Tag: Labor unions

Feds place 150 union pension funds in ‘critical’ status

Sean Higgins · February 1, 2015 1:35 pm

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Energy and Environment

Unions urge president not to veto Keystone

Sean Higgins · January 30, 2015 4:59 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, right, and Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the chairman of the Senate's labor committee, said their bill would prevent the board's general counsel from operating as an "activist" and prevent the board from making "politically motivated decisions and controversial regulations."Â (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans propose NLRB overhaul

Sean Lengell · January 28, 2015 9:49 pm

New York State Governor, Andrew Cuomo, greets voters during the 2014 general election at the Presbyterian Church of Mount Kisco on Nov. 4, 2014, in Mt. Kisco, New York. (Photo by Kenneth Gabrielsen/Getty images)

Awakening to the damage done by teachers’ unions

Washington Examiner · January 28, 2015 10:00 am

Average annual membership in non-right-to-work states are substantially higher. (iStock Photo)

Unions charge members less in right-to-work states

Sean Higgins · January 27, 2015 5:32 pm

On campaign trail, Scott Walker downplays union battles

Sean Higgins · January 27, 2015 10:00 am

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Dems urge labor board to ‘vigorously defend’ new union election rules

Sean Higgins · January 26, 2015 11:04 pm

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Obama can’t save organized labor

Washington Examiner · January 26, 2015 10:00 am

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Kentucky counties look at right-to-work

Sean Higgins · January 24, 2015 10:00 am

Beltway Confidential

States with fewer union members are growing faster

Jason Russell · January 23, 2015 9:46 pm

Beltway Confidential

Union membership on the decline

Jason Russell · January 23, 2015 5:53 pm

Union membership continues three-decade slide

Sean Higgins · January 23, 2015 5:31 pm