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Uber signage is posted at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 10, 2022. REUTERS/David SwansonRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSept 12 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) said on Monday it back-paid New Jersey $100 million in unemployment taxes over cl... | Labor Activism |
On hot days, some over 100 degrees, workers spend hours harvesting fruits and vegetables for very little money -- produce that ends up on kitchen tables of people across the country.Tens of thousands of these workers have experienced heat-related injuries and hundreds more have died from heat, all while earning an aver... | Labor Activism |
Photo: Franz Waelischmiller / Sven Simo (AP)On Tuesday, the Biden administration said it would take steps to redefine how the federal government distinguishes “employees” from “independent contractors,” a proposal that could, potentially, allow millions of so-called gig workers to demand workplace rights like a minimum... | Labor Activism |
Uber understood it was operating illegally when it launched in Australia and fiercely lobbied governments to legalise its lucrative Australian operations, documents leaked to the Guardian reveal.Taxis and hire cars are required by Australian state laws to obtain a licence prior to operating, but Uber set up shop in Aus... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch September 2, 2022 / 2:09 PM / CBS/AP Unions rise again: Labor collectives vs. Amazon Unions rise again: Labor collectives vs. Amazon 04:58 Amazon's efforts to undo the results of a historic union win at a Staten Island warehouse have fallen short, as a hearing officer for a federal labor board on Thursday re... | Labor Activism |
Freight train workers are fed up. One conductor said he nearly missed his wife’s funeral because he couldn’t get time off. An engineer said he was put on a disciplinary path after having to stay home to fix a broken water heater. Other freight train workers blamed the industry’s on-call, 24/7 scheduling requirements fo... | Labor Activism |
Qatar recently arrested at least 60 foreign workers who protested going months without pay and deported some of them, an advocacy group said, just three months before Doha hosts the 2022 FIFA World Cup.The move comes as Qatar faces intense international scrutiny over its labor practices ahead of the tournament. Like ot... | Labor Activism |
Billions of dollars meant to help people cope with the pain of the pandemic disappeared in fraud schemes big and small, and the government is only now taking stock of how extensive the abuse became.The Justice Department charged 48 people this week with operating a massive fraud ring in Minnesota that drained $240 mill... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden excoriated “MAGA Republicans" and the extreme right on Monday, pitching personal Labor Day appeals to swing-state union members who he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November.“The middle class built America,” Biden told a workers’ gathering at park grounds in Milwauk... | Labor Activism |
Last Friday, five days after Alabama prisoners launched a statewide labor strike, Republican governor Kay Ivey stood on the steps of the governor’s mansion and assured reporters that the head of the state’s beleaguered corrections department had things “well under control”.But images and interviews from inside the stat... | Labor Activism |
A contestant on the second season of Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” reality series is suing the streamer and the show’s producers, charging them with a string of labor-law violations, including fostering “inhumane working conditions” and paying cast members less than minimum wage.The lawsuit, filed by Jeremy Hartwell, alleg... | Labor Activism |
Opposition finance spokesperson Jane Hume has accused the government of siding with unions ahead of a prospective pay rise for aged care workers.The Albanese Labor government will on Monday put forward an official submission to the Fair Work Commission (FWC).Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has not revealed a specific fi... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch October 15, 2022 / 8:48 PM / AP Workers at an Apple store in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, marking the second unionized Apple store in the U.S. in a matter of months, according to the federal labor board. The vote on Friday signaled another win for the labor movement, which has been gaining momentum since... | Labor Activism |
The chaos afflicting American travel has continued as a shortage of pilots became the latest flashpoint for anger against the embattled airline industry.On Tuesday, more than 1,300 Southwest airline pilots picketed in Dallas, Texas, amid stalled contract negotiations. American Airlines, which flies to more than 350 des... | Labor Activism |
TOWSON, Md. -- Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, a union said, joining a growing push across U.S. retail, service and tech industries to organize for greater workplace protections.The Apple retail workers in Towson, Maryland, voted 65-33 to seek entry into... | Labor Activism |
Andrea Campbell, the former Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate now running in a tight Democratic primary for Massachusetts attorney general, picked up the endorsement of one of the state’s largest union bodies representing over 115,000 workers.The Campbell campaign on Wednesday announced the Service Employees ... | Labor Activism |
