Tag: SEIU

Energy and Environment

Climate activists team up with Planned Parenthood to fight Trump

John Siciliano · August 30, 2016 7:18 pm

Participants in march to raise the wage either don't believe evidence it kills jobs or don't care. (Sean Higgins/Washington Examiner)

Activists dismiss drawbacks of $15 minimum wage

Sean Higgins · August 13, 2016 8:48 pm

"Donald Trump thinks Americans are being paid too much and has hired union-busting firms to break up organizing campaigns on his properties," Hillary Clinton's campaign tweeted. (AP Photo)

Clinton: Anti-worker Trump has hired ‘union-busting firms’

Ariel Cohen · May 23, 2016 8:04 pm

Airbnb and the SEIU, one of the nation's largest labor unions, are in talks for a potential alliance. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Why Airbnb is talking to the SEIU

Heesun Wee · April 25, 2016 10:00 am

Board deals blow to McDonald’s defense against labor charges

Sean Higgins · March 21, 2016 4:01 am

Protesters demonstrate before a Democratic presidential primary debate Sunday in Flint, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Energy and Environment

Greens say Mich. water crisis is environmental racism: ‘If they were white, this would be done’

Kyle Feldscher · March 7, 2016 12:08 am

On Monday, the Supreme Court finally heard oral arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a challenge to the 1977 precedent that permitted union freeloading on the backs of more than 700,000 unwilling government workers. (AP Photo)

High court must stop unions from picking workers’ pockets

Washington Examiner · January 12, 2016 5:01 am

Clinton’s got a brand new bank

Sarah Bedford · December 6, 2015 5:01 am

The Reagan National Airport workers will join thousands of workers in major U.S. cities protesting poverty wages and alleged illegal treatment by their employers (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Why Reagan National workers will fast before Thanksgiving

Anna Giaritelli · November 24, 2015 1:34 pm

Clinton has had a rocky relationship with labor, which partly fueled Sanders' rise in the polls. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

SEIU endorses Clinton

Sean Higgins · November 17, 2015 6:49 pm

TheÂ Service Employees International UnionÂ is one of the nation's largest unions and is a major player in Democratic politics.Â (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Clinton SEIU endorsement rumored

Sean Higgins · November 12, 2015 5:47 pm

Home healthcare workers have held rallies in 236 U.S. cities in their push for higher pay and union rights.Â (Bloomberg Photo)

Big Labor trickery on display in effort to unionize home care

Sean Higgins · October 31, 2015 4:01 am