Tag: Labor unions

Wage fight propels worker from KFC to White House

Karen Matthews · March 3, 2014 12:00 am

Sen. Bob Corker's claims that he had inside information about Volkswagen's plans surrounding unionization have been a source of controversy.ÃÂ (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Bob Corker hints knowledge of VW’s plans came from outside consultant

Sean Higgins · February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., have been publicly supportive of unionized health care workers in their state. (AP File)

Two members of Congress subpoenaed in nursing homes’ fight with SEIU

Tim Mak · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Hostess Twinkie snack cakes on display at a store.

Twinkies bankruptcy raises specter of U.S. pension fund failures

Bloomberg News · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Union issues strike notice to WVU Hospitals

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, left, and District Council 47 President Frederick Wright prepare to sign the first new contract for the city's white-collar workers on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. The contract ends a five-year stalemate and extends a new contract to mid-2017, Wright said Tuesday according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Troy Graham)

Philadelphia, white-collar union reach tentative accord

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Former company officers bought a business in bankruptcy, through confirmation of a Chapter 11 plan. The bankrupt company assumed the union contract, although it wasn't assigned to the buyers.

Sale didn’t enable buyer to avoid union contract

Bloomberg News · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Diplomats union to vote on ambassador nominees

Diplomats union to vote on ambassador nominees

Lara Jakes · February 25, 2014 11:21 pm

Ben Jealous, former CEO of the NAACP, gave a keynote speech at a Maryland rally for civil and immigrant rights. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Worker rights bills inspire rally in Maryland

Associated Press · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said Thursday he will not comply with a subpoena issued by the United Auto Workers to appear at a regional National Labor Relations Board hearing April 21.ÃÂ (AP/Erik Schelzig)

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Sen. Bob Corker warns NLRB ruling on UAW VW election could muzzle lawmakers

Sean Higgins · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

The first rail shipment of 2012 Volkswagen Passats built at the automaker's plant in Chattanooga is loaded aboard train cars Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Bill Poovey)

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VW workers ask NLRB to reject union complaint regarding lost election

Sean Higgins · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

United Auto Workers President Bob King, left, and Dennis Williams, now secretary-treasurer for the union, discuss the union's 712-626 defeat in an election at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

UAW official says union remains financially strong

Associated Press · February 22, 2014 5:00 am