Tag: Labor unions

McAuliffe walks back claim that Clinton will flip on TPP

Sarah Bedford · July 27, 2016 7:08 pm

Jeff Mixon leads Black Lives Matter in Cuyahoga County, and is the leader who endorsed Portman. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Police hand Portman another union endorsement

Al Weaver · July 26, 2016 4:53 pm

"Working people are strong, and Donald Trump is wrong, wrong, wrong," Richard Trumka said. (AP Photo)

AFL-CIO’s Trumka calls Trump ‘wrong, wrong, wrong,’ praises Clinton

Becket Adams · July 26, 2016 2:55 am

"On behalf of our 50,000 members in Ohio, we are proud to endorse Rob Portman," Pat Darrow, president of the Ohio Conference of Teamsters, said in a Monday announcement released by Portman's campaign. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Teamsters back GOP Sen. Portman in swing state Ohio

Joel Gehrke · July 25, 2016 10:21 pm

One of the largest multi-employer plans, the Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund, currently faces insolvency for its retirees, by its own estimation. (AP Photo)

Want to retire? Don’t trust the union label

Vincent Vernuccio, Jeremy Lott · July 25, 2016 4:04 am

The Democratic Party's 2016 platform is a veritable wish list for organized labor, making numerous elaborate promises to tilt federal law and regulation in its favor and against business. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Dem 2016 platform a wish-list for labor leaders

Sean Higgins · July 22, 2016 9:26 pm

Unite Here says it's backing Hillary Clinton because she wants to get rid of Obamacare's "Cadillac tax." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton scores service union endorsement

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2016 10:55 pm

Workers at Philadelphia International Airport have voted to strike during the convention. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Airport strike looms for DNC convention

Sean Higgins · July 18, 2016 9:06 pm

NextGen Climate is teaming up with the Service Employees International Union. (AP Photo/Beatriz Costa-Lima)

Energy and Environment

Climate activists, labor team up in $10M bid to take down Trump

John Siciliano · July 15, 2016 10:32 pm

Union members picket outside the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Unions mount stepped-up campaign against Trump

Sean Higgins · July 13, 2016 9:29 pm

Security workers, baggage handlers, and other workers decided to strike as part of their effort to fight for a $15 per hour minimum wage. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Philly airport workers to strike during DNC convention

Ryan Lovelace · July 13, 2016 7:35 pm

The National Labor Relations Board's decision reversed an earlier prohibition that excluded temps. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)

Fed agency OKs unions including temp workers

Sean Higgins · July 11, 2016 9:55 pm