Tag: Labor unions

"While we certainly don't agree on everything, we exchange views and seek common ground that will benefit all North American workers," the labor federation said. (Wikipedia Commons)

AFL-CIO says Trump administration has ‘listened’ on trade

Sean Higgins · October 6, 2017 10:46 pm

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)

Trump labor board nominee vows to protect right to ‘refrain’ from joining union

Sean Higgins · October 4, 2017 11:20 pm

A House panel passed legislation Wednesday that would roll back the National Labor Relations Board's expanded "joint employer" liability standard. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

House panel advances bill reining in NLRB on ‘joint employer’

Sean Higgins · October 4, 2017 5:37 pm

President Trump nominated Justice Neil Gorsuch to the bench earlier this year. Now, as the court convenes to hear several blockbuster cases, Gorsuch will be thoroughly tested for the first time -- and along with him, many conservatives' case for Trump. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Was Trump worth it for the judges? We’re about to find out

Nicole Russell · October 4, 2017 5:27 pm

Canadian Embassy spokeswoman Christine Constantin told the Washington Examiner that her country was still hopeful for a "win-win-win" conclusion to the talks. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Beltway Confidential

Will bootleggers and Baptists rewrite NAFTA?

Bruce Yandle · October 3, 2017 3:52 pm

Justice Neil Gorsuch's influence on the Supreme Court's deliberations will be evident immediately when oral arguments start Monday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Gorsuch effect will be on full display at start of Supreme Court’s new term

Ryan Lovelace · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

9 cases to watch in the Supreme Court’s upcoming term

Ryan Lovelace · October 1, 2017 12:01 am

A circuit court judge granted a teachers union a restraining order against Project Veritas, an organization run by conservative activist James O'Keefe, and one of its alleged operatives. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Teachers union granted restraining order against Project Veritas

Melissa Quinn · September 30, 2017 3:18 pm

Job growth and wage gains won't happen without fixing "a regulatory system that is too inefficient, too complex and too exposed to shifts in the political wind," the officials said. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Business, labor leaders join to ask Congress to roll back regulations

Sean Higgins · September 29, 2017 10:22 pm

Activists turned in more than 10,000 signatures Thursday to the office of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton from state-subsidized personal care attendants seeking to decertify the union that represents them. The activists argue that the union was created through fraud and doesn't have the support of most of the caregivers. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Move to decertify Minnesota home care union gathers steam

Sean Higgins · September 28, 2017 11:18 pm

Julia Louis-Dreyfus announced on Thursday she has been diagnosed with breast cancer while tying in her support for a universal healthcare program in America. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus plugs her union health insurance when revealing she has breast cancer

Mandy Mayfield · September 28, 2017 5:55 pm

Beltway Confidential

Neil Gorsuch can give workers a win over unions at the Supreme Court — if we fight for it

Maxford Nelsen · September 28, 2017 4:44 pm