Tag: Labor unions

N.Y. AG’s settlement provides refunds for union members

Bryan Cohen · February 13, 2014 8:14 pm

Former Obama administration official Hilda Solis, who is now running for yet another government position in Los Angeles, is embroiled in yet another union corruptocracy scandal. The "Hope" and "Change" hits just keep on coming. (AP Photo)

The Hilda Solis files: Former Labor secretary in yet another union corruption scandal

Michelle Malkin · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 21, 2012, file photo, workers walk by the Volkswagen AG plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Workers at the plant will decide in a three-day vote Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

GOP’s Corker urges rejection of UAW at Volkswagen

Erik Schelzig · February 11, 2014 11:34 pm

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is highlighting a a fundraising phone call former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis made to an department employee as evidence that the Obama administration has a history of illegal fundraising activities. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Ex-Labor Secretary Hilda Solis flew on private union’s jet, failed to disclose gift

Sean Higgins · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Tenn. lawmakers: VW incentives threatened by UAW

Erik Schelzig · February 10, 2014 8:19 pm

Examiner Editorial: ‘Official Time’ shows Washington is too big to manage

Washington Examiner · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Union officials who represent St. Paul public school teachers say they'll decide Monday whether to put a strike to a membership vote after eight months of contentious contract talks. (Thinkstock Image)

St. Paul teachers union might take strike vote

Associated Press · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Millions of dependable Democrat voters in unions may stay at home on Election Day 2014. (AP File)

Examiner Editorial: Obama’s tangled regulatory web angers unions, trade associations

Washington Examiner · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam speaks at a legislative planning session sponsored by The Associated Press and the Tennessee Press Association on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

UAW critics take differing approaches to VW vote

Erik Schelzig · February 6, 2014 11:51 pm

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., outlines his annual "Wastebook," which points a critical finger at billions of dollars in questionable government spending, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress unwilling to offend federal employee unions by limiting official time

Mark Flatten · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

The National Labor Relations Board proposed rules Wednesday that would allow unions to hold workplace elections more quickly by simplifying procedures, setting shorter deadlines and requiring businesses to hand over lists of employee phone numbers and emails to union leaders before an election. That could make it easier for unions to organize and reverse decades of steep membership declines. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Labor board tries again to change union rules

Sam Hananel · February 5, 2014 6:33 pm

Vice President Joe Biden said that Washington needed a "strong Republican Party" free of the Tea Party's influence to break through the political gridlock in the nation's capital. (AP Photo)

Joe Biden: Labor unions are keeping the ‘barbarians at the gates’

Meghashyam Mali · February 5, 2014 5:00 am