Tag: Labor unions

In 2014, the Labor Department reported that union membership fell again to 11.1 percent of workers, down from 11.3 percent the previous year. (AP Photo)

Obama’s crusade for Big Labor continues

Heather Greenaway · April 30, 2015 9:00 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks to protesters prior to a 'Don't Trade Our Future' march organized by the group Campaign for America's Future on April 20, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Union chief gives Clinton an ultimatum on trade

Sean Higgins · April 28, 2015 3:48 pm

"The manufacturing-type jobs that once were the foundation of the U.S. labor movement have shriveled in both absolute and percentage terms," according to aÂ new Pew Research Center analysis. (AP Photo)

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Unions membership plummets to 11% of workforce

Paul Bedard · April 28, 2015 8:27 am

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

Federal labor panel tells Kentucky court to scrap local right-to-work laws

Sean Higgins · April 25, 2015 4:35 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

NLRB may chip away at right-to-work laws

Sean Higgins · April 21, 2015 9:00 am

MIAMI, FL - MARCH 20: Union members and community activists protest outside Miami Dade College, whereÂ U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob LewÂ was speaking. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Liberal groups rejecting White House’s trade push

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2015 8:01 pm

New National Labor Relations Board guidance on permissible workplace speech by company owners and managers is causing confusion among bosses, represented here on the left by U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donahue, and workers for whom AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka would like to speak.Â

Aggressive new federal labor rules on employee speech leave companies baffled

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2015 9:00 am

People march as they protest for increased minimum wages near a McDonald's restaurant on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in the Little Havana area in Miami. Activists, fast-food workers and others are calling for increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour and allowing workers to form unions without corporate opposition, as part of nationwide demonstrations. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Unions promise whopper of a fast-food protest

Sean Higgins · April 15, 2015 9:00 am

While the National Labor Relations Board has five members, the person leading the charge is its general counsel, Richard Griffin.

NLRB’s Griffin pushes the envelope in labor law

Sean Higgins · April 13, 2015 9:00 am

Liberal anger lingers after Rahm’s victory in Chicago

Sean Higgins · April 9, 2015 12:17 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)

Agency’s union ‘speedy election’ rule has no firm deadlines

Sean Higgins · April 7, 2015 5:57 pm

"Especially with this crazy political atmosphere, this is a place where we need to be lending support to middle-of-the-road Democrats and Republicans both, and this is part of that effort," Jeffrey Soth, the Operating Engineers' political director, told National Journal last year. (AP Photo)

GOP group’s super PAC mostly funded by unions

Sean Higgins · April 6, 2015 9:00 am