Gridlock in Washington threatens reform plans When Richard Trumka ascended a stage in Pittsburgh last year to accept the presidency of AFL-CIO, he ...
Today in History Today is Sunday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2010. There are 355 days left in the year. Today's Highlight ...
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: Sheila Bair (2R), Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and John C. Dugan (R), Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, leave with others after the second panel during a hearing of the House ...
(Reuters) - National Mediation Board, a U.S. federal labor-management relations agency, is considering a proposal to allow airline workers to form unions with the majority approval of those voting, Bloomberg news agency said, citing people familiar with the matter. AFL-CIO, the largest ...
Demonstrators demand reform during protest at Banker's meeting in Illinois Protesters, joined by civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, marched up Chicago's Michigan Ave. demanding banking reform. The march Tuesday came as the American Bankers Association held its annual conference in ...
Labor groups say tougher immigration enforcement pushed worker protections to back burner Workplace immigration raids during the Bush administration interfered with ongoing labor investigations and allowed employers to exploit workers who complained about conditions on the job, labor groups said in a ...
Labor leader shows some flexibility on proposed tax on high-value health insurance plans 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. ...
Alan Hughes, President of the Arkansas AFL-CIO, meets with Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. When it comes to the health care battle, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are learning that with friends like ...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Labor unions are help and headache to Democrats in health care struggle When it comes to the health care battle, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are learning that with friends like labor unions, they barely need Republicans to ...
Carpenters union detests a company the federation admires, highlighting old rift Is Pete King Corp. an abusive contractor or a pillar of the regions construction industry? The answer depends on which union you believe. Last month the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters ...
UNION LEADER ANDY STERN ON THE FUTURE OF BIG LABOR As BusinessWeek went to press on Sept. 16, the AFL-CIO had elected Rich Trumka as the new leader of the federation, succeeding longtime President John Sweeney. Trumka would be heading a much ...
PITTSBURGH — With a changing of the guard at the AFL-CIO convention here last week, the nationÕs largest labor organization outlined an ambitious agenda, pledging to unify the movement, remake the face of labor and increase union ranks. New leaders say they ...
