Tag: Labor unions

An employee at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Labor Department accused of helping German union skirt U.S. law

Sean Higgins · January 19, 2015 7:31 pm

According to a recent ruling by the NLRB, McDonald's USA can be considered a joint employer at its franchised restaurants, a decision that could affect how the restaurant chain is forced to deal with organized labor disputes. (Getty images)

Conservative mandate puts focus on NLRB abuses

Nathan Mehrens · January 17, 2015 10:00 am

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Patent office denies FOIA for busywork ‘history’ report given to paralegals

Luke Rosiak · January 15, 2015 9:11 pm

Workers remove a large clamp from a section of pipe during construction of the Gulf Coast Project pipeline in Prague, Oklahoma, U.S., on Monday, March 11, 2013. The Gulf Coast Project, a 485-mile crude oil pipeline being constructed by TransCanada Corp., is part of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project and will run from Cushing, Oklahoma to Nederland, Texas. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty images)

Labor unions urge Senate to pass Keystone XL bill

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2015 9:27 pm

"The Postal Service, its employees and its customers would all be better off with more flexible human resource policies," said the United States Postal Service Inspector General in a report released Monday. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Postal Service)

Watchdog urges Postal Service to adopt private sector policies

Ethan Barton · January 7, 2015 6:48 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard TrumkaÂ praised President Obama's executive order on immigration, saying the president was acting within his authority to better the nation's "moral and economic interests."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

AFL-CIO to hold minimum wage events in key primary states

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 6:47 pm

Labor Secretary Tom Perez told a House panel Wednesday that the White House's proposed new overtime rule would be released sometime in the next few months. (AP Photo)

Labor secretary: Raising minimum wage a religious imperative

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 4:42 pm

Warren has been an advocate of raising the wage and addressing wage inequality in general. (J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Democrats pushing minimum wage hike

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2015 10:00 am

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MANHATTAN MOMENT: When unions protect bad corrections officers

Daniel DiSalvo · January 7, 2015 10:00 am

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Business groups sue labor board over speedy union election rule

Sean Higgins · January 6, 2015 5:39 pm

National Security

UAW teachers branch joins boycott of Israel

Sean Higgins · December 31, 2014 10:00 am

Voters in five states -- Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota -- approved raising their minimum higher than the federal floor through ballot measures in 2014, while lawmakers in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia voted to raise theirs. (iStock)

Obama administration praises state minimum wage increases

Sean Higgins · December 30, 2014 5:17 pm