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

Politics

NLRB may chip away at right-to-work laws

April 21, 2015 9:00 am

MIAMI, FL - MARCH 20: Union members and community activists protest outside Miami Dade College, whereÂ U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob LewÂ was speaking. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Politics

Liberal groups rejecting White House’s trade push

Sean Higgins -

April 20, 2015 8:01 pm

New National Labor Relations Board guidance on permissible workplace speech by company owners and managers is causing confusion among bosses, represented here on the left by U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donahue, and workers for whom AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka would like to speak.Â

Politics

Aggressive new federal labor rules on employee speech leave companies baffled

Sean Higgins -

April 19, 2015 9:00 am

People march as they protest for increased minimum wages near a McDonald's restaurant on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, in the Little Havana area in Miami. Activists, fast-food workers and others are calling for increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour and allowing workers to form unions without corporate opposition, as part of nationwide demonstrations. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Politics

Unions promise whopper of a fast-food protest

Sean Higgins -

April 15, 2015 9:00 am

While the National Labor Relations Board has five members, the person leading the charge is its general counsel, Richard Griffin.

Economy

NLRB’s Griffin pushes the envelope in labor law

Sean Higgins -

April 13, 2015 9:00 am

Education

Liberal anger lingers after Rahm’s victory in Chicago

Sean Higgins -

April 9, 2015 12:17 am

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Economy

Agency’s union ‘speedy election’ rule has no firm deadlines

Sean Higgins -

April 7, 2015 5:57 pm

Politics

GOP group’s super PAC mostly funded by unions

Sean Higgins -

April 6, 2015 9:00 am

The money primarily went to nonprofit groups and public relations firms with the aim of making the effort look like an organic, grassroots movement.

Politics

Union spent $23 million last year on higher minimum wage push

Sean Higgins -

April 2, 2015 9:00 am

A judge said the National Federation of Federal Employees Local 2189 violated federal rules and its own constitution to deny membership to Jonathan Jarman. (Screenshot)

Union can’t refuse membership to former rival labor leader

Luke Rosiak -

April 1, 2015 2:29 pm

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Tag: Labor unions

NLRB may chip away at right-to-work laws

Liberal groups rejecting White House’s trade push

Aggressive new federal labor rules on employee speech leave companies baffled

Unions promise whopper of a fast-food protest

NLRB’s Griffin pushes the envelope in labor law

Liberal anger lingers after Rahm’s victory in Chicago

Agency’s union ‘speedy election’ rule has no firm deadlines

GOP group’s super PAC mostly funded by unions

Union spent $23 million last year on higher minimum wage push

Union can’t refuse membership to former rival labor leader

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