A broadly smiling California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined about two dozen jubilant, cheering farmworkers camped outside the state Capitol Wednesday to sign one of the most contentious bills before him this year, reversing course on a measure to help farmworkers unionize after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala H... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.He said the tentative deal “will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruption of our economy.”The Democratic president be... | Labor Activism |
The top labor negotiator in talks to avert a railroad strike accused BNSF and Union Pacific of holding up progress.Specifically, Dennis Pierce, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, or BLET, said the companies rejected the union's proposal for sick time policies."The primary resistance come... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch Updated on: October 11, 2022 / 12:27 PM / MoneyWatch The Biden administration is proposing a rule that could result in more "gig" workers being considered full-time employees, a potentially major shift in the nation's labor laws that could disrupt ride-sharing, delivery, construction and other companies that... | Labor Activism |
Something isn't loading properly. Please check back later. The first Apple Store voted to unionize. One worker has a message for her colleagues. 03:12 - Source: CNN Latest in tech 16 videos The first Apple Store voted to unionize. One worker has a message for her colleagues. 03:12 Now playing - Source: CNN Robot artist... | Labor Activism |
The idea of “stakeholder capitalism”—with employees being one key stakeholder—might have more teeth if workers had a representative in the boardroom who could participate in discussions and decision-making. That’s a legal requirement for certain types of companies in European countries, including Germany, Norway, Swede... | Labor Activism |
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has sparked controversy over a proposed farmers tax on cow and sheep gases to reduce greenhouse emissions.New Zealand is set to introduce a world first scheme that will require farmers to pay for their agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, including gases naturally emitted by ... | Labor Activism |
In states such as Texas and Florida most prison cells don't have air conditioning. Photo via Getty Images. Summers in the U.S. have been getting hotter year over year—and more dangerous as a result. But very few Americans have to face the heat with next to no relief options like the country’s incarcerated population. ... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch September 1, 2022 / 10:53 AM / AP German carrier Lufthansa says it is canceling almost all passenger and cargo flights Friday from its two biggest hubs, Frankfurt and Munich, due to planned strike action by pilots.A union representing Lufthansa pilots said early Thursday that they will stage a walk-out after... | Labor Activism |
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Eating in the United States represents one of the world’s great bargains. We consume the most calories per capita and don’t spend much cash to do so. Food’s claim on disposable income has fallen, from 17 percent in... | Labor Activism |
LUVERNE, Alabama, July 22 (Reuters) - A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers, and eight former and current employees of the factory.Underage... | Labor Activism |
Some 40,000 rail staff walked out for the first of three days of labor action this week in a battle over pay and conditions that comes amid a drastic rise in the cost of living.June 21, 2022, 1:35 PM UTCLONDON — Britain was hit by the biggest rail strike in a generation Tuesday, with major disruptions across the countr... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.Railroads and union representatives had been in negotiations for 20 hours at the Labor Department on Wednesday to hammer out a deal, a... | Labor Activism |
As prices rise, inflation threatens to exacerbate inequalities and widen the gap between billions of people struggling to cover their costs and those who are able to keep spending.“We are not all in this together,” said Matt Grainger, head of inequality policy at antipoverty organization Oxfam. “How many of the richest... | Labor Activism |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! MLB will reportedly recognize minor league players' union with the MLB Players’ Association, commissioner Rob Manfred said.The timeline on this issue was already moving quickly. But now that Manfred said the league will voluntarily recognize it, ESPN says that timeline will m... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Major U.S. railroads and unions secured a tentative deal on Thursday after 20 hours of intense talks brokered by President Joe Biden's administration to avert a rail shutdown that could have hit food and fuel supplies across the country and beyond.Biden called the deal a "big win for Ame... | Labor Activism |
Labor will encourage women into construction jobs and men into aged care work by utilising fee-free Tafe places and targets in the skills guarantee, the federal skills and training minister has said.Brendan O’Connor made the pledge after last week’s announcement at the jobs and skills summit of $1.1bn in co-funding to ... | Labor Activism |
REI employees in Berkeley, California, have formed the outdoor retailer’s second union, extending a winning streak for organized labor at largely non-union companies.Workers at the Berkeley store voted 56 to 38 in favor of joining the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union in a mail-in election this month, acc... | Labor Activism |
