Tag: Labor

A leading candidate in the race for the West Virginia Supreme Court, Darrell McGraw, has the endorsement of most of the state's unions. (AP Photo)

West Virginia judicial race could hit state’s right-to-work law

Sean Higgins · April 27, 2016 10:32 pm

The auto giant declined to engage in contract talks with the UAW while challenging an NLRB decision.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Board files labor complaint against VW

Associated Press, Erik Schelzig · April 27, 2016 8:01 pm

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

Between the cyclical peaks of 1979 and 2007, average individual income tax rates fell most dramatically for the bottom 80 percent of taxpayers, with the bottom 40 percent receiving more in refundable tax credits than paid in taxes. (iStock photo)

Myth: Tax cuts helped only the rich

Washington Examiner Staff · April 25, 2016 4:01 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)

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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

House Education Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., warned that the rule will "encourage frivolous litigation and drive up costs for those who can least afford it." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP moves to block Obama regulation of retirement planning

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2016 4:21 pm