Hoffa&#39;s demand: Fix AFL-CIO
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Teamsters call on group to give half of its funding back to the local unions to beef up organizing efforts. By Richard A. Ryan / News Senior Washington Correspondent.
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WASHINGTON BUREAU; Staff writer Ken Fireman contributed to this story, which was supplemented with news service reports. PITTSBURGH - With Democrats calling on him to sharpen his presidential
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Many Democrats, womenÂs organizations and liberal groups are gearing up for a fight on another workplace issue: paid sick days.
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Teamsters President James P. Hoffa on Wednesday asked Secretary of State Colin Powell to pressure El Salvador to investigate the killing last week of a member who was trying to unionize port workers.
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The union&#39;s proposal to end the lockout, made Thursday at the league&#39;s Canadian headquarters, calls for a tax that would penalize -- and perhaps deter -- high-end payrolls.
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In his most forceful move yet to bring an end to a disruptive labor dispute, Mayor Gavin Newsom urged operators of some of The City&#39;s most prominent hotels to let employees return to work and pressed both sides to reach an agreement by Jan. 25.
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CHICAGO The union representing United Airlines&#39; flight attendants is calling for new management at the Elk Grove Village-based company.
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Ron Ault, the president of the Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO, describes himself as "a very plain-spoken person." He isn't kidding.
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Labor experts say Unite Here, the newly merged union that is representing the DC hotel workers in their current contract dispute, is one of the most outspoken and toughest unions under the AFL-CIO umbrella.
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Jobs thinks teachers' unions have ruined education. Maybe we should outsource it to Chinese iPod factories where unions aren't a problem. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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The NBA players&#39; union is seeking to have a case heard by an arbitrator to fight the suspensions leveled by Commissioner David Stern.
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The AFL-CIO and its unions said Friday they will spend an estimated $200 million on the 2008 elections, with the nation's largest labor federation devoting a record $53 million exclusively to grass-roots mobilization.
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The Office and Professional Employees International Union yesterday filed to intervene in a rate hike request by Washington Gas Light Co.,  saying it planned to protest the proposal out of concern that the company may hire outside contractors to replace customer service workers, which the union...
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The punishment of Ron Artest by David Stern has convinced players' union head Billy Hunter that Stern's power needs to be addressed in current labor talks.
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Description: Labor leaders are trying to find ways to reverse decades of dwindling membership caused, they say, by outsourcing and globalization.
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PITTSBURGH -- The president of the United States&#39; largest flight attendants union urged authorization of a nationwide strike and criticized the airline industry for using the bankruptcy process to obliterate collective bargaining rights.
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In a landmark overhaul of pay eligibility, the Labor Department and unions clash over how much clarity has really been attained. By JEFF HARRINGTON, Times Staff Writer.