Tag: Labor unions

House committee to hold hearing on bills that would change the rules for workplace organizing elections, setting higher bars for unions to win. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP pushes labor reform

Sean Higgins · June 9, 2017 9:05 pm

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Republicans seek to rein in NLRB

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2017 11:06 pm

The "youts" will now face both charges before the district court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Justices will decide whether to take a critical case to public-sector unions’ future

David Freddoso · June 6, 2017 8:48 pm

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court scrapped the provocation rule because of its inconsistency with existing court precedent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Groups ask Supreme Court to revisit public employee union dues

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2017 3:08 pm

The VA has been plagued with numerous scandals in recent years, most notably the manipulation of waiting lists for veterans, with some dying while waiting for treatment. (iStock photo)

Senate to vote on bill making it easier to fire Veterans Affairs employees

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2017 4:28 pm

Should government employees be allowed to opt out of belonging to or paying a labor union? (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Why the public employee unions tremble

David Freddoso · June 2, 2017 8:47 pm

William Emanuel told lawmakers that he would be amending a letter he sent them in late December regarding whether he should have recused himself in a major case. (Wikipedia Commons)

Beltway Confidential

Stop trying to make micro-unions a thing, Big Labor

Heather Greenaway · May 29, 2017 10:00 pm

Kentucky unions are suing Republican Gov. Matt Bevin for signing a right-to-work law. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Kentucky unions sue over right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · May 26, 2017 4:42 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)

No, CEOs don’t make 347 times more than American workers

Luka Ladan · May 26, 2017 4:01 am

Ninety-four percent of those represented by unions never voted for one, according to The Heritage Foundation. Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn, wants to change that by requiring periodic referendums on continuing with a union. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans relaunch effort to beat back pro-union laws

Sean Higgins · May 25, 2017 9:34 pm

The minimum wage would be raised from $7.25 to $15, a stark change for the Democratic Party, which was promoting an increase to $10.50 in 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats officially introduce $15 minimum wage bill

Sean Higgins · May 25, 2017 5:38 pm

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said the micro-union rule allowing divisions within a larger company to organize is a mere gift to organize labor. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

GOP seeks to roll back ‘micro-union’ rule

Sean Higgins · May 24, 2017 10:21 pm