September 13, 2022 11:30 AM Three Amtrak routes went off-track Tuesday when the train company canceled the long-distance routes in anticipation of a railway strike later this week. The three canceled routes head westward, including the Southwest Chief route from Chicago to Los Angeles, the Empire Builder route from Chi... | Labor Activism |
The Albanese government could face decisions on whether to approve up to 27 coal mining developments, based on applications lodged under national environment laws.An analysis by the Sunrise Project, a climate activist group, found 13 greenfield coalmines and 14 extensions of existing mines had been referred to the fede... | Labor Activism |
Tesla is facing a new lawsuit alleging racial discrimination and harassment in the workplace. The lawsuit filed in California state court by 15 current and former Tesla employees, all of whom are black, accuses the company of subjecting the plaintiffs to racist behavior and comments from other employees, according to a... | Labor Activism |
A Minneapolis school district is defending its agreement with a teachers union to lay off white teachers before minority educators, calling it necessary to address “past discrimination.” Some legal experts have called the agreement, which stipulates that Minneapolis Public Schools must lay off or reassign white teacher... | Labor Activism |
American Airlines jet parked at LaGuardia International Airport in New York. Adam Jeffery | CNBCAmerican Airlines' pilot union is taking steps toward seeking federal mediation in contract negotiations as talks with the country's largest carrier drag on, according to a note from the labor group.The Allied Pilots Associa... | Labor Activism |
By Haleluya Hadero | Associated Press
Amazon is barring off-duty warehouse workers from the company’s facilities, a move organizers say can hamper union drives.
Under the policy shared with workers on Amazon’s internal app, employees are barred from accessing buildings or other working areas on their scheduled days off... | Labor Activism |
The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Bretigny-sur-Orge, near Paris, France, December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSept 14 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Wednesday said employees at its "ALB1" warehouse in upstate New Yor... | Labor Activism |
Members of Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers display picket signs while on strike at a Lehigh Hanson site in McCook.Provided Union members on strike against three construction material producers voted against a new contract Sunday that could have ended a lengthy disruption in Chicago-area road... | Labor Activism |
Workers at a Chipotle in Maine have accused the company of union-busting after it abruptly closed the location amid an effort to unionize. Last month, several Chipotle employees at a store in Augusta signed union cards indicating their intent to join what they dubbed Chipotle United and filed a petition to unionize. Th... | Labor Activism |
The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Brian SnyderRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's team is still looking at options on whether to c... | Labor Activism |
Australia plans to hold a referendum to legally enshrine indigenous voices in politics. Campaigners argue it will help address deep-seated inequality, but not everyone is convinced.
Australia’s recently-elected Labor government wants to change the constitution to recognize First Nations people. It also plans to mandate... | Labor Activism |
Anthony Albanese has suggested Labor could accelerate industrial relations reforms, adding to its election policies to “get wages moving” without “[waiting] for everyone to agree on everything”.The prime minister made the remarks at the National Press Club, as Labor opened the door to multi-employer pay deals to shrink... | Labor Activism |
September 27, 2022 02:19 PM Top Biden administration officials said authorities are weighing whether to lift a union-backed century-old shipping rule to speed the transport of fuel to Puerto Rico, where devastation from Hurricane Fiona has led to major power outages. President Joe Biden faces pressure to waive the Jone... | Labor Activism |
An empty Lyft pick-up area is shown as rideshare drivers hold a rally as part of a statewide day of action to demand that ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft follow California law and grant drivers "basic employee rights'', in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike BlakeOct 11 (Reuters) - The U.S... | Labor Activism |
As many as 15,000 Minnesota nurses went on strike Monday, citing short staffing and low wage increases. The thousands-strong strike may be the largest private-sector nurses’ strike in the nation’s history, according to a release from the Minnesota Nurses’ Association (MNA). Nurses at 16 hospitals in Minnesota’s Twin Ci... | Labor Activism |
Earlier this year, Meta and its largest content moderation partner in Africa, Sama, were accused of union busting, forced labor, and human trafficking. The lawsuit claims that “misleading job ads” lured potential employees from across Africa who, once realizing the true nature of the work, often had no means to get hom... | Labor Activism |
The unprecedented expansion of the archaic Davis-Bacon Act (an inflationary and anti-small business regulation requiring contractors to pay inaccurate, bloated government-determined wages and benefits on taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects) into privately developed clean energy construction projects receiving feder... | Labor Activism |
