Tag: Labor unions

Republican lawmakers introduced legislation that would prohibit workers from being required to support a union, making right-to-work laws the national standard. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Missouri House OKs right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · February 2, 2017 7:16 pm

The new wage floors include steps on the way to $15-an-hour minimum wages in California and New York. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Study: 2017 minimum wage hikes will cost 383,000 jobs by 2020

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2017 10:00 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said, "We are deeply troubled that President Trump, who ran his campaign on being a friend to working people, has chosen his nominee from among a group vetted and approved by organizations like the Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Labor has ‘serious concerns’ about Gorsuch

Sean Higgins · February 1, 2017 8:34 pm

Republican lawmakers introduced legislation that would prohibit workers from being required to support a union, making right-to-work laws the national standard. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

National right-to-work bill introduced in Congress

Sean Higgins · February 1, 2017 7:53 pm

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee indicated the reason for the delay was that it had not received the required paperwork from Puzder yet. (Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg)

Is Puzder pick for Labor Department in trouble?

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2017 9:07 pm

Legislation would prohibit workers nationwide from being forced to support a union. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

GOP introduces national right-to-work legislation

Sean Higgins · January 31, 2017 2:14 am

House Republicans will move Monday to undo one of President Obama's efforts to change labor regulations to benefit unions. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

GOP moves to undo one of Obama’s final labor rules

Sean Higgins · January 30, 2017 9:40 pm

Noonan said by engaging the unions, Trump is attempting to reshape the Republican Party. (Screengrab/YouTube)

Noonan: Trump turning GOP into ‘party of working men and women’

Eddie Scarry · January 27, 2017 4:09 pm

The unionization rate fell 0.4 percentage points from 2015, and is down 3 percentage points since 2000. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

Beltway Confidential

Unionization down again; more than half of union members are over age 45

David Freddoso · January 26, 2017 9:58 pm

Right-to-work demonstrators hold signs in Jefferson City, Missouri. The state could become the 28th to prohibit workers from being forced to support a union as a condition of employment. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Missouri Senate approves right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · January 26, 2017 6:18 pm

Union membership falls to 10.7 percent

Sean Higgins · January 26, 2017 12:52 pm

The Trump administration's frenetic pace right out of the gate has confounded Democrats. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump tornado hits Washington

W. James Antle III · January 25, 2017 5:01 am