Tag: Labor unions

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order in February creating a "direct care worker representative" position that could be filled by a labor organization and would otherwise act as a union.Â (AP File/Matt Rourke)

Union chiseling scheme comes to Pennsylvania

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2015 4:01 am

McDonald's Corp. has hired former White House spokesman Robert Gibbs to be its new top public relations official. (AP File Photo)

McDonald’s hires former Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2015 8:49 pm

"This decision is an important victory not only for our taxpayers who simply cannot afford these unsustainably high costs, but for limited, constitutional government..." Chris Christie said in a statement. (AP Photo)Â

Court OKs Christie’s plan to trim New Jersey pensions

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2015 5:31 pm

"It has worked its way up to the Supreme Court, but in the meantime many utilities have chosen to shut down coal plants and burn natural gas rather than invest in the pollution controls needed to comply with this rule," UMWA President Cecil Roberts said. "This has cost thousands of coal miners their jobs in just the last year, including UMWA members." (Getty Image)

Energy and Environment

Mineworkers union gears up for major court fight on climate rules

John Siciliano · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order in February creating a "direct care worker representative" position that could be filled by a labor organization and would otherwise act as a union.Â (AP File/Matt Rourke)

Lawsuits seek to stop Pa. from creating unofficial union for home care providers

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2015 1:45 pm

Walmart argued that the dress code was used to prohibit various items, including a three-inch-by-five-inch piece of paper with the inscription, "Comrade [name]. How may the Communist Party help you?" (Getty)Â

Obama administration slaps down Walmart dress code

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2015 9:06 pm

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) union workers with SEIU Local 1021 hold signs as they picket in front of the Lake Merritt station on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California.

Beltway Confidential

Online union shopping tool helps you find a worse deal

Jason Russell · June 5, 2015 5:45 pm

Members of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association walk a picket line outside the Boston Sheraton Hotel, where the U.S. Conference of Mayors is holding their convention June 28, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Free trade pits Democratic Party’s past against its future

Washington Examiner · June 5, 2015 4:01 am

Workers react as the Los Angeles City Council votes 13-1 to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, but a second vote is required for final approval because the tally was not unanimous, in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

LA City Council rebuffs unions on exception to $15 wage, for now

Sean Higgins · June 4, 2015 7:56 pm

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka has criticized lawmakers who support the fast-track trade bill. (Getty Image)

Democrats fed up with union arm twisting on trade bill

Susan Ferrechio · June 4, 2015 4:01 am

Â AFT President Randi WeingartenÂ (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Interns unionize at major teachers union

Jason Russell · June 4, 2015 12:40 am

The national right-to-work group said last year there was "zero reason to believe that any local right-to-work ordinances adopted in Kentucky or any other state will be upheld in court." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Unions would benefit under conservative group’s right-to-work fix

Sean Higgins · June 1, 2015 7:27 pm