Tag: Labor unions

Democrats face a hard choice on pension plans

Sean Higgins · March 15, 2019 4:00 am

While publicly claiming to fight for working women, the SEIU appears to have been part of the very problem it decried. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

SEIU threatened with strike by its own employees

Sean Higgins · March 13, 2019 10:58 pm

Richard Trumka, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations president, addresses members.

Labor leaders urge support for Democratic ‘Dreamer’ bill

Sean Higgins · March 13, 2019 12:37 am

United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts testifies during a hearing in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

The latest opponent of the Green New Deal: The AFL-CIO

Becket Adams · March 12, 2019 10:48 pm

United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts speaks at an event.

Energy and Environment

Unions split with Democrats over ‘Green New Deal’

John Siciliano · March 12, 2019 7:45 pm

President Donald Trump, walks on the South Lawn after stepping off Marine One at the White House, Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump budget calls for more scrutiny for unions

Sean Higgins · March 11, 2019 7:59 pm

Southwest Airlines Co. planes stand on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Southwest Airlines Co. is scheduled to release earnings on January 25.

FAA says Southwest Airlines’ battle with mechanics raises safety concerns

James Langford · March 9, 2019 1:17 am

In this Jan. 25, 2019 photo a Southwest Airlines jet moves on the runway as a person eats at a terminal restaurant at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

Trapped in a union: Trump administration works to change the rules for rail and airline workers

Russ Brown · March 7, 2019 5:00 am

Teachers, students, and supporters rally at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall in Oakland, Calif. on Feb. 21, 2019. Teachers in Oakland hit the picket lines just as West Virginia teachers went back to class this week in a display of the national teacher unrest that in many places has moved beyond pay to politics, tackling issues like charter schools and vouchers.

Beltway Confidential

What are the teachers’ strikes about? Racing to the left

Ray Domanico · February 25, 2019 5:00 am

Cindy Omlin, left, of Spokane, Washington, and Lindsay Killen, right, of Midland, Mich., rally with others in opposition to union fees, outside of the Supreme Court, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, in Washington.

Michigan’s right-to-work law has proven the naysayers wrong

Morgan Shields · February 15, 2019 5:03 am

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner gives a thumbs up outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 in Washington.

State government allies helped public sector unions absorb the Janus Supreme Court ruling

Sean Higgins · February 14, 2019 9:53 pm

Thousands of striking Los Angeles Unified teachers gather in front of Los Angeles City Hall.

Teachers unions are right to call for a moratorium on charter schools

Glenn Sacks · February 13, 2019 6:22 pm