10 things to watch in ’15 ahead of 2016 campaign
There’s a whole year of campaigning, positioning and politicking to go before the next campaign for president kicks off with the Iowa Caucus in early 2016. Here’s a look at…
Labor issues
Battered NY mayor calls for temporary protest halt
By JONATHAN LEMIRE As the New York Police Department mourns two of its own, Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for a pause in protests and rancor amid a widening rift…
NY police union leader well known for his bite
By COLLEEN LONG Patrick Lynch was hollering. Standing outside a Brooklyn hospital after the bodies of two slain police officers were taken away, the head of the nation’s largest police…
Obama says he’ll build up manufacturing
By JIM KUHNHENN President Barack Obama waves as he walks with first lady Michelle Obama on their return to the White House from a trip to California, Monday, June 16,…
Judge strikes down California teacher tenure
By LINDA DEUTSCH Alex Caputo-Pearl, president elect of United Teachers Los Angeles, takes questions on about the verdict of the Vergara v. California lawsuit in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 10,…
WORKER-RUN PENSION BOARDS RAISE CALL FOR REFORM
By FENIT NIRAPPIL FILE – In a May 14, 2012, file photo Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his revised state budget plan during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday,…
ISRAEL: MIGRANTS PROTEST OUTSIDE FOREIGN EMBASSIES
By IAN DEITCH African migrants protest in front of the American Embassy demanding asylum and work rights from the Israeli government, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. About…
BOEING CONTRACT CUTS INTO LOCAL LABOR INFLUENCE
By PHUONG LE Jim Bearden, administrative assistant for District 751 of the Boeing machinists union, tells reporters that workers voted to accept Boeing’s latest contract offer to keep the assembly…