Tag: Labor

Conservative group takes on Hillary Clinton’s favorite chart

Joseph Lawler · August 26, 2015 4:01 am

Several top unions have joined a coalition group called "Alliance to Fight the 40" that also includes major health insurance companies such as Cigna to oppose the "Cadillac tax." (Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg)

Unions, insurers team up to fight coming Obamacare tax

Sean Higgins · August 26, 2015 4:01 am

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) sits with adviser Oren Cass (right) aboard his campaign plane on November 2, 2012 en route to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Former Romney adviser: Replace minimum wage with subsidies

Joseph Lawler · August 25, 2015 9:12 pm

An estimated 2,000-2,500 shepherds come into the U.S. each year through the visa program.Â (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Immigrant labor harming U.S. shepherds, lawsuit says

Sean Higgins · August 25, 2015 4:01 am

Ruben Castro, owner of La Fiesta Braval, a Mexican restaurant in Laurel, Miss., clears the tables during the lunch rush, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008.

President’s blacklist rule would hurt minority businesses

Alfredo Ortiz · August 25, 2015 4:01 am

Union members from around the country rally at the Michigan State Capitol to protest a vote on Right-to-Work legislation December 11, 2012 in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Michigan union finds new way to fight teachers’ efforts to leave it

Sean Higgins · August 21, 2015 4:01 am

Job seekers get information at a job fair in Sunrise, Fla. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Jobless claims rise to 277,000, but still low

Joseph Lawler · August 20, 2015 12:32 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

NLRB not looking out for workers’ rights

Hector Barreto · August 20, 2015 4:01 am

Mechanic Antonio Ramos works on a car at San Rafael Firestone January 5, 2009 in San Rafael, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Public approval of unions ticks upward

Sean Higgins · August 19, 2015 4:30 pm

In this Dec. 11, 2012 file photo, protesters sit in the rotunda of the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., in an unsuccessful effort to block passage of right-to-work legislation that bans labor agreements that require employees to pay fees to the unions that represent them. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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Opting out of union no easy task for Michigan teachers

Jason Russell · August 18, 2015 6:07 pm

BillÂ Bauer, a nuclear power plant worker, says that whenÂ he refused to pay labor union fees, noting that state law says he is not obligated to pay the union anything, he was told by the company he could not work until he did.Â (AP Photo)Â

Union coercion charged in right-to-work Tennessee

Sean Higgins · August 18, 2015 4:01 am

This May 7, 2014 file photo shows Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Kline applauds labor board rejecting student athlete case

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 8:14 pm