Labor unions

State-licensed child care providers in Massachusetts will no longer be required to pay dues to the Service Employees International Union, the latest consequence of the Supreme Court'sÃÂ Harris v. QuinnÃÂ decision.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

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After Supreme Court ruling, Massachusetts lets child care providers opt out of union dues

Sean Higgins · August 6, 2014 4:24 pm

Mayor rebuts NYPD unions after custody death

Mayor rebuts NYPD unions after custody death

JONATHAN LEMIREJAKE PEARSON · August 6, 2014 1:43 am

Longtime customer Nancy Kindler of Epping, N.H. becomes emotional during a rally in front of Market Basket in Tewksbury, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Thousands of Market Basket supermarket employees and their supporters are calingl for the reinstatement of their fired CEO, even as the company began a three-day job fair to replace employees who have refused to work during a revolt that is costing the supermarket chain millions. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Grocery workers rally for fired chief executive

Denise Lavoie · August 5, 2014 6:37 pm

Heartland Institute expert says Wisconsin collective barganing ruling good for taxpayer

Heartland Institute expert says Wisconsin collective barganing ruling good for taxpayer

David Yates · August 5, 2014 3:43 pm

Lockout continues at Illinois Honeywell plant

Lockout continues at Illinois Honeywell plant

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2014 1:48 pm

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker addresses members of the media during a stop at the Madison GOP Field Office in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)

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Scott Walker says union reforms still at stake despite court win

Sean Higgins · August 3, 2014 10:00 am

Early on, Obama, at the behest of his labor union bosses, rolled back several hard-fought reforms that increased the information available to union members on how their unions spend members' dues money. (iStock Photo)

John Thune bill would restore labor union transparency that Obama degraded

Nathan Mehrens · August 1, 2014 4:39 pm

In this Thursday, July 24, 2014 photo, an inmate sits by a window at the mental health unit at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Stockton Health Facility in Stockton, Calif. The California Association of Psychiatric Technicians union says that employees at the facility were instructed to routinely falsify suicide watch records, endangering inmates and violating standards imposed in response to federal court orders. The union claims inadequate staffing is prompting shortcuts that circumvent requirements meant to protect inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Union: California prison staff told to fake checks

Don Thompson · July 31, 2014 11:22 pm

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Illinois extends Supreme Court Harris v. Quinn ruling to daycare providers

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2014 10:56 pm

Mary Kay Baum joins hundreds of labor union members at a rally to protest the collective bargaining measures of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's administration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building in Madison, Wis., in 2011. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)

Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds law that ended collective bargaining for public workers

Associated Press · July 31, 2014 12:36 pm

Market Basket CEOs: workers must return by Monday

Market Basket CEOs: workers must return by Monday

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 9:06 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called the Davis-Bacon Act wasteful and counterproductive, saying it hurt unskilled workers and cost taxpayers money. (iStock)

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Top Senate Republican calls for repealing union-backed wage law

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2014 3:42 pm