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Union officials in the United States are teaming up with their German counterparts in a bid to organize workers at wireless carrier T-Mobile USA.
Women are on track to become a majority of unionized workers in the next 10 years, signaling their growing clout in the labor movement.
FairPoint Communications says it expects to seek $30 million in concessions from unions as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
The head of the AFL-CIO says he's willing to consider a tax on high-value health insurance plans — something labor has vehemently opposed — if middle-class workers aren't hurt.
Saddled by crippling debt, FairPoint Communications Inc. is asking its union employees in northern New England for pay cuts and other concessions as it seeks to avoid bankruptcy.
A trade group for U.S. airlines urged the National Mediation Board in a letter this week to make it easier for airline workers to decertify a union, if the panel makes it easier for workers to approve a union.
The White House said Friday it is working to ensure the 2010 census produces a better count of same-sex couples, this week's second policy announcement aimed at dampening rising anger in the gay community toward President Barack Obama.
More than 200 trade unionists worldwide were killed, assaulted or threatened in 2008 for trying to defend workers rights, an international trade union group said Wednesday.
Unions that represent mailers and printers at The Boston Globe have agreed to concessions they hope will keep the 137-year-old newspaper publishing.
Union leaders said Tuesday they have set aside differences to agree on a unified immigration overhaul plan they hope will win passage in Congress this year.
Union leaders say The New York Times Co. has told The Boston Globe's unions they must agree quickly to $20 million in concessions.
The Supreme Court has ruled for employers who want to force unionized workers to pursue their age discrimination claims through arbitration instead of a federal lawsuit.
The Hawaii Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to force a vote on same-sex civil unions, essentially killing the measure, even though a majority had indicated it supports the unions.
So far, so good, union leaders say in assessing President Barack Obama’s performance in his first two months in office.
Two powerful labor unions, ending months of bitter rivalry over organizing nurses, declared a truce on Thursday and pledged to work together on unionizing hospital workers and reforming the health care system.
Union leaders are talking about reuniting under a single, more powerful federation, nearly four years after a nasty breakup split organized labor.
A state Senate committee voted 3-3 early Wednesday on a bill that would allow same-sex civil unions, a split that normally would stall the legislation but in this case was not expected to prevent it from advancing.
Governors across the nation are seeking significant concessions from public employee unions in hopes of helping to balance their teetering budgets during the economic downturn.
A church group that owns beachfront property discriminated against a lesbian couple by not allowing them to rent the locale for their civil union ceremony, a New Jersey department ruled Monday in a case that has become a flash point in the nation's gay rights battle.
The Denver Newspaper Agency, which handles the business operations of The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News, has asked six unions to accept $20 million in wage and benefit concessions by Jan. 16, the News reported Friday.
- Washington's presidential ping-pong game plays out every four or eight years as incoming presidents reverse the policies of their predecessors.
The verdict is still out on who exactly won the Boeing Machinists strike of 2008, but it has nonetheless given a shot in the arm to a weakening organized labor movement in America.
Brazil's president has come out in favor of same-sex unions.
As Barack Obama tries to convince blue-collar voters that he's one of them, union leaders acknowledge that some of their white constituents are still reluctant to support an African American for president.
The nation's largest labor organization mailed 600,000 fliers to swing union voters in four states Tuesday in an effort to help Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama correct some of the most persistent rumors about him.
It Wasn't Just the Unions the Hairies Had in Their SightsThis story from The Independent newspaper in Britain shows that the British Police Special Branch had infiltrated various Left-wing groups in the United Kingdom.
Teamsters buck Senate health bill over tax The powerful Teamsters union on Thursday broke with President Obama over Senate Democrats' health care bill that would slap an excise tax on insurance companies for so-called "Cadillac" health plans, the high-priced and benefit-rich coverage that unions have fought hard to win fo …
The Pot & The KettleTo think that Barack Obama, the leader of the Democratic Party, the most corrupt political organization in Western history, would lecture the President of Afghanistan on the merits of clean government and honest elections is just...incomprehensible.
