Tag: Labor unions

Employees are prohibited from striking, but not collectively coming down with an illness. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Washington Metro workers are refusing to work Friday through Sunday

Anna Giaritelli · April 25, 2017 9:47 pm

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.

National Security

Teachers union chief blames Trump for anti-Semitism

Sean Higgins · April 24, 2017 12:18 pm

An American Airlines employee allegedly hit a woman with a stroller she brought on the plane, and video posted of the incident's aftermath has gone viral on social media. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Union defends American Airlines worker after fight with passenger

Ryan Lovelace · April 22, 2017 9:14 pm

"Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric has crossed the line from spreading hatred to inciting violence." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Union says CAIR fired three for labor organizing

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2017 4:01 am

A CAIR sign.

Labor group charges union busting by CAIR

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2017 9:23 pm

Under "official time," workers use all of their time doing activities on behalf of their union. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Estimated 700 federal employees do only union work

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2017 9:00 am

The new site promises 25 million new jobs, driven by tax and regulatory reform and renegotiating trade deals. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Wages lag but unemployment falls in right-to-work states

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2017 7:03 pm

Unions fear nine-member court could side against them on dues for public-sector workers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Gorsuch will tip Supreme Court on key labor issue, liberals fear

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2017 4:01 am

Healthcare workers union said it will "advise and represent members and their relatives at risk of deportation." (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Union declares itself ‘sanctuary’ for immigrants

Sean Higgins · April 14, 2017 8:48 pm

AFL-CIO's director of legislative policy slammed President Trump's effort to repeal Obamacare and placing Judge Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

AFL-CIO gives thumbs down on Congress

Sean Higgins · April 13, 2017 3:07 pm

DNC’s Perez: ‘I understand’ why you voted for Trump

Sean Higgins · April 12, 2017 9:03 pm

Trump said he would make an announcement about wages paid by contractors, but nobody knows what it could be.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Business, labor leaders puzzle over Trump contracting remark

Sean Higgins · April 12, 2017 5:47 pm