Tag: Labor unions

The sign for the National Labor Relations Board seen on the building that houses their headquarters in downtown Washington.

Labor board to rollback Obama’s ‘joint employer’ rule

Sean Higgins · September 13, 2018 4:04 pm

Plaintiff Mark Janus walk out of the the Supreme Court after the court rules in a setback for organized labor that states can't force government workers to pay union fees in Washington, June 27, 2018.

After Janus decision, workers seek to recover funds from unions through litigation

Sean Higgins · September 11, 2018 8:17 pm

Thousands participate in a protest at the Arizona Capitol for higher teacher pay and school funding on the first day of a state-wide teachers strike, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix.

550 teachers on fall ballot, union says

Sean Higgins · September 10, 2018 9:47 pm

SEIU was a major supporter of the Democrats in the last election, spending $21.6 million to help elect them. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Beltway Confidential

After Janus, how many more government workers are going to demand their money back from unions?

Becket Adams · September 10, 2018 8:14 pm

Businesses and conservatives fear that Trump’s labor deal with Schumer is a loser

Sean Higgins · September 10, 2018 4:00 am

In this photo from Sept. 4, 2017, members of the Service Employees International Union, SEIU, gather for a Labor Day rally in downtown Los Angeles. The SEIU works with traditional unions, but it also partners with worker centers that operate just outside of federal labor law, allowing them to recruit and organize in a manner that traditional union organizers cannot. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Class-action lawsuit seeks to expand Supreme Court Janus v. AFSCME ruling on unions

Sean Higgins · September 6, 2018 7:02 pm

In this May 1, 2014, file photo, welders connect iron support bars.

Labor unions can be great institutions again

Timothy P. Carney · September 5, 2018 3:00 am

Why Elizabeth Warren’s corporate crackdown might appeal to Trump’s base

James Langford · September 4, 2018 4:00 am

Donald Trump and Richard Trumka

On Labor Day, Trump trashes AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka: Unions ‘doing so poorly’

Anna Giaritelli · September 3, 2018 12:05 pm

On Labor Day, celebrate workers’ First Amendment rights under Janus

Mark Mix · September 3, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

For Labor Day, Trump has earned American workers’ support

Gary Bauer · September 3, 2018 4:00 am

"We are ready to work with the Trump admin consistent with our values and we will never back down from our values. #Inauguration," tweeted AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka says new NAFTA deal needs to include Canada

Daniel Chaitin · September 2, 2018 5:23 pm