Tag: Labor unions

A victory for speech — and Scott Walker — in Wisconsin

Washington Examiner · July 17, 2015 4:01 am

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm talks during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)

‘John Doe’ ruling will boost civil rights case, lawyer says

Sean Higgins · July 17, 2015 1:09 am

Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,Â scolded critics of No Child Left Behind, saying the law, while it had its flaws, had been made a scapegoat for educational problems that were instead caused by institutional racism. "I am not prepared to turn my back on a [federal] system that has shown some improvement," he said.Â (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Civil rights groups slam Senate Education bill for reducing federal oversight

Sean Higgins · July 16, 2015 7:47 pm

The engineers voted unanimously on July 8 to strike unless President Obama assembled the emergency board, which now has 30 days to find a solution to the impasse. (AP Photo)Â

Obama gives in to rail union in labor dispute

Nicole Duran · July 15, 2015 5:54 pm

"Pundits can evaluate the political meaning if the want, but my view is very plain: These are hateful and racist viewpoints," Richard Trumka said. (AP Photo)Â

Union boss doesn’t waste words in response to Walker announcement

Sean Higgins · July 13, 2015 4:00 pm

Hillary Clinton reads "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a pre-kindergarten class with teacher Eve Sterling at YMCA of Strafford County prior to participating in a forum on early childhood education June 15, 2015 in Rochester, N.H. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Hillary Clinton picks up endorsement from third-largest labor union

Kelly Cohen · July 12, 2015 3:58 pm

Republican presidential candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, speaks during a town hall event at the Main Street Cafe in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Huckabee courts Big Labor’s support

Sean Higgins · July 12, 2015 3:20 pm

Front-running Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, and her top challengers, Sen. Bernie Sanders, center, and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, will meet privately with the AFL-CIO's executive council at the end of July. (AP Photos)

Hillary and her rivals to meet with union leaders

Sean Higgins · July 10, 2015 5:24 pm

Recording shows trainer falsely telling homecare providers they must join union

Sean Higgins · July 10, 2015 1:29 am

"Congress and all of us can do better than 'not our problem' for our nation's students. They deserve more than Congress doing what is easy, such as rolling back accountability for student achievement," George Miller said. (AP Photo)Â

Debate over student testing splits liberals

Sean Higgins · July 7, 2015 10:49 pm

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta greets Senator James Lankford, R-OK, at a Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 23. 2015. Archuleta testifiee on the data security breach at the OPM. The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Federal workers want in on new overtime rules

Nicole Duran · July 7, 2015 4:17 pm

Every Republican candidates in Congress "has supported cutting taxes for folks at the top while slashing investments in education; I know that sounds familiar," Obama said. (AP)

Obama: GOP candidates are good people with bad ideas

Nicole Duran · July 2, 2015 9:18 pm