Tag: Labor unions

The National Education Association is spending $528,000 to defeat a ballot initiative that would raise money for research on brain injuries and mental illness. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Beltway Confidential

‘No brainer?’ Teachers’ union spending to oppose research on mental illness

Jason Russell · October 27, 2016 8:39 pm

House panel tells Tom Perez to hand over documents, with redactions if necessary, or lawyer up. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Labor Dept. stalling on joint employer inquiry, committee says

Sean Higgins · October 26, 2016 9:19 pm

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‘Angry protesters’ to storm D.C. Trump hotel grand opening

Paul Bedard · October 26, 2016 1:27 pm

Imagine for a moment a world in which the squeegee men were able to legally demand payment and there wasn't one thing you could do about it. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beware the squeegee men, South Dakota

Vincent Vernuccio, Jeremy Lott · October 23, 2016 3:32 pm

Emails released by WikiLeaks detail how the campaign plotted to make it look as though new details about TPP forced her to switch her stance on the bill — well before those details were available to the public or the campaign. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Clinton emails reveal use of ‘platitudes’ on union issues

Sean Higgins · October 17, 2016 9:34 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)

Not your father’s NLRB

Robert Ehrlich · October 13, 2016 3:40 pm

Campaign staffers strictly vetted all speeches to obscure the issue and discussed strategies for how to avoid it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Emails show Clinton camp dodged $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · October 12, 2016 8:03 pm

A leadership candidate says International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James Hoffa is hiding evidence of corruption to maintain his control over the union. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Hoffa’s rivals charge dirty tricks in Teamsters election

Sean Higgins · September 29, 2016 4:01 am

Five-judge panel rules executive order was an attempt to circumvent law on home healthcare workers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Court rejects Pennsylvania governor’s plan to create de facto union

Sean Higgins · September 28, 2016 10:46 pm

Eric Heins, president of the California Teachers Association, speaks at a news conference, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Beltway Confidential

Teachers’ union protested by its employees over pension problems

Jason Russell · September 26, 2016 8:28 pm

In a statement released by the Trump campaign, National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council President Chris Crane said the union's first-ever endorsement was conducted by a vote of its 5,000 members, who overwhelmingly supported Trump. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Immigration officers union backs Trump in first-ever political endorsement

Gabby Morrongiello · September 26, 2016 1:53 pm

More than a third of AFL-CIO members in key states still intend to vote for the GOP candidate even after the campaign illustrated the gulf between the leadership of the nation's largest labor federation and its members. (Bloomberg)

Union leaders struggle to turn members against Trump

Sean Higgins · September 26, 2016 4:01 am