Tag: Labor unions

Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks about education, Monday, July 7, 2014, during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. The nation's largest teachers' union wants Duncan to quit. Delegates of the National Education Association adopted a business item July 4 at its annual convention in Denver that called for his resignation. The vote underscores the long standing tension between the Obama administration and teachers' unions _ historically a steadfast Democratic ally. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

NEA wants Duncan’s resignation

Kimberly Hefling · July 7, 2014 4:59 pm

Washington state unions plan to negotiate for competitive pay

Associated Press · July 7, 2014 9:35 am

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) president Richard Trumka addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at Los Angeles Convention Center Monday, Sept 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Beltway Confidential

Union leaders having a hard time talking about Harris v. Quinn

Sean Higgins · July 5, 2014 10:00 am

FILE - This Sept. 10, 2012, file photo shows thousands of public school teachers rallying outside the Chicago Public Schools district headquarters on the first day of strike action over teachers' contracts in Chicago. A majority of union members today now have ties to a government entity at the federal, state or local levels. The typical union worker now is more likely to be an educator, office worker or food or service industry employee rather than a construction worker, autoworker, electrician or mechanic, with far more women than men among the ranks. Overall, 11.3 percent of U.S. wage and salary workers are unionized, down from a peak of 35 percent during the mid-1950s. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Unions representing government workers are gaining

Tom Raum · July 4, 2014 2:55 pm

FILE - In this April 25, 2014, file photo, Northwestern football players walk between their locker room and McGaw Hall, where voting is taking place on the student athlete union question in Evanston, Ill. A national organization representing college and university presidents is disputing a federal ruling that students who receive college athletic scholarships are essentially employees of their schools and thus entitled to join unions and exercise collective-bargaining rights. Student-athletes participate for their own benefit; they do not render services for compensation, said the 1,800 member American Council on Education. Ahead of a midnight deadline, the council filed a 30-page friend-of-the court brief taking strong issue with the ruling earlier this year by a National Labor Relations Board regional director that allows college athletes at Northwestern University to unionize.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

College presidents say no to unions for athletes

Tom Raum · July 3, 2014 11:15 pm

JerShon Cobb #23 of the Northwestern Wildcats celebrates after hitting a three-pointer during the second half of play against the Wisconsin Badgers at Kohl Center on January 29, 2014 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Mike McGinnis/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans file briefs against Northwestern athletes union

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2014 9:13 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Despite Supreme Court ruling, Illinois caregivers still obligated to meet with union

Sean Higgins · July 3, 2014 10:00 am

LIRR contract talks set to resume next week

LIRR contract talks set to resume next week

Frank Eltman · July 2, 2014 7:51 pm

Graffiti is painted on walls and the entrance of an electric station of Public Power Corporation (PPC) in Athens, on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. PPC workers are threatening with rolling strikes to protest government plans to sell a stake in the company to private investors. The conservative-led government is warning that a protracted strike could lead to blackouts at the height of Greece's key tourist season, and has said it could try to force PPC workers back to work through a mobilization order. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece faces power cuts as unions plan strikes

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 7:18 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, container ships wait to be off-loaded at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. The contract that keeps workers on the job at 29 West Coast ports expires on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Both sides have said not to expect a deal, and that they will continue to bargain. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Dockworkers’ contract expires, but trade continues

Justin Pritchard · July 2, 2014 12:33 am

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Beltway Confidential

Media Matters staff votes to unionize

Sean Higgins · July 1, 2014 9:43 pm

FILE - In this May 19, 2005 file photo, construction workers work on part of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. A union for more than 2,000 people who clean the hospital is negotiating for a new contract. The union has already held one short strike, although a four-day walkout was avoided in late June 2014 when both sides heeded Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley's call for a one-week cooling off period. That's led the parties back to the bargaining table. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)

Johns Hopkins resumes talks with union over wages

Washington Examiner · July 1, 2014 9:18 pm