Tag: Labor

Hillary Flashback: ‘Classified and Confidential Work Can’t Be Outsourced … to Telework’

Jeryl Bier · September 2, 2015 10:47 am

Uber is twice as fast as taxi service and about half the cost of a regular taxi, according to a new study of the company's ride-sharing app conducted in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Judge grants class-action status in Uber case

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2015 10:37 pm

Hillary Clinton stands with various union members at an American Federation of Teachers Union rally in Cincinnati in October 2008. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

Emails show Clinton’s close ties to teachers union

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2015 10:35 pm

Biden to join labor boss at Labor Day event

Sean Higgins · September 1, 2015 10:23 pm

Another labor board ruling on the issue is expected later this year in a case involving McDonald's Corp. on whether franchiser companies are legal responsible for violations by franchises. (AP Photo)

Businesses lobby Democrats to clamp down on labor board

Sean Higgins · August 31, 2015 11:03 pm

The new standard means that a business could now find itself in the position of bankrolling a strike against itself. (Getty Images file)

Labor board: Firms must deduct union dues after contract expires

Sean Higgins · August 31, 2015 9:59 pm

Scott Walker's actions suggests he lacks the required immunity to special-interest pleading. (AP Photo)Â

Walker won’t buck special interests

Timothy P. Carney · August 31, 2015 6:31 pm

The Browning-Ferris case involved a California recycling company by that name that subcontracted some of its work at a facility in Milpitas, Calif., to Leadpoint, an Arizona-based company.Â (AP Photo)

Labor board ruling will create major confusion in disputes: Critics

Sean Higgins · August 29, 2015 4:01 am

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

Labor board expands contractors’ liability for subcontractors’ actions

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2015 7:17 pm

Vice President Joe Biden reportedly met privately with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Thursday. (Getty Images)

Biden holds private meeting with top labor leader

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2015 6:09 pm

GOP candidates ‘hateful and racist,’ labor leader says

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2015 4:52 pm

The Chamber of Commerce argued Wednesday that, to the contrary, complying with the rule would createÂ "a highly complex, dispersed and cumbersome set of standards..." (AP Photo)Â

Business blasts Obama’s new blacklist

Sean Higgins · August 26, 2015 10:31 pm