Tag: Labor unions

Protesters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., 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)

Will the NLRB super-size Big Labor’s fast food industry push?

Sean Higgins · July 28, 2014 10:06 pm

Clarification: Fast Food Workers-Convention story

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 8:55 pm

Fast food workers prepare to escalate wage demands

Washington Examiner · July 25, 2014 9:51 pm

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller askedÃÂ Lake County Circuit Court Special Judge George Paras to stay his ruling on right-to-work laws in the state, but the judge declined. (AP/Darron Cummings)

Beltway Confidential

Second judge rules against Indiana right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · July 25, 2014 6:26 pm

It was five years ago this summer that 20,000 white-collar nonunion workers from Delphi (a leading auto parts company spun off from GM in 1999) had their pensions sabotaged as part of a rotten White House deal with Big Labor. (AP Photo)

Still fighting: The Delphi workers Obama robbed

Michelle Malkin · July 25, 2014 3:40 pm

In a case involving a Macy's department store cosmetics counter, the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday further expanded its recent precedents allowing for so-called "micro-unions."ÃÂ (AP/Stephan Savoia)

Beltway Confidential

NLRB ruling further expands ‘micro unions’

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2014 9:32 pm

In an impressive display of "we don't care how this looks," the Florida Education Association has sued the Sunshine State to prevent students from receiving more state-managed, privately-funded scholarships, including a new scholarship program for disabled students.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

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Teachers union sues to prevent expansion of privately-funded voucher program

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2014 6:57 pm

Leading Democratic lawmakers and allied liberal groups are promoting a bill, titled the Schedules that Work Act, that would give employees more rights to demand flexible work schedules and demand an end to long, irregular work shifts. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Big Labor wants ‘schedules that work’ — just not for them

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2014 5:26 pm

Union workers at UBS Colorado approve contract

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 3:47 pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, seated left, answers a question about pensions from retired Stafford Township, N.J., Police Chief Larry Parker, right front, as Christie addressed a gathering Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in Long Beach Township, N.J. (AP/Mel Evans)

Unions, Chris Christie clashing again

Associated Press · July 23, 2014 1:06 pm

FILE - In a Thursday, July 3, 2014 file photo, Detroit retirees Mike Shane, left, and William Davis protest near the federal courthouse in Detroit. Workers and retirees approved pension cuts in Detroit's bankruptcy by a landslide, the city reported Monday, a crucial step to emerging from the largest municipal insolvency in U.S. history. The city disclosed results from two months of balloting, which ended July 11. Judge Steven Rhodes still must hold a trial in August to determine if Detroit's overall bankruptcy plan is fair and feasible to all creditors, from Wall Street to Main Street, but support from retirees is vital. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Bond insurers vow to fight Detroit financial plan

Washington Examiner · July 22, 2014 8:03 pm

Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)

For Obama’s labor policy, no setback is permanent

Sean Higgins · July 21, 2014 8:33 pm