A Republic, If We Can Keep ItToday our leaders have no ethical grounding. If there are no witnesses, no one can prove who chopped down the cherry tree, why make life difficult? Plausible deniability, a well-crafted excuse and a good lawyer help one move beyond the occasional indiscretion.
The Candlemakers' Petition by Frederic BastiatA classic on the reasoning skills of unions and politicians.
Michael Barone: Tuesday's Biggest Loser: the Union Agenda - WSJ.comBut you missed seeing the guy who may have been the biggest loser of all—a man who according to recently released White House logs has been a guest in the White House 22 times since Barack Obama became president, more than any other single individual. That man is Andy Stern, w …
Unemployment Flim-FlamWhether Democrats conceived the idea of a minimum wage as an economic tool with which to buy the votes of those at the bottom rung of the economic ladder, or if the potential political benefits occurred to them as an afterthought, we may never know.
Barbour gets 'The Last Word' on NY-23, gov races"They should've had a primary," the former Republican National Committee chairman said of the ill-fated decision by local party leaders in upstate New York to anoint Dede Scozzafava as the establishment choice in Tuesday's special election.
Union Votes Down Ford Concessions DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co.'s rank-and-file union members rejected a concessions agreement, leaving the auto maker at risk to higher costs compared with competitors Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co.
Nurses' Union Plans to Strike/One-Day Event at 39 California, Nevada Hospitals Is Focused on Swine-Flu PrecautionsA union is threatening a one-day strike involving 16,000 registered nurses at 39 hospitals in California and Nevada, saying hospitals aren't providing enough protections against swine flu for its members.
Without prior evidence of discrimination,6 the establishment of a voluntary affirmative action program is a risk employers should be hesitant to take. Management is urged to consult legal counsel before undertaking any such programs.
After years of hostility to immigrants, the AFL-CIO has flipped and now embraces immigrant workers as a potentially huge source of new members.
Today, the work world is changing. Employees come from increasingly diverse backgrounds. The booming economy of the last several years has emboldened workers in their dealings with employers. Now, as the economy slows, employees are developing new attitudes about their work.
In addition to promising greater job security and economic benefits through unionism, the union will claim it will be an effective voice in advocating the employee's point of view.
Recent statistics show that union workers earn 25 percent more than non-union workers.
A closer look at union membership reveals that in 2001, men were more likely to be unionized (15.1 percent) than women (11.7 percent).
Is Obama Impeachable?Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution tells us that "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." In t …
Big Labor on U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Not 'credible' - Victoria McGrane - POLITICO.comThe Service Employees International Union is taking up the White House's fight against a very natural opponent - the US Chamber of Commerce - regarding the Chamber's opposition to the proposed financial regulatory reform.
As we have reported numerous times, President Obama continues to work diligently to reform the composition of the National Labor Relations Board by nominating as many pro-labor advocates as the law allows.
Radical SEIU lawyer's NLRB nomination clears Senate committeeIn a 1993 Minnesota Law Review article, written when he was a UCLA professor, he explained that traditional notions of democracy should not apply in union elections.
Rising Above the RabbleFor those who like to say with absolutely certainty, but with no basis in fact, that there is "not a dimes worth of difference" between the two major parties, consider this: the Republican Party is composed primarily of individuals whose primary political interest is in being …
Union Members, Allies Protest Seizure of Mexican Utility - washingtonpost.comUnion members and their political allies filled the streets of the Mexican capital Thursday night to condemn President Felipe Calderón's recent liquidation of a state-run power utility, a surprise move seen by many as an assault on organized labor.
Pennsylvania Firefighter Suspended for U.S. Flag on LockerA Pennslyvania firefighter was suspended without pay for refusing to remove an American flag sticker from his locker, Myfoxphilly.com reported.
Labor unions turn against parts of health billA coalition of labor unions is emerging as a leading critic of an $829 billion health care bill heading toward a Senate vote, complicating debate among Democrats over how to pay for the measure.
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