Tag: Labor unions

"We know that elections are about choices. The contrast between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, couldn't be greater," the union said. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Pro-Sanders union switches to Clinton

Sean Higgins · July 11, 2016 2:42 pm

June's job gains exceeded economists' expectations for around 180,000 new jobs. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Job gains bounce back to 287,000 in June, unemployment at 4.9 percent

Joseph Lawler · July 8, 2016 12:32 pm

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., said the spending bill would "[roll] back overregulation and overreach by the administration that kills American jobs, and cutting spending to save hard-earned taxpayer dollars." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Labor spending bill reins in agency, labor board

Sean Higgins · July 7, 2016 4:21 pm

The bill was designed to spin our nation's air traffic controllers off into a quasi-private agency. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

AIRR Disaster: Air traffic control reform a boom for unions, a bust for taxpayers

Russ Brown · July 5, 2016 4:01 am

My legislation puts an end to card check once and for all by guaranteeing a worker's right to a secret ballot, writes Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Hatch: We need to make unions more democratic

Orrin Hatch · July 5, 2016 4:01 am

The Supreme Court denied the plaintiffs in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case a rehearing. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court denies rehearing to major union case

Sean Higgins · June 28, 2016 7:06 pm

The law eliminated collective bargaining for state government workers. (AP Photo/M.L. Johnson)

Beltway Confidential

Scott Walker’s union reforms didn’t harm Wisconsin schools

Jason Russell · June 23, 2016 4:17 pm

AR Squared, the policy arm of America Rising, released the ad Wednesday as part of its latest hit on Tom Steyer. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Ad accuses Steyer of dividing Democrats

Kyle Feldscher · June 22, 2016 5:04 pm

The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union pledged its support to Hillary Clinton soon after she scored the support of the AFL-CIO. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Clinton adds to her union endorsements

Ryan Lovelace · June 17, 2016 2:39 pm

In a statement, Trump argued that the labor union "no longer represents American workers." (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Trump bashes AFL-CIO’s Clinton endorsement: ‘The enemy of working people’

Al Weaver · June 16, 2016 5:27 pm

Microsoft said that the government's recent expansion of the "joint employer standard" — when one businesses is equally liable for a related business' workplace violations — would create a legal minefield for corporate social responsibility programs. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg, File)

Microsoft joins in fight against NLRB’s ‘joint employer’ standard

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2016 5:09 pm

"Hillary Clinton is a proven leader who shares our values," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

AFL-CIO endorses Clinton

Sean Higgins · June 16, 2016 3:34 pm