Tag: Labor unions

Judge: Michigan teachers can exit union anytime

David Eggert · September 4, 2014 5:04 pm

Protesters sit in front of a McDonald's restaurant on 42nd Street in New York's Times Square as police officers move in to begin making arrests, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. The protesters are seeking to get pay increases to $15 per hour. Thursday's demonstration is part of a day of planned protests in 150 cities across the country by workers from fast-food chains. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Fast-food workers striking for wage increase

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2014 4:48 pm

In this Dec. 11, 2012 file photo, a protester, wearing a Michigan Education Association helmet, walks past Michigan State Police at the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan teachers union told to allow members to resign

Sean Higgins · September 4, 2014 4:47 pm

Two dozen $165,000-a-year Immigration Court judges are on the federal payroll under the government's "official time" program, allowing them to do union work on government time. (iStock)

DOJ pays 4,000 employees to do union work at taxpayer expense

Luke Rosiak · September 3, 2014 9:00 am

East Allegheny, Pa., teachers become second to strike

Washington Examiner · September 2, 2014 8:07 pm

There's a legitimate policy debate to have here: Should taxpayers subsidize colleges -- nonprofit or for-profit? (iStock)

Money trail connects watchdog group CREW to the for-profit colleges it defended

Timothy P. Carney · September 2, 2014 3:02 pm

Obamacare still needs some fixes until it reaches what Unite Here calls its "full potential," and the union wants to make sure that those happen. (AP/Wayne Parry)

Union launches Obamacare accountability website

Kelly Cohen · September 2, 2014 2:19 pm

Civil disobedience expected in fast-food pay fight

Candice Choi · September 1, 2014 10:53 pm

Obama pushes minimum wage in Wisconsin trip

Susan Crabtree · September 1, 2014 10:33 pm

Washington Secrets

Big Labor: Eat only ‘union-made’ for Labor Day BBQ

Paul Bedard · September 1, 2014 4:35 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka with President Obama. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Labor dismay: AFL-CIO boss says unions too small to make a difference

Paul Bedard · September 1, 2014 1:56 pm

Members of the Service Employees International Union (AP/Seth Perlman)

Minnesota union victory reflects the sorry state of organized labor in America

Washington Examiner · August 31, 2014 11:00 pm