Tag: Labor unions

It is not clear which position Gableman is being considered for. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal, Pool Photo via AP File)

Trump vetting Wisconsin Supreme Court justice for administration post

Sean Higgins · September 13, 2017 9:46 pm

The NLRB has used an "indirect control" standard to pursue a major labor rights case against McDonald's Corp., among others. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Bill opposing Obama’s ‘joint employer’ expansion slowly gaining bipartisan support

Sean Higgins · September 13, 2017 6:54 pm

President Emmanuel Macron's presidency is facing its first big public test, as unions hold nationwide protests against changes to labor laws that they fear corrode hard-fought job security. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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France’s Emmanuel Macron wins the first battle against striking unions

Tom Rogan · September 12, 2017 6:32 pm

In this Friday, May 6, 2016, file photo, Tina Nguyen works on a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica on an assembly line at the Windsor Assembly Plant, in Windsor, Ontario. Canadian negotiators say the anti-union laws put its own businesses at too much of an economic disadvantage compared with the U.S. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Canada pushing US in NAFTA talks to ban right-to-work

Sean Higgins · September 11, 2017 6:29 pm

Joint employer refers to when one business can be held legally liable for workplace violations at another business. Traditionally, the standard applied when one business had "direct control" of another business' workplace policies, such as a subsidiary. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

Big business attacks Obama-era ‘joint employer’ rule from every angle

Sean Higgins · September 11, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has suggested that all of the House Republicans' ideas for eliminating tax breaks to achieve lower tax rates enjoy little or no Senate support. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate introduces workers’ rights bill to rein in unions

Sean Higgins · September 7, 2017 8:59 pm

Over the course of the past 30 years, teachers' unions have become increasingly political and even within their sole support for Democratic candidates, they strongly oppose any dissent.

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How teachers’ unions became the paper tigers of education reform

Jeanne Allen · September 7, 2017 3:44 pm

Big Labor’s latest scheme: Weaponized benefits funds

Jeff Joseph · September 6, 2017 12:01 am

Until recently former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore who wants to be the states's next senator didn't know what DACA was. And perhaps more embarrassing, the front-runner in the special Alabama Senate primary also seems completely unaware of right-to-work laws. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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‘National right-to-work?’ Roy Moore had another ‘Aleppo moment’ ahead of Alabama’s Senate race

Philip Wegmann · September 5, 2017 4:01 am

Trump also cannot take credit for rosy job numbers, Trumka said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AFL-CIO attacks Trump’s record on worker issues on Labor Day

Naomi Lim · September 4, 2017 9:29 pm

It’s ‘Labor Day,’ not ‘Union Day’

Mark Mix · September 4, 2017 4:01 am

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said the employment numbers for August showed "continued economic strength and optimism" in the nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta: Jobs numbers show ‘strength and optimism’

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2017 5:26 pm