Tag: Labor unions

Union members listen in as protesters fill the Kentucky Capitol rotunda to speak in protest of Kentucky House Bill 1 on Jan. 7 in Frankfort, Ky. The bill makes it illegal for workers to have to join a labor union or pay dues to keep a job. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Biggest change in labor policy next year could come from Supreme Court

Sean Higgins · December 24, 2017 5:01 am

"Once tax reform is signed into law, AT&T plans to invest an additional $1 billion in the United States in 2018 and pay a special $1,000 bonus to more than 200,000 AT&T U.S. employees," the company leader said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

AT&T will give 200,000 US employees $1,000 bonus once Trump signs tax cuts into law

Anna Giaritelli · December 20, 2017 7:41 pm

In recent decades, there have been efforts to cherry pick a few studies here and there to suggest that one can tease a free lunch out of the labor market by simply raising the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Another study shows the real minimum wage is zero

David Freddoso · December 20, 2017 7:19 pm

Georgetown University students' effort to unionize has been backed by the American Teachers Federation, a national education union that has heavily supported Democrats in recent political elections. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Georgetown graduate students to file with National Labor Relations Board in unionization fight

John Patrick · December 16, 2017 5:01 am

On Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board stated that a business can be held liable for workplace law violations at another company only if it has "direct control" over the second businesses' workplace. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

NLRB rolls back ‘joint employer’ standard for business liability

Sean Higgins · December 14, 2017 11:13 pm

In this 2015 photo, Vox's website is displayed on an iPad held by an Associated Press staffer in Los Angeles. Vox Union, a group affiliated with the Writers Guild of America East, has accused Vox Media, the parent company of the popular liberal news site Vox, of "union busting" for refusing to accept their claim to have the backing of a majority of its workers to form a union. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Owners of liberal media site Vox accused of ‘union busting’

Sean Higgins · December 14, 2017 12:04 am

"At the same time that we are doing a $1.5 trillion tax cut for the rich we ought to be able to find a few billions for workers' pensions," Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., said. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democrats push to add pension fix to spending bill

Sean Higgins · December 13, 2017 5:53 pm

The five-member board said it would reopen the rule to public comment, the first step in officially rewriting it. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

NLRB moves to roll back rule giving workers’ contact information to unions

Sean Higgins · December 12, 2017 10:54 pm

UAW president Dennis Williams calls for Nissan auto workers to demand their rights during a speech before thousands gathered at a pro-union rally near Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant on March 4. The National Labor Relations Board on March 31 leveled new charges that Nissan Motor Co. and a contract worker agency at Nissan's Mississippi plant are violating workers' rights. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Democrats seek to hobble Republican-led labor board

Sean Higgins · December 12, 2017 5:01 am

Labor leaders argue that unions are owed the fees to compensate for their collective bargaining on behalf of the workers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

States tell Supreme Court that public sector unions are causing bankruptcies

Sean Higgins · December 8, 2017 9:44 pm

AFL-CIO says the Trump administration's opposition to mandatory dues threatens the unions' ability to represent government workers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump threatening ‘livelihoods,’ unions, Democrats say

Sean Higgins · December 7, 2017 11:38 pm

In a friend of the court brief for the case Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the White House argued that the practice violated individual union members' First Amendment rights and should be abolished. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

White House urges Supreme Court to rule against forcing employees to pay public unions

Sean Higgins · December 7, 2017 5:20 pm