Tag: Labor unions

Netherlands' head coach Louis van Gaal attends a press conference the day before the group B World Cup soccer match between Spain and the Netherlands at the Arena Ponte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

BRAZIL BEAT: Van Gaal not thinking much about club

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 11:55 pm

Police and World Cup protesters clash in Brazil

adriana-gomez, liconbradley-brooks · June 12, 2014 10:18 pm

Workers at Media Matters for America will definitely hold a vote on whether to form a union, according a statement posted online by Service Employees International Union Local 500. (Thinkstock)

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Union says Media Matters will let workers vote on whether to organize

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2014 5:14 pm

In this June 10, 2014, photo, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy checks his phone outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, before the verdict in the Vergara v. California lawsuit in Los Angeles. Even before a California judge's scathing ruling against the state's teacher tenure policies, protections that make it harder to fire teachers had already been weakened in many states, and even removed altogether in a few places. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Some states roll back teacher tenure protections

Kimberly Hefling · June 12, 2014 3:17 pm

A union member listens during a UNITE HERE unionized hotel workers campaign on February 16, 2006 in Los Angeles. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Obama’s first union endorsement pays off for an Obamacare co-op

Richard Pollock · June 12, 2014 10:00 am

Brazil averts subway strike on eve of World Cup

adriana-gomez, liconjoshua-goodman · June 12, 2014 1:11 am

Taxi stand still at Parliament Square in central London as thousands of London black cabs blocking the streets to protest over new technology they say endangers passengers, in London, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. The strike action by taxi drivers hit many European cities, Wednesday, sparked by fears about the growing upheaval in the travel and transport industry, largely due to digital technologies. Big Ben's clock tower back centre. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

European taxi protest: Transport tech upheaval

LORI HINNANTGREGORY KATZ · June 11, 2014 4:23 pm

A pedestrian walks by a line of police officers as they block the entrance of the Transportation Department when subway workers arrive to request a meeting with officials, to negotiate better salaries and benefits in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, June 9, 2014. Striking subway workers clashed in a central commuter station Monday while union leaders threatened to maintain the work stoppage through the World Cup's opening match in Sao Paulo this week. (AP Photo/Adriana Gomez Licon)

Subway strike suspended in Sao Paulo, may hit Rio

Stan Lehman · June 11, 2014 2:21 am

A California Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that the state's teacher tenure laws were unconstitutional, dealing a severe blow to the public sector unions who had fought to keep the status quo intact.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

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In blow to unions, California teacher tenure laws found unconstitutional

Sean Higgins · June 10, 2014 7:47 pm

At least 12 labor unions have sued New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over his plan to reduce payments into the state public pension system, arguing it is in direct violation of earlier pension reform legislation he signed.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Terry Wyatt)

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New Jersey unions sue to stop Chris Christie from reducing pension payments

Sean Higgins · June 10, 2014 1:00 pm

School custodians consider co-op to keep jobs

Washington Examiner · June 10, 2014 12:03 pm

California judge could change teacher job security

Linda Deutsch · June 10, 2014 9:45 am