Labor unions

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

Op-Eds

NLRB not looking out for workers’ rights

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)

Politics

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)

Beltway Confidential

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

Politics

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)

Politics

Kline applauds labor board rejecting student athlete case

Sean Higgins -

August 17, 2015 8:14 pm

Northwestern football players are reflected in a helmet during drills at practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, in Kenosha, Wi. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Politics

NCAA applauds rejection of Northwestern players’ union bid

Sean Higgins -

August 17, 2015 7:47 pm

The National Labor Relations Board rejected a bid by football players at Northwestern University to form a union. (AP Photo)Â

Politics

College players’ bid for labor union rejected

Sean Higgins -

August 17, 2015 4:34 pm

Clinton received support for a union endorsement of nearly 48 percent of the entire IAM membership.Â (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Politics

Hillary scores endorsement from another union

Daniel Chaitin -

August 15, 2015 4:01 am

People listen during a get out the vote rally put on by local unions and Democratic politicians on the grounds of the Jackson Memorial hospital on October 18, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Business

Business struggles against ‘quickie’ union election rule

Sean Higgins -

August 12, 2015 10:47 pm

Labor Secretary Tom Perez has applauded the efforts to raise it to that level in speeches, often appearing at events hosted by activists and politicians. (AP Photo)Â

Economy

Labor’s stealth push for a $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins -

August 12, 2015 4:01 am

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Tag: Labor unions

NLRB not looking out for workers’ rights

Public approval of unions ticks upward

Opting out of union no easy task for Michigan teachers

Union coercion charged in right-to-work Tennessee

Kline applauds labor board rejecting student athlete case

NCAA applauds rejection of Northwestern players’ union bid

College players’ bid for labor union rejected

Hillary scores endorsement from another union

Business struggles against ‘quickie’ union election rule

Labor’s stealth push for a $15 minimum wage

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