Tag: Labor

One organizer estimates 2,000 union retirees will travel to the nation's capital to lobby their elected representatives on Wednesday and rally Thursday on the Capitol lawn. They hail from Kansas City and rural Illinois, from Florida and North Carolina, from Wisconsin, Tennessee, Nebraska and other state (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Retired Teamsters to rally in D.C. over pensions

Mark Davis, Kansas City · April 12, 2016 6:24 pm

Union workers are pushing Verizon to improve benefits and limit outsourcing in a new contract. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Verizon preparing for biggest strike in years

katie-reilly · April 12, 2016 5:57 pm

"Just as Act 10 held up under several legal challenges, we believe that the Freedom to Work law will hold up in court," Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said in a tweet Monday. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Walker confident Wisconsin’s right-to-work law will be upheld on appeal

Sean Higgins · April 11, 2016 10:29 pm

Advocates for family leave celebrate big week

national-public, joel-rose · April 11, 2016 6:42 pm

The plaintiffs in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association say issue of union fees for workers in public-sector unions is too important for a 4-4 decision. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Friedrichs teachers ask Supreme Court for rehearing

Sean Higgins · April 11, 2016 5:24 pm

Economic frustration among white Democrats adds fuel to the Bernie Sanders campaign. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Sanders does better where unions under siege

international-business, ned-resnikoff · April 11, 2016 4:01 am

Lyft agreed to the settlement to settle unfair labor practice claims in a class-action suit brought on behalf of an estimated 150,000 of its northern California drivers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Look out, Lyft: The unions are coming for you

Sean Higgins · April 11, 2016 4:01 am

Trump touts terrific tariff to fix manufacturing job loss in New York

Kyle Feldscher · April 10, 2016 9:20 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a 4-4 tie vote in the critical Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case, which sought to determine whether non-union public employees could be forced to subsidize union collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Friedrichs decision isn’t end in fight against public-sector unions

Lance Izumi · April 9, 2016 4:02 am

Labor board rejects Tufts faculty union bid

Inside Higher · April 8, 2016 5:14 pm

The split followed reports of internal friction at UFCW over the anti-Walmart campaign. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Huge union no longer backing anti-Walmart group

Sean Higgins · April 6, 2016 9:00 pm

City is the first place in the country to require businesses to provide fully paid leave for new parents. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

San Francisco passes big family leave law

Associated Press, janie-har · April 6, 2016 6:08 pm