Labor unions

A worker operates a touchscreen computer at a robotic production line at the Fuyao Glass America plant, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, in Moraine, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Economy

UAW tries again in a town where it once caused devastating job losses

Vincent Vernuccio -

November 3, 2017 4:01 am

Online brokerage TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, who was also CEO of DNAinfo and had bought Gothamist earlier this year, decided to shut his media companies amid financial hardships and a successful union vote. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

News

Billionaire CEO Joe Ricketts shuts down DNAinfo, Gothamist after union vote

Katie Leach -

November 2, 2017 10:58 pm

The question going forward is whether Bannon will court more distant progressive allies as he sets out to transform his own party. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Beltway Confidential

As Trump’s strategist, Steve Bannon set out to find common ground with major union leader

Emily Jashinsky -

November 2, 2017 3:10 pm

Bannon, then President Trump's chief strategist, was seeking ways to recruit left-wing groups to aid the president's agenda. (AP)

News

Teachers union head met privately with Steve Bannon

Sean Higgins -

November 1, 2017 10:14 pm

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

Economy

NLRB names interim replacement for General Counsel Richard Griffin

Sean Higgins -

November 1, 2017 9:54 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, speaks at a news conference on American labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Economy

Democratic leaders call for end to right-to-work

Sean Higgins -

November 1, 2017 6:35 pm

Summing up the outrage, the United Steelworkers complained that

Beltway Confidential

As Trump bows to big ethanol, more blue-collar voters realize the president was never a union guy

Philip Wegmann -

October 30, 2017 3:35 pm

Organized labor is major source of campaign funding for the Democratic Party members, giving more than $59 million in the 2016 election cycle alone, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Conservative groups put the total unions give to Democrats, various liberal activist groups and political action committees between 2012 and 2016 at $765 million.

Magazine

After 70 years, Washington gets serious about labor reforms

Sean Higgins -

October 30, 2017 4:01 am

Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam speaks during a rally in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Columnists

Are Democrats trying to lose Virginia’s governor’s race?

Ron Meyer -

October 26, 2017 4:01 am

With 240 House Republicans currently, and 218 votes needed to win (there's one Republican vacancy), the Republican leadership can afford 21 defections -- but not 23. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: Republicans’ window of opportunity on the state and local tax deduction

Michael Barone -

October 24, 2017 8:22 pm

1...737475...247 Page 74 of 247

Tag: Labor unions

UAW tries again in a town where it once caused devastating job losses

Billionaire CEO Joe Ricketts shuts down DNAinfo, Gothamist after union vote

As Trump’s strategist, Steve Bannon set out to find common ground with major union leader

Teachers union head met privately with Steve Bannon

NLRB names interim replacement for General Counsel Richard Griffin

Democratic leaders call for end to right-to-work

As Trump bows to big ethanol, more blue-collar voters realize the president was never a union guy

After 70 years, Washington gets serious about labor reforms

Are Democrats trying to lose Virginia’s governor’s race?

Michael Barone: Republicans’ window of opportunity on the state and local tax deduction

NEWS

POLICY

COMMENTARY

RESTORING AMERICA