Guest Perspective: Union poses threat to New Orleans restaurants
Even though Louisiana has a long history as a right-to-work state, the advent of casinos and the misery of multiple hurricanes over the past seven years have encouraged the Restaurant Opportunities...
View ArticleNFL ends union dispute with refs in time for Thursday night game
NEW YORK — The NFL’s regular officiating crews are back. Their return couldn’t have come soon enough for many players, coaches and fans. After two days of marathon negotiations — and mounting...
View ArticleTwinkies live to see another day
Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union agreed today to go into mediation to try to resolve their differences after a bankruptcy court judge concluded that the parties hadn't gone through the...
View ArticleUnions plan new offensive after Michigan loss
Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 — part of a renewed...
View ArticleLabor board puts more nonunion employees in crosshairs
Many employers mistakenly believe that the National Labor Relations Act does not apply to their business because their employees are not represented by a union; however, most private-sector employers...
View ArticleFast-food workers in NYC stage strikes, rallies
Fast-food workers across New York City are striking for better pay and the right to unionize.
View ArticleBusinesses renew challenge against union poster rules
A prominent business group filed a lawsuit today challenging government rules that require federal contractors to display posters telling workers they have a legal right to form a union.
View ArticleUnion: Chronic shortage of air traffic controllers a crisis
A chronic shortage of controllers has reached a crisis that will lead to widespread flight delays if left unchecked, officials for the union that represents air traffic controllers said Tuesday.
View ArticleUnion push gains steam among Yale, Harvard grad students
Efforts to unionize graduate students at private universities are gaining momentum as the National Labor Relations Board shows new openness to arguments that they are not just students, but also school...
View ArticleEdwards says unions ‘have a friend in the governor’s office’
Gov. John Bel Edwards embraced his support from organized labor, telling a construction trades union Wednesday that he won't distance himself from the groups now that he's leading the state and saying:...
View ArticleUnions seek ouster of Southwest CEO after IT breakdown
Two major unions at Southwest Airlines are demanding that the carrier replace its CEO because of the technology outage that caused the airline to cancel or delay thousands of flights in July.
View Article‘Non-union union’ at Volkswagen plant loses certification
A group billing itself as an alternative to the United Auto Workers union at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee has failed to meet minimum enrollment standards under the German automaker's internal...
View ArticleUnion asks court to reverse Wal-Mart trespassing order
A labor union that has demonstrated against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a judge's decision barring it from entering the retail giant's property for...
View ArticleArkansas high court bars union from protesting at Wal-Mart
Arkansas' highest court has banned a labor union from protesting or demonstrating at Wal-Mart's stores and offices in the state, scaling back a judge's order prohibiting the group from entering the...
View ArticleBoeing vote tells next chapter in Southern unionization
Nearly 3,000 production workers at Boeing's South Carolina plant are deciding whether they want to unionize, writing the next chapter in efforts to organize labor in large manufacturing plants across...
View ArticleBoeing union bid fails in South averse to organizing
Production workers at Boeing's South Carolina plant have overwhelmingly rejected an effort to unionize, maintaining Southern reluctance toward unionization and setting up a picture-perfect stop for...
View ArticleNissan faces safety fine in Mississippi as union rally looms
A federal workplace safety agency wants to fine Nissan Motor Co. more than $21,000, saying the company's Mississippi plant should have better trained a maintenance worker who lost three fingers in July.
View ArticleUnion pilots say they’ll help restore Spirit operations
Irate passengers swarmed ticket counters and some started a near-riot at Fort Lauderdale's airport after Spirit Airlines canceled nine flights, blaming the decision on pilots' failure to show up.
View ArticleUnion files for vote by workers at Mississippi Nissan plant
The United Auto Workers filed petitions Monday to force a unionization election at a Nissan plant in Mississippi after a yearslong campaign to build support in a region typically unwelcoming to...
View ArticleFormer contract workers key in Mississippi Nissan union vote
A bid by workers at Mississippi's Nissan Motor Co. plant for United Auto Workers representation could turn on a key voting bloc — 1,500 workers who are Nissan employees today, but were initially hired...
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