Tag: Labor unions

Early on, Obama, at the behest of his labor union bosses, rolled back several hard-fought reforms that increased the information available to union members on how their unions spend members' dues money. (iStock Photo)

John Thune bill would restore labor union transparency that Obama degraded

Nathan Mehrens · August 1, 2014 4:39 pm

In this Thursday, July 24, 2014 photo, an inmate sits by a window at the mental health unit at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Stockton Health Facility in Stockton, Calif. The California Association of Psychiatric Technicians union says that employees at the facility were instructed to routinely falsify suicide watch records, endangering inmates and violating standards imposed in response to federal court orders. The union claims inadequate staffing is prompting shortcuts that circumvent requirements meant to protect inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Union: California prison staff told to fake checks

Don Thompson · July 31, 2014 11:22 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Illinois extends Supreme Court Harris v. Quinn ruling to daycare providers

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2014 10:56 pm

Mary Kay Baum joins hundreds of labor union members at a rally to protest the collective bargaining measures of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's administration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building in Madison, Wis., in 2011. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)

Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds law that ended collective bargaining for public workers

Associated Press · July 31, 2014 12:36 pm

Market Basket CEOs: workers must return by Monday

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 9:06 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called the Davis-Bacon Act wasteful and counterproductive, saying it hurt unskilled workers and cost taxpayers money. (iStock)

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Top Senate Republican calls for repealing union-backed wage law

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2014 3:42 pm

Myron Byrd puts his W-2 tax form on display during a protest outside a Wal-Mart store on June 4, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Democrats push making labor organizing a ‘civil right’

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2014 10:00 am

McDonald’s could be liable for labor practices

Candice Choi · July 29, 2014 10:23 pm

This Dec. 11, 2012 file photo shows some of the thousands that gathered for a rally protest against the passage of right-to-work legislation outside the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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Study estimates unionization cost workers in some states $11,000

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2014 10:18 pm

Protesters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., during the annual shareholders meeting demonstrating for higher wages and the right to unionize, in this May 22, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

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NLRB rules against McDonald’s in major labor law case

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2014 9:22 pm

With too little work and too much free time, paralegal employees at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office were paid more than $5 million while doing nothing for four years.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Here’s who the patent office paid millions to do little or no work; officials feared union fury

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2014 8:09 pm

Four Republican lawmakers will be hit with Spanish-language ads during the Congress's August recess attacking them over their immigration stances, the Service Employees International Union said Tuesday. (AP Image)

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Big Labor hits Republicans for treating immigrant children like ‘criminals’

Sean Higgins · July 29, 2014 2:35 pm