Tag: Labor unions

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)

Beltway Confidential

NLRB lawyers push dropping complaints against UAW, VW in Chattanooga case

Sean Higgins · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Private-sector union membership surged last year to 7.3 million, and membership in public-sector organized labor slid to 7.2 million. This marks the first time in five years that the total private-sector membership actually exceeded that of its federal, state and local government counterpart. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

In reversal, private-sector union membership now exceeds public sector

Sean Higgins · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) president Richard Trumka addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at Los Angeles Convention Center Monday, Sept 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Membership in labor unions holds steady in 2013

Sean Lengell · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Union leader Joseph Mathunjwa, center, sings and dances with mine workers outside the Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Allied Metal and Construction Workers Union (AMCU) at Lonmin in Marikana, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Impala mines started a strike on Thursday pushing for an entry-level monthly salary of 12,500 rand (1147 US Dollars). (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Platinum miners strike in South Africa

Ed Brown · January 23, 2014 5:36 pm

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is pledging to commit up to $350 million in state funds to help Detroit as the bankrupt city tries to shore up pension funds that are billions in debt and prevent valuable city-owned art from being sold. (AP/Detroit Free Press, Ryan Garza )

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder backs plan to give bankrupt Detroit $350m

David Eggert · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Illinois unions prepare attack on GOP’s Bruce Rauner

Associated Press · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

South Africa seeks calm as miners plan strike

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 1:24 pm

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland over claims his administration violated state employees' constitutional rights when it laid off 2,800 workers based on their union membership in 2003. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin)

Supreme Court stays out of Connecticut layoff case

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

The omnibus gives the IRS $11.3 billion to spend this year, down from the $11.9 billion it got last year. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Examiner Editorial: IRS employee union chief wants more for tax collector

Washington Examiner · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Charles Rangel and eight members of the New York City Council were among those arrested on disorderly conduct charges after they sat down and refused to leave the roadway. (AP/John Minchillo)

New York pols arrested in MLK airport worker protest

Associated Press · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

EXography: Unfunded public employee pensions drive state debts skyward

Mark Tapscott · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

The Supreme Court raised questions Tuesday over whether home-based health care providers employed by state of Illinois can refuse to pay dues to the union that represents them. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Supreme Court weighs First Amendment case with ‘radical’ impact on public-sector unions

Sean Lengell · January 21, 2014 5:00 am