Labor Unions

The United Auto Workers International Union has recommended that President-elect Joe Biden appoint Rep. Andy Levin to be labor secretary, calling him a “true advocate for workers” and touting his record of “inspiring and leading people to create effective change.”

The typically Democratic constituency of organized labor is expected to see many of its members backing President Trump on election day.

The New York Times is reportedly dealing with internal “furor” and “heated objections” following a bizarre series of events the resulted in unionized members of the paper demanding that their own Guild delete a message which criticized a recently published column that condemned a different project published by the paper.

Freedom of assembly is a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. But after more than four months of nightly rioting in Portland, Ore., some leaders – including the head of the city’s police union -- are proposing modifications for the First Amendment right.

Defunding the police is not a solution for safer cities, Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner explained on “The Story" on Wednesday night.

The U.S. Congress first voted in 1894 to set aside a Labor Day holiday on the first Monday of every September.

Federal government employees overwhelmingly feel unsafe about returning to in-person work and those who are already back on-site report inadequate health and safety measures are in place to protect against the coronavirus, according to a new survey conducted by a union for workers.

A coalition of 18 police unions in New York state has banded together with plans to oppose New York City’s recently approved police reform bill – which one union spokesman described as “political grandstanding” by Bill de Blasio, the city’s Democrat mayor, according to a report.

President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are endangering the health and lives of millions of children and their families by demanding schools around the country reopen for in-person classes.as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten ripped Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield on "The Daily Briefing" Friday, accusing them of "playing fast and loose with the rules" of reopening schools and "changing things every day."