Tag: Labor unions

Beltway Confidential

Britain’s TGI Friday’s faces immoral union stupidity

Tom Rogan · May 22, 2018 12:52 pm

Why is the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Conference backing compulsory union speech?

Adam Summers · May 22, 2018 4:00 am

Workers with the American Federation of Government Employees union protest outside of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in D.C.

Union fires back at White House over report on time feds spend on labor issues

Sean Higgins · May 18, 2018 6:41 pm

In this May 4, 2018 photo, technicians works on the wiring of a twin-engine Lakota helicopter, at the Airbus Helicopters, Inc., manufacturing facility in Columbus, Miss. U.S. factories cranked out more appliances, computers and aircraft last month, lifting manufacturing production for only the second time in five months. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday, May 16, that factory output rose 0.5 percent in April after a flat reading in March.

Republicans, don’t blow the midterms by scaring off the working class

Michael Balzano · May 18, 2018 4:00 am

Several hundred Teamsters union members participate in a 2015 rally at the University of California Los Angeles. The Teamsters and other labor unions said Wednesday the Supreme Court's decision barring mandatory union fees at government agencies is likely to lead to long-lasting harm for workers at private companies.

Unions give $1.3 billion to Democrats, liberal groups since 2010

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2018 8:05 pm

Official time was first allowed under the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act and is essentially viewed as a trade-off for certain limitations put on federal unions, such as prohibitions on striking.

Federal workers got $175 million to do union work instead of their jobs

Sean Higgins · May 17, 2018 3:32 pm

Red Alert Politics

Graduate school union calls on STEM students to refuse employment in military or defense industries upon graduation

John Patrick · May 11, 2018 5:17 pm

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) union workers with SEIU Local 1021 hold signs as they picket in front of the Lake Merritt station on July 2, 2013 in Oakland, California.

Democrats renew attempts to end right to work

Sean Higgins · May 9, 2018 9:50 pm

Supporters hold "Women for Trump" signs before a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in Manchester, N.H.

Trump’s approval rating declining among union workers

Katie Leach · May 4, 2018 5:06 pm

Congress should close the ‘worker center’ loophole

Richard Berman · May 4, 2018 4:00 am

Local victories are freeing New Mexico workers

Paul J. Gessing · April 26, 2018 12:00 am

Betsy DeVos said that if a female student were grabbed by the genitals she would consider it sexual assault. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Education Department employees can’t do union work on the taxpayers’ dime anymore

Trey Kovacs · April 25, 2018 9:28 pm