Tag: Labor unions

The officials fear that it is inevitable that the Supreme Court will end the unions' power to force workers to pay them fees for representing them in collective bargaining. Nor do the officials know how to respond to the coming change.

Unions fear they can’t stop right-to-work

Sean Higgins · August 6, 2017 4:01 am

In a closely watched vote, Nissan workers at a Canton, Miss., plant rejected the United Auto Workers by a 2-to-1 margin in an organizing vote concluded late Friday, dealing a major blow to the union's hopes to make inroads in the south. The vote was 2,244 to 1,307. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Nissan workers reject union by nearly a 2-1 margin

Sean Higgins · August 5, 2017 1:23 pm

The pension plans are going belly-up at a rate rapidly depleting the money needed to cover the losses. (Twitter)

Multiemployer pensions insolvent by 2025, agency says

Sean Higgins · August 4, 2017 10:16 pm

"This could go down as one of the most vicious, and illegal, anti-union crusades in decades," Vermont independent says. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Bernie Sanders attacks Nissan over union campaign

Sean Higgins · August 3, 2017 9:20 pm

President Trump in May nominated George Nesterczuk to lead the Office of Personnel Management, which acts as the government's human resources department, but the White House officially withdrew his nomination Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Labor unions cheer after Trump’s OPM nominee withdraws

Melissa Quinn · August 3, 2017 6:01 pm

In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, photo, a UAW member holds up a flyer to be given to Nissan workers as they leave the Nissan vehicle assembly plant in Canton, Miss. Union members met most shifts arriving and leaving waving posters, flyers and singing union chants at each of the plant's employee entrances. In voting that begins early Thursday, Aug. 3, some 3,700 direct employees at Nissan Motor Co.'s car and truck assembly plant in Canton will decide whether they want a union. The polls close at 7 p.m., local time on Friday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi Nissan plant vote a crucial test for unions

Sean Higgins · August 3, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has said he hopes that "filling the open seats on the NLRB will restore the board to its intended purpose of acting as a neutral umpire after years of playing the role of advocate."

Sen. Lamar Alexander: Fill out the NLRB and restore its neutrality

Sen. Lamar Alexander · August 2, 2017 11:00 am

Workers at the Nissan plant in Canton, Miss., are set to vote on unionization this week, beginning Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

The French are sold on the UAW; Mississippi auto workers maybe not so much

Steven Allen · August 2, 2017 4:01 am

Beltway Confidential

Anti-union nonprofit finds success undercutting Big Labor

Emily Jashinsky · July 31, 2017 5:19 pm

A Fiat vice president and the wife of a former union official diverted $1.2 million in funds from a worker training center to buy luxury items, according to the charges. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Corruption charges filed against Fiat exec, UAW official

Sean Higgins · July 28, 2017 9:38 pm

If the Republicans' effort to kill Obamacare fails, labor unions say they will turn to tax reform to kill "Cadillac tax" on expensive health insurance plans. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

GOP healthcare struggle spells trouble for unions

Sean Higgins · July 20, 2017 6:20 pm

The Office of Special Counsel determined U.S. Postal Service engaged in a "systemic violation" of the Hatch Act, which places limitations on the political activities of federal employees dating back to the 1990s. (iStock photo)

Postal Service broke federal law and showed ‘institutional bias’ by letting workers help Clinton campaign: Watchdog

Melissa Quinn · July 19, 2017 4:01 pm