Tag: Labor unions

California state Sen. Kevin de Leon is challenging incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein for her seat in Congress in Washington. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

SEIU in California backs Kevin de Leon in primary race against Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Diana Stancy Correll · February 14, 2018 3:07 am

Business lobbyists have been pushing the Trump administration to undo a rule encouraging federal agencies to require project labor agreements, collective bargaining agreements unique to the construction industry, in contracts exceeding $25 million. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

White House mulls rollback of pro-union rule in federal contracts

Sean Higgins · February 13, 2018 10:53 pm

The National Labor Relations Board granted graduate students the ability to unionize in 2016, but since then only New York University has actually established a bargaining agreement with its graduate students. (AP Photo/Pat Little)

Universities deny graduate students’ unionization efforts

Kate Hardiman · February 13, 2018 1:47 am

On Friday, a group of Democrats led by Reps. Keith Ellison of Minnesota (pictured above), Mark Takano of California, and Bobby Scott of Virginia announced they would hold a forum Thursday with liberal activists about the new policy on tipping from the Labor Department. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

Liberals up pressure on Labor Department to scrap tipping proposal

Sean Higgins · February 10, 2018 12:19 am

This 2014 photo shows members of the Unite Here casino workers union marching in front of the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J. In a Wednesday interview with the Washington Examiner, Unite Here President D. Taylor says he will cut off support to Democrats who support a bill that will allow tribes to keep unions from forming on their lands. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Labor union threatens to cut off Democrats who vote to keep unions from forming on tribal lands

Sean Higgins · February 7, 2018 10:13 pm

The National Labor Relations Board achieved a reputation for pro-union activism during the Obama administration, something the Trump White House and congressional Republicans have been eager to reverse. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

HELP committee to vote on NLRB pick John Ring on Feb. 14

Sean Higgins · February 7, 2018 5:08 pm

"Interior is committed to working with all parties, to include current or any future owners, to keep the [Navajo Generating Station] operational in support of good-paying tribal jobs," Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said in a statement Tuesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke says ‘yes’ to the biggest coal plant in the West

John Siciliano · February 6, 2018 7:36 pm

Labor unions cannot organize protests against companies for more than 30 days without officially seeking to represent workers. Union-backed worker centers, such as Our Walmart, can though. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

GOP to look at union-connected nonprofit ‘worker centers’

Sean Higgins · February 2, 2018 11:50 pm

The workers say the manufacturer bribed the union leaders, tainting their collective bargaining agreements. (AP Photos/Michael Probst, File)

Union members file class-action suit against United Auto Workers, Fiat Chrysler

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 11:42 pm

"Last night, President Trump painted an everything-being-great picture of America that while optimistic, is not the reality for most working families. That may be how his friends are living, but the working men and women we represent aren't seeing the same America, and his policies are making it worse," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Unions say Trump wrong to be optimistic

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 8:38 pm

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Engineers oppose effort to expand high-tech visas

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2018 6:13 pm

North American Moving Services recently released a report detailing state-to-state moves during 2017 using Census data. (iStock)

Americans are on the move to freer pastures

Dean Stansel · January 31, 2018 5:01 am