WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve proposed rules Tuesday to better protect Americans from sudden hikes in interest rates on credit cards. The prop...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics
For Ted Kennedy, for Crystal Lee Sutton, for us all, America ought to have the Employee Free Choice Act.
BusinessWeek | Ben Levisohn | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
New credit-card rules, designed to curb the industry's abusive practices, went into effect a few weeks ago. But already lenders have found ways to get...
Wall Street Journal | Melanie Trottman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka offered a hint that, just maybe, the labor movement is willing compromise on the so-called card-check provi...
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
Calling for some sort of decorous avoidance of politics during politicians' funerals is downright ridiculous. It'd be like eulogizing Charles Lindbergh and not mentioning airplanes.
AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — American Express and Discover customers will soon be free of fees for charging over their credit limits. The two companies said sepa...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
Moderate Democrats have forced a key compromise to the Employee Free Choice Act, which removes one of the labor community's most cherished provisions ...
New York Times | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
A half-dozen senators friendly to labor have decided to drop a central provision of a bill that would have made it easier to organize workers. The ...
Michael Whitney | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business
Yesterday, CNBC reporters made a ridiculous, irresponsible statement. They compared the aftermath of Iran's recent election to what would happen under the Employee Free Choice Act.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
Burnett compared the lack of a "secret ballot" in Iran to the Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow unions to form via signed cards. Yes, on CNBC, "card check" equals creeping Ahmadinejadism.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
Senate Democratic leaders met Thursday afternoon in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office, two sources familiar with the meeting say, to discuss ...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business
The union promise of jobs and better wages is deeply alluring, but their mechanism to securing them, so-called "card check," is fundamentally flawed.
Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics
Those who forget the fact that America is a moderate country tend to perish.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics
Adding a new dimension to the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act, a host of veterans groups is launching a new effort to help pass the union-bac...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business
I am very hopeful that card check is dead for this Congress. The issue is divisive, harmful, and not a good use of time by anyone.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
A coalition of pro-labor groups looking to drum up support for the Employee Free Choice Act is preparing to pounce on lawmakers when they arrive in th...
Rupert Russell | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics
Pundits have criticized last week's announcements on the new bank bailout and Afghanistan. Yet, a crack up of the Democratic coalition or fracturing of the progressive movement it is not.
AP | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Labor leaders may have a friend in the White House, but they are turning to a fictional president to energize their push for a bill...
Politico | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) represents a conservative-minded district where organized labor doesn't have a noticeable footprint. She's ranked among th...
Andy Stern | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Corporate interests are bent on lying about EFCA -- they'd have you believe that the bill means the end of the secret ballot, when it simply gives employees the choice to join unions -- not the employers.
The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Check back here for updates on the Employee Free Choice Act. The Employee Free Choice Act, sometimes called "card check," is legislation aimed at st...
Michael Whitney | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
This week, under pressure from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) activists, Burger King scrambled to respond to allegations that it lobbied against the Employee Free Choice Act, while paying its workers poverty wages.
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business