Tag: Labor

"Collective bargaining is a win-win solution," said Labor Secretary Tom Perez. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Labor Dept. issues new pro-union rule for contractors

Sean Higgins · August 24, 2016 5:04 pm

"[John King's] proposed regulation would give Washington, D.C., control over state and local education dollars that it has never had before," Lamar Alexander said. (AP Photo)

Ex-education secretary rips labor board ruling on teacher assistants

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2016 9:39 pm

The board ruled 3-1 that teaching assistants at Columbia University are employees. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News)

Labor board rules student assistants can form union

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2016 5:14 pm

"This is a good day for students and educators as the Supreme Court's decision brings an end to the case brought by wealthy anti-public education millionaires who spent millions of dollars to bypass voters, parents and the legislature in an attempt to impose their harmful education agenda on local schools," said California Teachers Association President Eric C. Heins. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Teachers unions avoid ‘tenure’ after court win

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2016 5:03 pm

Washington Post: U.S. needs illegal immigrants for ‘washing dishes,’ ‘mowing lawns’

Eddie Scarry · August 23, 2016 3:39 pm

The Washington Monument will be closed for at least 10 days due to elevator repairs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Bad news for Labor Day tourists in Washington, D.C.

Anna Giaritelli · August 20, 2016 4:12 am

Randi Weingarten just doesn't make the connection that financial regulations from 2010 are causing the problem and that more financial regulations will only make it worse. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

This political move is why members want to leave their unions

Jason Russell · August 19, 2016 5:46 pm

Pat Toomey, who earlier had been on the fence regarding the TPP, said in a column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he had determined that it "falls short in several areas." (AP Photo)

Toomey to oppose trade deal

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2016 7:05 pm

A spokeswoman for Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, said that under state law the office cannot invalidate names on a petition even when there is reasonable grounds to suspect they are forged. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Fraud found in Colorado minimum wage petition drive

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2016 6:56 pm

"The defendant is grasping at highly imaginative and speculative straws in trying to ... draw a comparison to the matter of Sec. Hilary Clinton based upon virtually no understanding and knowledge of the facts involved, the information at issue, not to mention any issues if [sic] intent and knowledge," prosecutors wrote. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Prosecutors reject Navy sailor’s Clinton comparison

Kelly Cohen · August 17, 2016 3:31 pm

Almost 30 percent of union members said they would opt out if they could do so without losing their job. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

One in four union members favors right-to-work

Sean Higgins · August 15, 2016 6:56 pm

While there is no transcript of the interview with Clinton, the bureau is prepared to hand over extensive notes from the session by the end of this week, Fox News reported Monday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

FBI reportedly set to give Congress notes from Clinton interview

Rudy Takala · August 15, 2016 12:55 pm