Tag: Labor unions

In an impressive display of "we don't care how this looks," the Florida Education Association has sued the Sunshine State to prevent students from receiving more state-managed, privately-funded scholarships, including a new scholarship program for disabled students.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

Teachers union sues to prevent expansion of privately-funded voucher program

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2014 6:57 pm

Leading Democratic lawmakers and allied liberal groups are promoting a bill, titled the Schedules that Work Act, that would give employees more rights to demand flexible work schedules and demand an end to long, irregular work shifts. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Big Labor wants ‘schedules that work’ — just not for them

Sean Higgins · July 24, 2014 5:26 pm

Union workers at UBS Colorado approve contract

Union workers at UBS Colorado approve contract

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 3:47 pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, seated left, answers a question about pensions from retired Stafford Township, N.J., Police Chief Larry Parker, right front, as Christie addressed a gathering Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in Long Beach Township, N.J. (AP/Mel Evans)

Unions, Chris Christie clashing again

Associated Press · July 23, 2014 1:06 pm

FILE - In a Thursday, July 3, 2014 file photo, Detroit retirees Mike Shane, left, and William Davis protest near the federal courthouse in Detroit. Workers and retirees approved pension cuts in Detroit's bankruptcy by a landslide, the city reported Monday, a crucial step to emerging from the largest municipal insolvency in U.S. history. The city disclosed results from two months of balloting, which ended July 11. Judge Steven Rhodes still must hold a trial in August to determine if Detroit's overall bankruptcy plan is fair and feasible to all creditors, from Wall Street to Main Street, but support from retirees is vital. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Bond insurers vow to fight Detroit financial plan

Washington Examiner · July 22, 2014 8:03 pm

Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that two of his recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional and their decisions therefore void, President Obama renominated one of those appointees, Sharon Block, back to the board. (AP/Jon Elswick)

For Obama’s labor policy, no setback is permanent

Sean Higgins · July 21, 2014 8:33 pm

1-day NYC health care workers’ walkout averted

1-day NYC health care workers’ walkout averted

Washington Examiner · July 21, 2014 4:20 pm

Anthony Simon, general chairman of the United Transportation Union, left, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas Prendergast, right, shake hands in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a tentative labor agreement was reached at Cuomo's office in New York on Thursday, July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Strike threat plays to Cuomo’s image as pragmatist

DAVID KLEPPERRACHELLE BLIDNER · July 18, 2014 1:50 pm

Anthony Simon, general chairman of the United Transportation Union, left, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas Prendergast, right, shake hands in front of Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a tentative labor agreement was reached at Cuomo's office in New York on Thursday, July 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Strike by NY commuter rail workers averted

FRANK ELTMANRACHELLE BLIDNER · July 18, 2014 1:29 am

Railroad deal relief for vacation-bound NY mayor

Jennifer Peltz · July 17, 2014 10:43 pm

Anthony Simon, left, lead union negotiator for Long Island Rail Road Union, and union representative Dean Devita, speak during a news conference Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in New York. Shortly after Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an appeal Wednesday for the sides to resume talking, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the Long Island Rail Road, invited union negotiators to resume talks and union officials accepted. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Union: We’ll keep talking to avoid NY rail strike

FRANK ELTMANRACHELLE BLIDNER · July 17, 2014 2:56 am

Cuomo: Rail strike would hold commuters ‘hostage’

Cuomo: Rail strike would hold commuters ‘hostage’

David Klepper · July 16, 2014 8:56 pm