Tag: Labor unions

Clinton won big with Pa. union households

Ariel Cohen · April 27, 2016 1:44 am

Bankruptcy court allowed the Trump Taj Mahal to alter the terms of its contract with 1,100 union members. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Union asks Supreme Court to intervene in dispute with Trump casino

Sean Higgins · April 26, 2016 7:07 pm

Volkswagen's former CEO, Martin Winterkorn, was charged with wire fraud Thursday in the U.S. investigation of the company's compliance with emissions standards.

VW to go to court to keep Tenn. plant workers from UAW

Bernie Woodall · April 25, 2016 4:48 pm

Airbnb and the SEIU, one of the nation's largest labor unions, are in talks for a potential alliance. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Why Airbnb is talking to the SEIU

Heesun Wee · April 25, 2016 10:00 am

The charges against McDonald's that became the basis for the labor board rules change were the result of a campaign funded by the Service Employees International Union. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

The push to protect small businesses from new fed rule

Sean Higgins · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Classifying drivers as employees could have raised Uber's expenses and allowed them to join a labor union. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Uber deal keeps drivers as contractors

Associated Press · April 22, 2016 6:11 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., greets a CWA worker at a Verizon workers picket line, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Washington Secrets

War: Bernie rips Verizon CEO’s $18M pay, job outsourcing

Paul Bedard · April 22, 2016 12:41 pm

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Unions get speedier elections, but not more wins under new rule

Sean Higgins · April 21, 2016 8:42 pm

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks to the City Club of Chicago Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Lewis accused first-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner of "acts of terror" for his role in the budget standoff. (Rich Hein/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Teachers union head calls GOP governor an ‘ISIS recruit’

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 4:31 pm

A Missouri McDonald's will have kiosks taking orders instead of people. (AP Photo)

McDonald’s turns to tech to deal with minimum wage hikes

western-journalism, jack-davis · April 20, 2016 5:07 pm

A Costco store.

Teamsters recommends members approve new Costco contract

Ramkumar Iyer · April 19, 2016 6:04 pm

Head of Chicago Public Schools says the union is having trouble dealing with reality. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

Chicago school head says union in ‘Alice in Wonderland world’

Jason Russell · April 19, 2016 5:12 pm