The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca CookRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comTOLEDO, Ohio/WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers will seek a speedier recognitio... | Labor Activism |
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule on Tuesday that would make it more difficult for companies to treat workers as independent contractors, a change that is expected to shake up the business models of the ridesharing, delivery and other industries that rely on gig workers.The pro... | Labor Activism |
Cristina Velazquez says she never played outside as a kid because it was too hot and the parks were too dangerous. Velazquez, 24, grew up in Westlake, a densely populated area in Central Los Angeles that like many inner-city areas had little trees or green space. The community is mostly Latino and more than 20 percent ... | Labor Activism |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Education Secretary Miguel Cardona argued Sunday that the nationwide teacher shortage is the symptom of an overall lack of respect for public school teachers that started during the COVID-19 lockdowns."Let's face it, this teacher shortage is a symptom of something that's been... | Labor Activism |
Amazon workers arrive with paperwork to unionize at the NLRB office in Brooklyn, New York, October 25, 2021.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersEmployees at an Amazon warehouse near Albany overwhelmingly rejected a unionization effort on Tuesday, delivering a blow to an upstart labor union seeking to organize workers at the reta... | Labor Activism |
SummaryCompaniesAir sector disputes show unrest potential in pandemic eraBut industrial action in long-term decline in major economiesUnions getting greater visibility, see new ways of organisingJuly 26 (Reuters) - It should surprise no one that the first big pandemic-era display of worker power was in air travel, acco... | Labor Activism |
Home Secretary Suella Braverman might be in for a tough battle with Prime Minister Truss and Defra after saying she would clamp down on the UK’s reliance on seasonal workers. Ms Braverman’s comments came as part of her first address as Home Secretary to Conservative Party members at last week’s Tory conference. They we... | Labor Activism |
FILE PHOTO - An aerial view of shipping containers and freight railway trains ahead of a possible strike if there is no deal with the rail worker unions, at the BNSF Los Angeles Intermodal Facility rail yard in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 15, 2022. REUTERS/Bing GuanRegister now for FREE unlimited access to... | Labor Activism |
CBS Evening News August 10, 2022 / 7:06 PM / CBS News U.S. schools short more than 280,000 teachers U.S. schools face shortage of more than 280,000 teachers 01:57 Kindergarten teacher Natalie Tran is excited to be back in her Oakland, California, classroom with her 25 4-year-olds. But she's not surprised that many othe... | Labor Activism |
Latest Videos Now playing White House races to avoid railroad strike as Amtrak suspends service CNN/AP Now playing McConnell pours cold water on Graham's abortion ban Adobe Stock Now playing Taking a daily multivitamin may slow cognitive aging in older adults CNN Now playing Jones: New Hampshire could see clean sweep f... | Labor Activism |
Sept 29 (Reuters) - Major U.S. railroads and unions representing 115,000 workers reached a tentative deal last week and averted a potential strike that could have stalled almost 30% of U.S. cargo shipments by weight, stoked inflation and cost the U.S. economy as much as $2 billion per day.Although a strike was avoided ... | Labor Activism |
“This agreement is validation of what I’ve always believed, unions and management can work together — can work together — for the benefit of everyone,” Biden declared.Biden made a key phone call to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh at 9 p.m. Wednesday as the talks were ongoing after Italian dinner had been brought in, accord... | Labor Activism |
Key players in the Uluru Statement from the Heart campaign have welcomed the PM’s commitment to a referendum question on an Indigenous voice to parliament and a form of words in the constitution, saying the proposal is almost identical to the wording they had put forward in 2018.The From the Heart campaign director, De... | Labor Activism |
Photo: Franz Waelischmiller / Sven Simo (AP)On Tuesday, the Biden administration said it would take steps to redefine how the federal government distinguishes “employees” from “independent contractors,” a proposal that could, potentially, allow millions of so-called gig workers to demand workplace rights like a minimum... | Labor Activism |
Thousands of people incarcerated in Alabama went on strike last week, protesting inhumane living conditions and a broken parole system that rarely provides the second chance it purports to offer. Conditions in Alabama violate Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment, according to the Department... | Labor Activism |
Labor leader Chris Minns says the ongoing industrial action should be called off as New South Wales commuters brace themselves for another round of train strikes on Wednesday. A 24-hour strike is set to take place on Wednesday with two thirds of Sydney's rail fleet out of action.Mr Minns said the dispute between the NS... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch July 13, 2022 / 12:33 PM / CBS/AP Bringing equity into the home The unseen labor of women and moms in the home 07:18 A cost-of-living crisis sparked in part by higher fuel and food prices is expected to hit women the hardest, the World Economic Forum reported Wednesday, pointing to a widening gender gap in t... | Labor Activism |
