Tag: Labor unions

Baylor University President Ken Starr testifies at the House Committee on Education and Workforce on college athletes forming unions, on May 8, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Witnesses oppose NLRB ruling on college athletes

Tom Raum · May 8, 2014 9:24 pm

Anchorage, Alaska Mayor Dan Sullivan speaks during a forum for Republican candidates for lieutenant governor at the state GOP convention in Juneau, Alaska on Saturday, May 3, 2014. At left is state Sen. Lesil McGuire of Anchorage. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska lieutenant governor candidate apologizes over slavery comment

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2014 4:00 am

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Wisconsin judge reaffirms ruling closing Scott Walker ‘John Doe’ probe

Sean Higgins · May 8, 2014 4:00 am

Applicants, bosses both blamed as jobs go unfilled

Joyce Rosenberg · May 7, 2014 4:03 pm

A crowd listens to Sharon Reed, at podium, president of Communications Workers of America local 6086, at a rally at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, April 11, 2006. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Union leader representing news industry joins group that shuns news coverage

Sean Higgins · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., work on a Passat sedan. (AP/Erik Schelzig)

Beltway Confidential

United Auto Workers even subpoenaed conservative group’s intern

Sean Higgins · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Unions to drop California hospital initiatives

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 8:01 pm

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, speaks at a packed meeting of the Chicago Board of Education Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Chicago. The board is expected to take a final vote Wednesday on whether to close 53 schools, an ambitious proposal that sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define â for better or worse â Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Chicago teachers will forgo 4th year of contact

Associated Press · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

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Liberal leaders less supportive of unions for their own organizations

Sean Higgins · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Backdropped by St. Paul's Cathedral covered in mist, people and buses cross Waterloo Bridge during the second day of a 48 hour workers strike partially closing the London Underground train network in London, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union went on strike over management plans to close all ticket offices on the subway network, known as the Tube, which will result in around 750 job losses from the Underground's staff of 18,000. A further 72 hour strike is planned starting May 5. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

London Tube strike suspended as union says new talks starting

Bloomberg News · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead participates in a special session on jobs in America during the National Governor's Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Wyoming Republicans reject censure of Gov. Matt Mead

Ben Neary · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

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Employee Rights Act would make unions accountable to members

Richard Berman · May 2, 2014 4:00 am