Tag: Labor unions

"Corporate America has a long history of supporting white supremacy. CEOs' rebuke of Trump doesn't change that," Jobs With Justice tweeted Thursday. It followed that with another tweet, "White supremacy and low wages go hand-in-hand. #fightfor15." Jobs with Justice is a pro-labor activist group whose board of directors includes AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, among other top union leaders. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Union group seeks to tie companies to white supremacy

Sean Higgins · August 24, 2017 4:59 pm

An estimated 114 multi-employer pension plans covering more than 1.3 million people are underfunded by more than $36 million and are expected to become insolvent in the next two decades, according to a new report. The Teamsters' Central States, the Bakery and Confectionary Workers Union, and the United Mine Workers plans account for $22.8 billion, about 62.5 percent, of the unfunded liability. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

1.3 million workers’ pension plans expected to go insolvent

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2017 9:23 pm

"I can only assume that someone in the White House preferred not to have labor's voice at the table after all," Thea Lee wrote in Cosmopolitan. (Wikipedia Commons)

Former AFL-CIO official says labor group excluded from White House meetings

Sean Higgins · August 22, 2017 8:28 pm

The workers reported nearly equal levels of satisfaction regarding wages, workplace safety, and healthcare benefits. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Union workers satisfied in right-to-work states: Study

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2017 4:41 pm

Missouri union activists turned in more than 310,000 signatures Friday to ensure a fall ballot referendum asking voters whether they wanted to keep the state's right-to-work law. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

In Missouri’s right-to-work ballot fight, wording matters

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2017 4:01 am

Activists turned in more than 310,000 signatures calling for a ballot referendum on whether the state should keep the right-to-work law it adopted this year. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Missouri unions block state right-to-work vote

Sean Higgins · August 18, 2017 10:26 pm

A federal jury in Boston acquitted four Teamsters union members of conspiracy and extortion charges, despite their widely publicized harassment of "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)

‘Top Chef’ case exposes outdated labor laws

Luka Ladan · August 18, 2017 4:01 am

The council was disbanded Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka: Trump’s manufacturing council was ‘a joke’

Naomi Lim · August 18, 2017 3:20 am

The labor federation argued that all of the details must be made public, a request likely to be opposed by the White House and its trade partners. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AFL-CIO demands transparency in NAFTA talks

Sean Higgins · August 14, 2017 7:04 pm

Advocates of a higher minimum wage have scaled back their push for a $15-an-hour rate, holding fewer events this year than they have since the movement began in 2014.

Minimum wage advocates scale back their $15 fight

Sean Higgins · August 10, 2017 11:15 pm

The U.S. Postal Service reported a $573 million increase in losses from a year earlier, driven by less mail being delivered as technology replaces the stamp and envelope. (AP Photo/Alex Washburn, File)

Postal Service posts $2.1 billion loss in quarter

Sean Higgins · August 10, 2017 3:24 pm

The UAW refuses to accept that the object of their desire wants no relationship with them. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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The UAW loses again

David Freddoso · August 7, 2017 6:57 pm