New bill in Congress takes aim at federal labor unions
New bill calls for examining whether "official time," allowed for limited union-related business, is productive or effective.
U.S. Labor Union Leader Calls TTP "Unadulterated Horse Waste"
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Labor Bowl raises over $12,000 for MDA
A near-record turnout of union members raised $12,363 at the 26th annual Muscular Dystrophy Labor Bowl, held April 12 at Sunset Lanes in Beaverton.
What Anti-Union Workers Should Know
Some State governors and members of Congress like to hold up public sector unions — with their higher-than-average wages and generous union benefits — as a prime example of "big government" and "out of control" government spending and budget-busting pensions, because these union workers tend to have better wages and benefits than those who work in the private sector in non-union houses.
GOP-controlled Senate votes to kill labor board rule backed by unions; Obama veto threatened
The Republican-controlled Senate Wednesday voted to kill a National Labor Relations Board rule reducing the time between a union's request for representation and a vote by workers on it.
Unions making comeback poised for confrontation
The U.S. labor movement reasserts itself and demands payback for sacrifices workers made when the economy was down.
Labor unions commit to round-clock work on St. Louis stadium
Labor unions have agreed to work around the clock five days a week without overtime if needed to build an NFL stadium on St. Louis' blighted north riverfront. Officials said the effort could save $45 million on a project that carries a price tag of as much as $985 million.
The Definitive Union Beer Collection 2015
From crisp, golden ales to dark, frothy stouts the Labor 411 beer list has grown into a selection worthy of any connoisseur. - See more at: http://labor411.org/product-spotlight/24-the-definitive-union-beer-list#sthash.rRlv33c5.dpuf
Clarke: 12 plows sat during snow without firefighter help
Davenport Public Works Director Mike Clarke, who told aldermen Saturday that he doesn't have enough drivers in his own department to plow during heavy snow, also said he can't seem to get firefighters to help him out like they used to.
Warren County passes local right-to-work law
"This local ordinance is a slap in the face to the men and the women who work to earn a decent living in union organized jobs," said Eldon Remaud, president of UAW Local 2164, which represents Bowling Green's Corvette plant.
Deal reached to allow pension plans to cut benefits
A bipartisan group of congressional leaders reached a deal Tuesday evening that would for the first time allow the benefits of current retirees to be severely cut, part of an effort to save some of the nation’s most distressed pension plans.
Labor Unions Accuse Congress of Sneak Attack on Pensions in Lame Duck →
As lawmakers pressed Monday to finalize the legislative language of a must-pass omnibus spending bill, labor unions and retiree groups were mobilizing to defeat what they are characterizing as a lame-duck sneak attack on the pensions of some already-retired workers.
We should all be thankful for labor unions’ successes
Now more than ever, we should be thankful to labor unions and their members for standing up for the middle class.
A Textbook Example of a Employer's Campaign to Destroy a Union
If you’d like a sense of what a boss’s campaign to try to destroy a union looks like in the 21st century, take a look at a recent NLRB decision against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
US adds to list of items from child, forced labor
The new report follows one by the Labor Department in October estimating that there may be as many as 168 million child laborers aged 5 to 17 worldwide, 85 million of them working "in hazardous conditions."
Omaha Police Union wins lawsuit over labor contract with city
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Are Cities the Next Front in the Right’s War on Labor? →
From ALEC to the Heritage Foundation, a group of anti-labor stalwarts is looking to turn cities and counties into “right-to-work” zones.