Democrats Ask Unions For Convention Cash, Get Rebuffed
Democrats' self-imposed ban on corporate donations has made it tough to raise cash for the Democratic National Convention, and their hope that unions ...
Democrats' self-imposed ban on corporate donations has made it tough to raise cash for the Democratic National Convention, and their hope that unions ...
The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.25.2012
Facing a funding shortfall due to a ban on corporate donations, the Obama campaign is now asking unions to kick in money for the Democratic National C...
Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012
* GE shareholders to meet in Detroit on Wednesday * "99 Percent" group says to protest low GE tax bill * GE CFO says "tr...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.04.2012
WASHINGTON -- Union activists generally don't consider House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) to be an ally in labor struggle...
David Kiley | Posted 05.23.2012
The UAW pitch to VW workers will be higher wages and job security. But the VW workers will be wary. They saw how much the union gave up to GM and Chrysler in the 2009 bankruptcies.
HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.23.2012
Visitors to the Strand Book Store, a quirky bastion of the New York intellectual tradition on Broadway and 12th Street, may have noticed that the plac...
Connie Cuellar | Posted 05.16.2012
The union hall for UAW Local 400 in Sterling Heights, Mich. was packed with supporters to watch the Obama campaign's 17-minute re-election movie, The Road We've Traveled, which debuted Thursday night at more than 300 campaign-organized watch parties across the country.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.05.2012
Three years later, after President Obama placed his faith in workers, the nation's economic outlook is brighter. As is that of GM and Chrysler. President Obama wagered on American workers. And it paid off.
Dee Evans | Posted 04.30.2012
Whenever a bad news topic arises like high gas prices or Iran, Obama's face is plastered all over the news with the caption, "What Does This Mean for the President's Re-Election Chances?" But, when there is good news on the horizon... nothing.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.28.2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- By virtue of the fact that a Republican presidential primary has waged in Michigan these past few weeks, the candidates have made ...
David Kiley | Posted 04.25.2012
The union may not be as weak as Mitt Romney has been banking on.
HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 02.24.2012
Around 250 auto workers and supporters marched in Detroit Friday to send a message to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney: "Don't bet agains...
Gary Peters | Posted 04.15.2012
Today, because of President Obama's commitment to Michigan, Detroit's auto industry is leading America's economic recovery, but this never would have happened if Mitt Romney had his way.
Janet Murguía | Posted 04.14.2012
Alabama legislators chose to trample on the civil rights of state citizens, enacting a law that encourages racial profiling, punishes innocent children, and jeopardizes the entire economic well-being of the state.
HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 12.31.2011
Autoworkers occupied a factory in Flint, Mich., 75 years ago Friday, launching a struggle that would involve tens of thousands of workers and bring th...
Posted 12.07.2011
The UAW shifted gears on its organizing strategy, today, announcing it would not target a foreign auto manufacturer with plants in the United States f...
David Macaray | Posted 01.08.2012
With organized labor so prominently in the news these days, it might be helpful to explain how contract negotiations actually work.
AP | By DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 12.28.2011
DETROIT -- Moody's Investors Service raised the corporate debt ratings for General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. on Thursday, citing new labor agreeme...
AP | TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 12.27.2011
DETROIT — Chrysler is moving closer to its first full-year profit since 2005 as customers buy more of its cars and trucks at higher prices. It'...
The Relentless Conservative | Posted 12.19.2011
I woke up very early on Sunday morning and thought the Relentless Conservative (RC) should head on down to see what Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was all about.
Posted 12.13.2011
Members of the United Auto Workers Union at the Chicago Ford auto plant on Thursday rejected a proposed contract that would add more than 1,100 new jo...
Posted 12.12.2011
DETROIT - The United Auto Workers and Chrysler Group LLC reached a tentative four-year labor contract for the No. 3 U.S. automaker's 26,000 hourly...
Posted 12.09.2011
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Workers at defense contractor Oshkosh Corp turned down a new five-year contract offer from the company for a second...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.07.2011
China's swelling manufacturing sector has had Americans worried for a while. Labor has been cheap and plentiful in China, and for much of the past ...
AP | By TOM KRISHER | Posted 11.22.2011
DETROIT -- Negotiations over a new four-year contract between Chrysler and the United Auto Workers have broken down as both sides refuse to budge on k...
The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.03.2012