Tag: Labor unions

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote that compulsory union fees "constitute a form of compelled speech and association that imposes a significant impingement on First Amendment rights." (AP File)

Right-to-work gets its day in court

Sean Higgins · August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

AFL-CIO to make major unionization push in Texas

Sean Higgins · August 18, 2013 4:00 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has seen the future of organized labor -- and it is a movement that doesn't necessarily include union members. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Desperate for new life, Big Labor to admit non-members into unions

Sean Higgins · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

New union groups skirt labor law to pressure eateries

Eric Boehm · August 11, 2013 4:00 am

Why did so many people move out of Detroit? The quick answer: crime abetted by welfare. (AP File)

Crime bankrupts Detroit, public unions mug two California cities

Michael Barone · August 11, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Harry Reid tells unions Obamacare will destroy their health plans

Conn Carroll · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Harry Reid says unions should stop ‘frightening’ people about Obamacare

David M. Drucker · August 9, 2013 4:00 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club Friday, May 20, 2011 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

AFL-CIO to accept non-union members

Sean Higgins · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

United Food and Commercial Workers President Joseph T. Hansen announced that his union would be re-affiliating with the AFL-CIO. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

UFCW rejoins AFL-CIO, ending eight year rift

Sean Higgins · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

A homeless, minimum-wage worker with a union PR agent?

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · August 7, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

NLRB wants ‘poster rule’ revived

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2013 4:00 am

In an email to coalition members Wednesday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called President Obama's success in moving pro-union nominees through the Senate a âhuge win for workersâ rights.â (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

AFl-CIO’s Trumka celebrates Big Labor wins on Labor Department, NLRB nominations

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2013 4:00 am