Workers at the Trader Joe’s Wine Shop in Manhattan spent the last four months laying the groundwork to unionize their store. A small organizing committee met regularly to discuss strategy around building support to join the United Food and Commercial Workers union, and they planned to go public with their effort the we... | Labor Activism |
MoneyWatch August 17, 2022 / 3:39 PM / MoneyWatch A Wingstop franchise business owned by rapper Rick Ross and his family has paid $114,427 for labor violations at five locations in Mississippi, with the Miami artist vowing on Wednesday that the missteps wouldn't happen again. Decked out in a Balmain sweater and diamond... | Labor Activism |
Credits Adrienne Williams and Milagros Miceli are researchers at the Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute. Timnit Gebru is the institute’s founder and executive director. She was previously co-lead of the Ethical AI research team at Google. The public’s understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) is largely shape... | Labor Activism |
Railroads and workers' unions reached a tentative labor agreement early Thursday to avert a national rail strike that threatened to shut a major segment of the U.S. transportation network.The last-minute deal avoids massive disruptions to the flow of key goods and commodities around the country. About 40% of the nation... | Labor Activism |
A man cannot serve two masters — Equifax used its own worker surveillance product to spy on workers fired. Hundreds of thousands of Americans juggled two full-time jobs in September, and nearly 4 million more mixed full-time with part-time work, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. This “overemployment” trend has b... | Labor Activism |
Workers at Trader Joe’s successfully won union elections this year at stores in Hadley, Massachusetts, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, but workers now have numerous filed unfair labor practice charges against the specialty US supermarket chain, alleging the company has violated labor laws in trying to prevent further store... | Labor Activism |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The deadline for President Joe Biden to intervene and keep 115,000 railroad workers from going on strike and disrupting deliveries of cars, crops, containers of imported goods and countless other products and raw materials is looming.Biden is widely expected to name a board of arbitrators to review t... | Labor Activism |
A coalition of labor groups is launching an effort to pressure U.S. Senate candidates in battleground states to support the pro-union Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.
This week, the Worker Power Coalition will begin calling, protesting and visiting the offices of senators up for reelection this fall, pressur... | Labor Activism |
A showdown between freight rail carriers and their workers’ unions could shut down the U.S. rail system if the two sides can’t reach an agreement by Friday, which would create a disruption with vast economic and political repercussions.A dozen unions representing more than 100,000 workers have been trying to negotiate ... | Labor Activism |
Workplace relations minister, Tony Burke, has hinted Labor may remove “red tape” that discourages multi-employer collective bargaining as part of industrial relations reforms designed to lift wages.On Monday, Burke all but confirmed the Albanese government will drastically restrict employers’ ability to terminate pay d... | Labor Activism |
The growing congestion at ports in Germany and the Netherlands, which could delay car and furniture shipments to the U.S. for weeks, shows no signs of clearing up as the latest round of labor negotiations between the Central Association of German Seaport Companies (ZDS) and ver.di, the German labor union, ended with no... | Labor Activism |
A Union Pacific rail car is parked at the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) Toronto Yard in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Major U.S. railroads and unions secured a tentative deal after 20... | Labor Activism |
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Maybe Rep. Mo Brooks was onto something when he urged grassroots Republicans to move past their disappointment with former President Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020 and “look forward” to the midterm elections. It sure worked for Katie Britt. Britt brought Brooks’s political career to an ignominious ... | US Campaigns & Elections |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Democratic campaign committee that works to elect pro-choice Democrats to state legislatures around the country has spoken out against the Supreme Court's decision to overturn federal protections for abortion, saying it will work alongside state-elected Democrats who will... | US Campaigns & Elections |
Politics June 16, 2022 / 5:12 AM / AP Juneau, Alaska — Republican former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross have advanced to the August special election for the state's only U.S. House seat.Palin, Begich and Gross, an orthopedic surgeon, were among 48 candidates in last Saturday's ... | US Campaigns & Elections |
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Tudor Dixon has won Michigan's Republican nomination for governor, NBC News projects, emerging from one of the year's most turbulent primaries in a state where the general election will have major implications for the next presidential race.The former conservative media personality, who secured an... | US Campaigns & Elections |
