Tag: Labor unions

Unions push legislatures for labor history courses

Unions push legislatures for labor history courses

Stephen Singer · June 15, 2014 2:50 pm

Unaware of the work stoppage Roy Pearson waits for a SEPTA commuter train at the East Falls commuter rail station in Philadelphia on Saturday June 14, 2014. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett asked President Barack Obama on Saturday to intervene the dispute between the Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its engineers and electricians unions, which went on strike at midnight Friday, June 13. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Obama order forces Philly rail workers back on job

Maryclaire Dale · June 15, 2014 1:18 am

Detroit announces settlement with largest union

Detroit announces settlement with largest union

Washington Examiner · June 14, 2014 4:06 pm

FILE - A SEPTA regional train, the R7, rolls into 30th Street station in Philadelphia in this Nov. 16, 2004 file photo. Four hundred workers at a Philadelphia-area regional rail system went on strike Saturday morning June 14, 2014, shutting down 13 train lines that carry commuters to the suburbs and Philadelphia International Airport. Subways, trolleys and buses operated by SEPTA will continue to run. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

Philadelphia commuter rail workers go on strike

Geoff Mulvihill · June 14, 2014 5:12 am

Obamacare's many coverage mandates and taxes are to blame for this upturn in the cost of insurance. Overall, union officials project that Obamacare will increase their members' health coverage costs by 5 to 12.5 percent. (AP Photo)

Even the labor unions are souring on Obamacare

Sally Pipes · June 13, 2014 8:12 pm

With Congress' partisan bickering all but ensuring no significant legislation will clear the politically divided body this election year, across the street the Supreme Court is finishing up a busy year that will affect the president's authority as well as major consumer and worker issues. (Thinkstock Image)

How the Supreme Court’s upcoming rulings will affect Obama, unions and you

Sean Lengell · June 13, 2014 2:00 pm

Netherlands' head coach Louis van Gaal attends a press conference the day before the group B World Cup soccer match between Spain and the Netherlands at the Arena Ponte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

BRAZIL BEAT: Van Gaal not thinking much about club

Washington Examiner · June 12, 2014 11:55 pm

Police and World Cup protesters clash in Brazil

Police and World Cup protesters clash in Brazil

adriana-gomez, liconbradley-brooks · June 12, 2014 10:18 pm

Workers at Media Matters for America will definitely hold a vote on whether to form a union, according a statement posted online by Service Employees International Union Local 500. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Union says Media Matters will let workers vote on whether to organize

Sean Higgins · June 12, 2014 5:14 pm

In this June 10, 2014, photo, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy checks his phone outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, before the verdict in the Vergara v. California lawsuit in Los Angeles. Even before a California judge's scathing ruling against the state's teacher tenure policies, protections that make it harder to fire teachers had already been weakened in many states, and even removed altogether in a few places. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Some states roll back teacher tenure protections

Kimberly Hefling · June 12, 2014 3:17 pm

A union member listens during a UNITE HERE unionized hotel workers campaign on February 16, 2006 in Los Angeles. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Obama’s first union endorsement pays off for an Obamacare co-op

Richard Pollock · June 12, 2014 10:00 am

Brazil averts subway strike on eve of World Cup

adriana-gomez, liconjoshua-goodman · June 12, 2014 1:11 am