Tag: Labor unions

The money primarily went to nonprofit groups and public relations firms with the aim of making the effort look like an organic, grassroots movement.

Union spent $23 million last year on higher minimum wage push

Sean Higgins · April 2, 2015 9:00 am

A judge said the National Federation of Federal Employees Local 2189 violated federal rules and its own constitution to deny membership to Jonathan Jarman. (Screenshot)

Union can’t refuse membership to former rival labor leader

Luke Rosiak · April 1, 2015 2:29 pm

This was the second veto Obama has issued since Republicans took control of the Senate in January and the fourth of his tenure. (AP Photo)Â

Obama vetoes GOP bill to stop union election rules

Joseph Lawler · March 31, 2015 5:05 pm

The federal government has said in a major, closely watched lawsuit that McDonald's Corp. violated workers' union rights at its individual franchise restaurants. (Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)

Feds refusing to show cards in McDonald’s case

Sean Higgins · March 31, 2015 9:00 am

Employees and supporters demonstrate outside of a Wendy's and Burger King fast-food restaurants to demand higher pay and the right to form a union on August 29, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Employee Rights Act reforms are long overdue

Washington Examiner · March 30, 2015 11:20 am

Protesters participate in a display of civil disobedience as labor organizers escalate their campaign to unionize the industry's workers. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

U.S. signed agreement with Mexico to teach immigrants to unionize

Sean Higgins · March 30, 2015 9:00 am

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner talks about economic issues in Illinois during his stop at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel in Decatur, Ill., Monday March 23, 2015. The workers are seeking to join a similar lawsuit filed last month by Rauner. (AP Photo/Herald & Review, Jim Bowling)

Illinois gov’t workers sue to end mandatory dues

Sean Higgins · March 23, 2015 8:22 pm

Demonstrators protest against the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks. (Kyodo)

Left digging in its heels over Obama’s push on trade

Brian Hughes · March 23, 2015 9:00 am

Phil Roe: "I think we can all agree that No Child Left Behind was well-intentioned, but it has failed our students and made things more difficult for our educators." (AP Photo)

House votes to prohibit rule speeding up workplace union organizing elections

Sean Higgins · March 19, 2015 3:24 pm

Union leader Randi Weingarten stated on Twitter that she had been aware of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's secret, private email address prior to the New York Times story that first revealed it. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Teachers union leader Randi Weingarten knew Hillary Clinton’s email secret

Sean Higgins · March 17, 2015 7:02 pm

"I think the president will lose any leverage that he may have to pass a transportation bill if they do the trade deal first," Rep. Tim Ryan, an Ohio Democrat, said. (AP File)

Trade deal critics urge Obama to take up transportation bill first

Sean Higgins · March 16, 2015 7:19 pm

"Welcomed some of great @IATSE guys on strike from the #Sharknado3 crew to the house of labor -- their house," Trumka said in a tweet. (AP)

AFL-CIO backs ‘Sharknado 3’ strikers

Sean Higgins · March 11, 2015 9:50 pm