Tag: Labor unions

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NLRB nominees breeze through Senate hearing

Sean Higgins · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

Gov. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., said child care workers who are seeking to halt a new state law that makes them eligible for union drives were "trying to throw sand in the machinery." (AP File)

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Minnesota child care workers ask judge to halt unionization law

Sean Higgins · July 21, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 10: U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the audience before presenting the 2012 National Medals of Arts and Humanities during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on July 10, 2013 in Washington, DC. The National Medals of Arts and Humanities are the hightest awards given for the arts. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

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Another labor leader warns Obamacare will hurt union members

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

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Wisconsin correctional officers split from union, form their own

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

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NLRB nominee’s union gave nearly $1 million to lawmakers in June

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2013, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination. Perez sought to assure senators Thursday that he would approach the job with an open mind and a willingness to work with business and labor groups alike to create new jobs. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Thomas Perez confirmed as Labor Secretary

Steve Contorno · July 18, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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AFL-CIO applauds Harry Reid for filibuster showdown win

Sean Higgins · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, left, and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., wish to prohibit federal employees from doing union work on the taxpayers' dime. (AP File)

Bill introduced in Senate to curb ‘official time’ for federal employees doing union work

Mark Flatten · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reached a deal Tuesday to avert the "nuclear option." (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Democrats, Big Labor win big in filibuster showdown

Sean Higgins · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Republican Sens., from left, John Thune, R-S.D., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., John McCain, R-Ariz., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., walk from the floor to a closed-door caucus after a compromise between the Democratic majority and the GOP minority on filibuster rules, at the Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP to confirm 7, Obama to change 2 in deal averting ‘nuclear option’

David M. Drucker · July 16, 2013 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Big Labor to Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi: Fix Obamacare — or else

Sean Higgins · July 15, 2013 4:00 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has spoken in the past about strengthening Big Labor's ties to other liberal activist groups. (AP File)

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Report: AFL-CIO pondering accepting non-union members

Sean Higgins · July 14, 2013 4:00 am