Tag: Labor unions

Los Angeles union activist Maria Elena Durazo, shown here in September 2004, said that immigration activists have gotten nothing yet for their efforts to lobby for a comprehensive reform bill. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Immigration activist says ‘we have gotten nothing’

Sean Higgins · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten speaks to the crowd during the "One Voice United" rally in Albany, N.Y., on June 8. (AP Photo/Shannon DeCelle)

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Teachers’ union head not in line to run New York City schools: Bill de Blasio

Sean Higgins · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Dozens of Department of Homeland Security employees, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, spend at least half of their time working for labor unions instead of taxpayers while still drawing full salaries, according to a new data obtained by theÂ Washington Examiner.Â (AP Photo/Khampha Bouaphanh)

Too big to manage: Dozens of Homeland Security employees spend more time working for unions than taxpayers

Mark Flatten · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Politico: AFL-CIO targets GOP with immigration ad blitz

Washington Examiner · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes pocketed an endorsement from the Kentucky AFL-CIO on Tuesday. (AP File Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Mitch McConnell, Alison Grimes clash over right-to-work measure

Bruce Schreiner · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

US Navy personnel from the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, load rice and other food supplies onto a U.S. Navy helicopter at Banda Aceh airport for a sortie to earthquake-tsunami victims, January 4, 2005, in northwest Indonesia. (AP File)

Center for Public Integrity: How shipping unions sunk food aid reform

Washington Examiner · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

In this Oct. 22 file photo, 16-year veteran skycap Fred Harris prepares multiple baggage tags for a traveler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. An early vote count showed a measure to create a $15 minimum wage in the Washington city of SeaTac is winning with 54 percent of the vote. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Initiative for $15 wage in Washington city winning early vote count

Mike Baker · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

New Jersey's minimum wage will rise by $1 to $8.25 an hour in January, and minimum wage workers will get an automatic annual cost-of-living increase after voters approved a constitutional amendment. (Photo: Thinkstock)

New Jersey voters support annual minimum wage hike

Washington Examiner · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

LosÃÂ AngelesÃÂ Police Chief Charlie Beck talks with other responders atÃÂ LosÃÂ AngelesÃÂ InternationalÃÂ Airport on Friday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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TSA employees’ union calls for arming agents

Sean Higgins · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Teamsters President James P. Hoffa wrote a letter in July to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., warning of "nightmare scenarios" for millions of workers if the law is not changed to accommodate labor health plans. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Health and Human Services quietly giving unions Obamacare fix

Susan Crabtree · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Martin J. Walsh spoke to voters at a cafe in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston on Saturday. (Katherine Taylor/for the New York Times)

Outside money at issue in Boston mayor’s race as labor unions weigh in

Washington Examiner · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act would make it a civil rights offense to fire or otherwise discriminate against a person based on their "actual or perceived" sexual orientation or gender identity.

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AFL-CIO lobbies for transgender workplace rights

Sean Higgins · November 4, 2013 5:00 am