More than 1 million voters across 43 states have switched party affiliations to become Republicans over the last year, reversing Democratic gains that helped the Left overcome former President Donald Trump and gain control of Congress in 2020. Roughly 1.7 million voters have changed their voter affiliation since Presid... | US Campaigns & Elections |
As midterm elections heat up, political campaigns are beginning to think differently and trying some unorthodox methods to win.Recently, there have been efforts by Democratic PACs to steer Republican voters to specific candidates in primaries.In Maryland, one Democratic PAC, DGA Action, ran ads promoting Republican gub... | US Campaigns & Elections |
A voter marks a ballot during the primary election and abortion referendum at a Wyandotte County polling station in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Eric CoxRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The fight over abortion rights and former President Donald Trum... | US Campaigns & Elections |
A multi-candidate Democratic primary in Manhattan has tightened considerably in recent weeks due to gains made by challenger Suraj Patel, according to a poll commissioned by Patel’s campaign.The survey of Democratic primary voters in New York’s 12th Congressional District found that Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadl... | US Campaigns & Elections |
Prominent elected Democrats are meeting with political donors, courting national attention by attacking leading Republicans and positioning themselves for a run for the White House if President Joe Biden steps aside. Most visible has been California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has taken a match to his party, accusing Democr... | US Campaigns & Elections |
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images After a busy May and June, July is a lonely month for primaries. Maryland is the only state holding a primary election for Congress or a major statewide office this month, after its primary was delayed from June 28 due to redistricting litigation. And a few races in the Old Line State fo... | US Campaigns & Elections |
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman wants to get more Democrats elected to Congress this fall, but first, he has to defeat some Democrats this summer.The billionaire is spending millions on campaigns against what his advisors see as radical, far-left Democrats in hopes of getting more moderate Democrats to November's gene... | US Campaigns & Elections |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin raised only a fraction of his campaign funds from voters in his home state, according to a Fox News Digital analysis, while out-of-state contributions and corporate donations make up the bulk of his fundraising.Manchin, who shocked Wa... | US Campaigns & Elections |
Republican gubernatorial candidate Richard Irvin, left, at a news conference in May; Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin, right, at an event in the Hyde Park neighborhood in May.Anthony Vazquez; Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file A big chunk of money from the state’s richest man could not buy much Republican primary love for co... | US Campaigns & Elections |
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Americans are already looking forward to 2024, and the majority of voters revealed they do not want either President Biden or former President Donald Trump to run for president.A recent Suffolk University/USA Today survey suggests many Americans — Republican and Democrat — wa... | US Campaigns & Elections |
| July 02, 2022 11:09 AM | Updated Jul 02, 2022, 01:16 PM Former President Donald Trump is apparently eyeing an early 2024 announcement in an attempt to win back the White House — and it could come in the next few days. Behind the scenes, Trump is mulling an early entry into the 2024 fray to capitalize on lackluster p... | US Campaigns & Elections |
Ivanka Trump waves as she arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for US President Donald Trump's departure on January 20, 2021. (ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)Ivanka Trump said that her father should “continue to fight until every legal remedy is exhausted” to challenge his election loss—even though she’d alread... | US Campaigns & Elections |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Rep. Krystle Matthews on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.
Matthews, the second-place finisher in a June 14 primary, defeated author and preservationist Catherine Fleming Bruce in the runoff.
FOLLOW LIVE: 2022 South Carolina ... | US Campaigns & Elections |
California has not elected a nonincumbent Republican to statewide office since 2006. Lanhee Chen, the GOP nominee for state controller, is betting he can make some history. (Courtesy Chen campaign) “Our campaign is really about competence and about defending the taxpayers — it’s not about ideology,” Chen said Thursday ... | US Campaigns & Elections |
NEW YORK (AP) — Seven states are set to host primary elections Tuesday as the nation comes to terms with last week’s stunning Supreme Court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.This week’s nominating contests could offer the first clues as to whether the political landscape has shifted. Abortion i... | US Campaigns & Elections |
Herschel Walker, the Heisman Trophy winner and a U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia, at a rally in Athens, Ga., on May 23. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)Herschel Walker has given his opponent, Raphael Warnock, a lead in Georgia’s Senate contest, and whether he can come from behind depends on whether the former football star... | US Campaigns & Elections |
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