Tag: Labor unions

Union boss says Trump ‘overreacted’

Kyle Feldscher · December 8, 2016 1:20 pm

"Chuck Jones, who is President of United Steelworkers 1999, has done a terrible job representing workers. No wonder companies flee country!" Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Trump fires back at Carrier union boss: He’s done a ‘terrible’ job

Caitlin Yilek · December 8, 2016 1:14 am

The disconnect between union leadership, which overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton, and union membership is telling. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Time to tackle labor union reform

Richard Berman · December 3, 2016 5:01 am

AFL-CIO chief says choices are "deeply inconsistent with the pledges he made in the campaign." (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Labor chief slams Trump Cabinet picks

Sean Higgins · December 1, 2016 10:23 pm

Labor groans after Chao tapped for Transportation

Sean Higgins · November 29, 2016 10:02 pm

United Food and Commercial Workers has pulled back up after years of failing to organize a Walmart store (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Walmart protests vanish as union pulls back

Sean Higgins · November 26, 2016 1:36 pm

President-elect Trump has sufficient political capital to bring labor into the 21st century and democratize union halls across the country. To start this process, he should lend his support to the Employee Rights Act. (AP Photo)

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Trump should back Employee Rights Act

Philip Wegmann · November 25, 2016 5:01 am

"Trump has chosen the most ideological, anti-public [education] nominee since the creation of the Dept. of Education," Randi Weingarten, president of the 1.6-million member American Federation of Teachers, wrote on Twitter. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

‘Out of touch’: Teachers unions slam Trump’s education secretary

Gabby Morrongiello, Nicole Duran · November 23, 2016 9:26 pm

Trumka, said Trump is "dangerous" and treats working-class voters like "second-class citizens." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Labor backs Pelosi to keep House Dem post

Sean Higgins · November 22, 2016 7:53 pm

The allegations against William C. Smith come just days after James Hoffa and Ken Hall won re-election to new five-year terms to lead the Teamsters (AP Photo)

Charges recommended against fourth top Teamster official

Sean Higgins · November 22, 2016 6:14 pm

Potential Supreme Court nominees and state initiatives are a potential boon for the right-to-work movement. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)

Beltway Confidential

Election results give momentum to worker freedom

Chantal Lovell, Vincent Vernuccio · November 14, 2016 5:02 am

The allegations involve filing 564 false receipts for Uber rides totaling more than $11,000. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Investigator says Teamster official embezzled, falsified Uber receipts

Sean Higgins · November 10, 2016 8:34 pm