LANSING, Mich.—Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Oct. 24 that she plans to increase the number of workers in the state eligible for overtime pay. Only 5% of Michigan workers now get
CHICAGO, Ill.—Chicago Teachers Union negotiators said they were optimistic as contract talks resumed Oct. 25, the seventh day of the strike by more than 30,000 teachers and support staff. “Things
BINGHAMTON, N.Y.— Binghamton University professor M. Stanley Whittingham, a member of the United University Professions/New York State United Teachers, was one of the three winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize
TUCSON, Ariz.—More than 1,700 copper-mine workers in southern Arizona and Texas went on strike Oct. 13, after going almost 10 years without a pay increase. The strike involves several unions
WASHINGTON—Retirees from several unions joined Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Oct. 16 to demand that the Senate act on a bill to prevent endangered multiemployer pension plans from going bankrupt.
OAKLAND, Calif.—Workers at the Kaiser Permanente health-care chain in California have overwhelmingly ratified a four-year contract, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West announced Oct. 16. The union said the deal would give
Queens, NY – With just 100 days to go before the Iowa Caucus, 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, on Saturday afternoon, moved to solidify his position as the Labor candidate
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union announced Oct. 15 that it had reached a tentative contract agreement with the trade group representing Philadelphia office-building owners. The deal
CHICAGO, Ill.—More than 30,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers and support staff hit the picket lines early in the morning Oct. 17, one day after the Chicago Teachers Union rejected Mayor
Chicago, Illinois— AFT President Randi Weingarten joined Illinois Federation of Teachers on picket lines on October 17th as Chicago educators walked off the job. Union members walked out on October
