Maine House Defeats Bill to Slow Minimum-Wage Increases
AUGUSTA, Me.—The Maine House narrowly defeated a bill Apr. 5 that would have prevented the state’s minimum wage from rising to $12 an hour in 2020. The measure would have
AUGUSTA, Me.—The Maine House narrowly defeated a bill Apr. 5 that would have prevented the state’s minimum wage from rising to $12 an hour in 2020. The measure would have
New York, NY – On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, we devote the entire hour to the workers at a CVS store on Flatbush Avenue who are fighting
FRANKFORT, KY.—Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin signed legislation Mar. 30 that will limit workers’ compensation benefits for permanent partial disability to 15 years from the date of their on-the-job injury.
PITTSBURGH, PENN – On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, Pennsvania AFL-CIO President Richard W. Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder were reelected at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO 43rd Constitutional Convention.
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NEW YORK, NY – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced a settlement with Tennessee-based Southeast Financial Credit Union. The settlement with Southeast Financial provides $2.25 million in refunds for duped New
Sheet Metal Workers Local 137, the Sign Manufacturers and Erectors, is a small union with a big niche: Its 480 active members fabricate and install signs, from metal plaques in
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The yellow and purple that blossomed all over Park Avenue Apr. 11 weren’t crocuses. They were a few thousand 32BJ SEIU members carrying “Fair Contract Now” and “Ready
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—State Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) has introduced a bill that would place an amendment to the state constitution banning the union shop on the ballot in November’s general
New York, NY – The New York State Organizing Fund, part of LiUNA, along with Operating Engineers Local 137 and Teamsters Local 456, as part of the Committee for Responsible