Unions

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Verizon and Union Workers Reach Tentative Deal

Verizon Communications Inc and unions representing nearly 40,000 wireline workers have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that has stretched for more than month, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez said on Friday.

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Attn Taxpayers: Post Office Workers Paid for Doing Nothing

Even though the U.S. Post Office has lost more than $50 billion in the last nine years, an odd deal cut between the U.S. Postal Service and its government union has resulted in millions of tax dollars spent on post office workers who get paid for doing nothing.

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Split SCOTUS Rejects Non-Member Challenge to Union Fees

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday split 4-4 on a conservative legal challenge to a vital source of funds for organized labor, affirming a lower-court ruling that allowed California to force non-union workers to pay fees to public-employee unions.

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Split SCOTUS Rejects Non-Member Challenge to Union Fees

The U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 on a conservative legal challenge to a vital source of funds for organized labor, affirming a lower-court ruling that allowed California to force non-union workers to pay fees to public-employee unions.

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California Lawmakers, Unions Reach $15 Minimum Wage Deal

California lawmakers and union leaders have reached a tentative deal to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 over six years that could avert a campaign to bring the issue to voters, two California newspapers reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources.

Politics

Federal Government’s ‘Hall of Shame’

Every two years, before Congress is set to begin its session, the Government Accountability Office releases a list of the federal programs most at risk of fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement.

Politics

The Labor Union Double Standard

Yes, unions sure are good at goading others to strike for higher wages... but when it comes to saving their own union hineys, they're perfectly happy not saving ALL union hineys.

Politics

Chris Christie's Biggest Problem

It was supposed to be New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s crowning achievement, one he fought hard for and campaigned on—stopping N.J.’s growing pension crisis.

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Protesters Rekindle Minimum Wage Fight in 190 Cities

Fast-food workers in 190 American cities are protesting today to raise the national minimum wage to at least $15 an hour – a campaign  dubbed by organizers as the “Fight for 15.”  The current national average is $7.25 an hour.

Politics

Lois Lerner vs. Federal Workers Union

New email surfaces in the IRS Lois Lerner controversy—this time, Lerner was clearly upset about an IRS staffer who was getting paid up to $138,136 annually for doing union work.

Politics

Exclusive: Cash for Slackers

Exclusive: A deep look into cases at the Federal Labor Relations Authority reveals a nasty secret about the great lengths federal unions go to protect government slackers at the public's expense.