Union Elections

GOP Anti-Union Measure Fails In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In a modest victory for labor groups, a rare measure that would have blocked new federal rules considered favorable to unions failed Tue...

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Republicans Maneuvering To Quash New Rules

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 01.30.2012

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WASHINGTON — The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday moved ahead with plans to speed the pace of union elections, even as Republicans in...

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Union-Busting Tactics More Pervasive Than Thought, Study Shows

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.28.2011

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In the last half-century of American organized labor, the deck has rarely been so stacked against workers, say labor historians. When it comes to u...

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Labor Regulators Set To Propose New Rules To Speed Up Union Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a move that will surely provoke Republicans and business interests, the National Labor Relations Board announced Tuesday morning that...

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Reformers Sweep UC Union Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 07.09.2011

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Graduate students at the University of California voted resoundingly to elect a slate of reformers to lead their union, United Auto Workers Local 2865...

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Vote Counting To Resume After UC Grad Students Occupy Union Offices

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 07.04.2011

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The elections committee for a union representing academic student employees in the University of California system voted unanimously on Tuesday to res...

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House GOP Beats Back Effort To Strip Anti-Union Measure From Aviation Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On Friday, House Democrats and 16 House Republicans failed to remove a controversial provision from the Federal Aviation Administration...

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White House Threatens To Veto Anti-Union Measure In Aviation Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a big boost to union activists, the White House on Wednesday night threatened to veto a major Federal Aviation Administration reautho...

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House GOP Pushing Anti-Union Measure In Aviation Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2011

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House Republicans are holding a strategy session on Tuesday to chart out a way to pass language inside the Federal Aviation Administration reauthoriza...

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Labor Fighting Quiet Anti-Unionization Measure In Congress While Eyes Remain On Wisconsin

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- While labor activists continue to stage a high-stakes campaign against the budget bill from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) that would s...

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Federal Labor Agency Vows To Speed Review Of Possibly Illegal Firings

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The federal agency that oversees union elections plans to speed up its review of cases where employees are fired during union organ...

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Time to Change the Game for Airline and Railroad Workers

Edward Wytkind | Posted 05.25.2011

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Unionization in the airline industry has slowed. Why? Union-busting campaigns are alive and well because current election policy encourages employer-run voter suppression campaigns.

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Richard Trumka: Momentum Grows For New AFL-CIO President Despite No Formal Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite not having formally declared his candidacy for the powerful post of president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka's campaign seems to be gaining st...

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Is Congressman Jim Moran Inappropriately Interfering in NFL Union Chief Election?

Paula Duffy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congressman Jim Moran has decided it is time to poke his head into the on-going saga of who will succeed the late Gene Upshaw as the Executive Director of the NFL Players' Association (NFLPA).

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