Franchise Anxiety
Franchise businesses and labor lawyers will have to wait until 2019 to see if the Trump administration overturns one of Obama’s most controversial workplace policies.
Big Labor
Marco Rubio Wants to Save the American Dream
In 1956, amidst the fitful days leading up to the revolution, Sen. Marco Rubio’s parents left Cuba for the United States. Arriving here, they joined the wave of immigrants who would eventually populate Miami. Both took up jobs in the service industry: Mario Rubio as a bartender in hotels, and his wife Oriales variously as a maid, cashier, and stock clerk.
Big Labor Still All-In for Dems
The mass defection of union members to the Trump campaign over the objections of labor leaders does not appear to have shifted campaign behavior in the midterms.
Big Labor Throws Donnelly a Lifeline
Several labor unions have launched a last ditch super PAC to save Sen. Joe Donnelly’s re-election bid, even if the Indiana Democrat’s family business has outsourced jobs to Mexico.
Two Unions Endorse Minnesota Republican
Two of the largest trade unions in Minnesota are backing the reelection campaign of Republican representative Jason Lewis against a Democratic business executive.
Labor Watchdog ‘Honors’ Red State Dems for Union Handouts
A national labor watchdog presented seven Democratic candidates with awards recognizing their record of advancing union interests.
AFL-CIO Has a Union Problem
Workers at AFL-CIO’s Washington, D.C., headquarters are fed up with the “anti-union” attitude of America’s largest labor union.
Big Labor Drops Big Dollars on Dems
Big Labor is dropping big money on the 2018 elections despite their own rhetoric about outside spending.
Unions represent 12 of the top 25 largest outside spending organizations in the 2018 midterm elections. Two of the three highest institutional outside spenders are labor groups, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The Carpenters and Joiners Union tops the list having spent $23.8 million on the midterm elections. Nearly all of that money has gone to aid Democratic congressional and Senate candidates, as conservatives benefited from only $612,500. Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) is the third largest with $11.1 million spent—$10.3 million has gone to aid Democratic candidates.
Watchdogs Fault Dems for Doubling Down on ‘Failed Policies’
Labor watchdogs say Democratic lawmakers will “double down on failed policies” as they lay out their agenda for the workforce.
Trump Taps Controversial Obama Holdover for 5-Year Term
The Trump administration is seeking to reappoint a controversial Obama holdover to the federal government’s top labor arbiter, sparking criticism from a former Trump nominee.
