · August 11, 2015 2:25 am

McConnell recommends for the lead counsel in the Supreme Court case against Obama's recess appointments.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Will critic of labor board get appointment to serve on it?

Sean Higgins · August 7, 2015 4:01 am

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Labor board: Employer cannot say union could hurt business

Sean Higgins · August 6, 2015 4:01 am

The biggest beneficiary of the U.S.'s inability to reach a consensus with its trading partners on the Trans-Pacific Partnership may be Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo)Â

Sanders may be biggest beneficiary of trade deal delay

Sean Higgins · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

It's been said, perceptively, that Hillary Clinton avoids public outrage precisely because she has such a track record of high-handedness and cronyism. (AP Photo)Â

Hillary Clinton to miss AFL-CIO Iowa candidate forum

Sean Higgins · August 4, 2015 8:09 pm