Tag: Labor unions

A labor board official ruled that CAIR does not qualify as a religious group exempt from the labor act. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Islamic group CAIR fighting effort to unionize staff

Sean Higgins · April 10, 2017 5:02 pm

A woman shouts with purple SEIU stickers on her face.

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Minnesotans working to end a union’s benefit-theft scam

David Freddoso · April 10, 2017 4:01 pm

Former head of the SEIU wants states to be allowed to experiment to help workers' interests. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Effort to decertify Minnesota union gains steam

Sean Higgins · April 10, 2017 4:01 am

Republicans are trying to loosen workplace regulations, which were tightened in the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

GOP pushes worker flex time

Sean Higgins · April 5, 2017 5:34 pm

The SEIU gave at least $12.7 million to groups staging protests and another $1.7 million to a PR firm. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Union poured $14 million into minimum wage push

Sean Higgins · March 30, 2017 10:52 pm

Reports surfaced Monday that President Trump wants to move more quickly on infrastructure now that the push to repeal Obamacare has stalled. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Report: Unions hand Trump an $80 billion infrastructure wish list

Kyle Feldscher · March 28, 2017 2:28 pm

The report said many of the demonstrators will be protesting Trump's policies that aim to restrict immigration. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Unions plan massive anti-Trump strike

Eddie Scarry · March 18, 2017 3:58 pm

"Here's the thing," Saru Jayaraman, the co-founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, said, "it doesn't matter how reasonable the other person is, or how much less crazy they are. We're still going to resist." (Image courtesy screenshot)

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Labor leader shamelessly reveals ‘it doesn’t matter how reasonable’ Trump’s labor secretary nominee is

Emily Jashinsky · March 9, 2017 5:42 pm

Maryland is not a right-to-work state, meaning union membership or dues can be a condition of employment. (iStock)

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Union makes nurse’s dream job a nightmare

Emily Leayman · March 8, 2017 2:00 pm

President Trump will meet with Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has consistently criticized his policies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump set for showdown with Richard Trumka, Lindsey Graham

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2017 2:27 am

This year, North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx, 73, became the first woman to take up the gavel of the House Education and Workforce Committee since New Jersey Democrat Mary Teresa Norton in 1947. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx is on a quest to roll back Obama’s workplace rules

Sean Higgins · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

"The SEIU hasn't done anything for me except come between me and my daughter," said Kris Greene, a Minneapolis provider. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Fraud alleged in Minnesota homecare provider union

Sean Higgins · March 5, 2017 2:57 am