Tag: Labor unions

Pedestrians wait to ride a train at Jamaica station on the Long Island Rail Road Tuesday, July 15, 2014, in New York. Prospects of a strike which the unions said they were planning at 12:01 a.m. next Sunday, would affect 300,000 daily riders who travel in and out of New York City from Long Island. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Anxiety grows as possible NY rail strike nears

FRANK ELTMANRACHELLE BLIDNER · July 15, 2014 7:48 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2012 file photo, a train makes its way to the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Jamaica Station in the Queens borough of New York. Unions negotiating with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday, July 14, 2014, that talks aimed at avoiding a walkout at the LIRR, the nation's largest commuter railroad, have collapsed. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

MTA head cites wide gulf in LIRR contract talks

RACHELLE BLIDNERFRANK ELTMAN · July 14, 2014 10:10 pm

FILE - In this July 12, 2013, photo, employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., work on the assembly of a Passat sedan. Volkswagen on Monday, July 14, 2014 said it will build a new seven-passenger SUV at the Chattanooga factory, adding about 2,000 jobs. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)

VW to build new SUV in Tennessee, add 2,000 jobs

ERIK SCHELZIGTOM KRISHER · July 14, 2014 9:46 pm

Ulrich Hackenberg, Volkswagen Director of Produce Development for Power Trains, stands next to the Volkswagen CrossBlue SUV concept vehicle during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Volkswagen’s not waiting around for Big Labor

Sean Higgins · July 14, 2014 8:57 pm

Bombardier union at Ontario plant goes on strike

Bombardier union at Ontario plant goes on strike

Washington Examiner · July 14, 2014 7:53 pm

Workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP/ Erik Schelzig)

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Volkswagen to expand Chattanooga plant

Sean Higgins · July 14, 2014 3:55 pm

FILE - In this June 12, 2013 file photo, workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The United Auto Workers unions announced on Thursday, July 10, 2014, that it is forming a local chapter in Chattanooga, and that it expects Volkswagen to recognize it once it signs up a "substantial" number of workers at the plant.(AP Photo/ Erik Schelzig, file)

Volkswagen to build new SUV in Tennessee, add 2,000 jobs

Associated Press · July 14, 2014 1:13 pm

In this photo from Thursday, July 10, 2014, Irwin Carbajal, 23, a aircraft cabin cleaner, poses for a photograph at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. Carbajal, who makes $8.25 an hour, is hoping to benefit from a pay increase which the Service Employees International Union is pushing for. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Deadline looms in Newark airport wage hike flap

David Porter · July 12, 2014 3:45 pm

FILE - In this June 12, 2013 file photo, workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. The United Auto Workers unions announced on Thursday, July 10, 2014, that it is forming a local chapter in Chattanooga, and that it expects Volkswagen to recognize it once it signs up a "substantial" number of workers at the plant.(AP Photo/ Erik Schelzig, file)

UAW: ‘Consensus’ reached with Volkswagen on union

Erik Schelzig · July 10, 2014 10:24 pm

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett fields questions from the media during a news conference Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Harrisburg, Pa. Corbett, who signed state budget documents earlier in the day, is vetoing millions of dollars from the Legislature's budget and urging lawmakers to make a new effort to address public-sector pensions. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)

Corbett signs budget, takes on lawmakers, pensions

MARC LEVYMARK SCOLFORO · July 10, 2014 10:09 pm

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United Negro College Fund accepts $25 million from Kochs, tells Big Labor to get over it

Sean Higgins · July 10, 2014 10:04 pm

Union pulls black college support after Koch gift

Union pulls black college support after Koch gift

Jesse Holland · July 10, 2014 9:56 pm