Tag: Labor unions

President Obama stands with Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Congressional budget plan cuts funds to union watchdog agency

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Examiner Editorial: Volkswagen right to side with U.S. workers against UAW

Washington Examiner · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

National Labor Relations Board attorneys are pursuing charges against Walmart, claiming the nonunion retail giant illegally fired 19 workers for participating in activities related to anti-Walmart protests in 14 states held over the last year and a half.ÃÂ (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

NLRB charges Walmart with illegal firings, disciplinary actions

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Workers walk by the Volkswagen AG plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

UAW’s Bob King confident he’ll win organizing fight over Tennessee Volkswagen plant

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

In this AP file photo, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. speaks in front of the Supreme Court. Verrilli, arguing National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning on behalf of the Obama administration, warned that ruling against the NLRB would cast a legal cloud over hundreds of rulings by the board, which resolves complaints of unfair labor practices and conducts elections for labor union representation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Supreme Court questions legality of Obama recess appointments

Sean Lengell · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this Dec. 24, 2013 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Chicago. The debate on raising Illinoisâ minimum wage â an issue thatâs percolated for years â could take center stage throughout the 2014 election season as Quinn vows to get legislation approved in Springfield by yearâs end and Republicans work to fine tune their stances. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Minimum wage hike to test 2014 governor candidates

Washington Examiner · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., advocated for higher minimum wages, immigration reform and Big Labor issues like card check. (Getty images File)

Beltway Confidential

Retiring Rep. George Miller was staunch Big Labor ally

Sean Higgins · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

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)

Supreme Court to hear case on Obama’s disputed NLRB appointments

Sean Lengell · January 12, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Job growth ‘nowhere near robust enough,’ AFL-CIO says

Sean Higgins · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

On Jan. 21, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments by lawyers for eight women, all but one of whom look after family members, into whether Illinois' push to unionize them is constitutional. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Meet the homemaker who could end Illinois’ push to unionize home health care

Sean Higgins · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington in November 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Beltway Confidential

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka vows to block Trade Promotion Authority

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

In the case of GM, it wasn't the stereotypical Wall Street bondholders who got the benefit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Examiner Editorial: How Big Labor got billions of taxpayer money in GM bailout

Washington Examiner · January 5, 2014 5:00 am