Charleston Considers $12 Minimum Wage for City Employees
CHARLESTON, S.C.—After losing almost one-fifth of its workforce this year, the city of Charleston is planning to raise the minimum wage for municipal employees from $11.50 an hour to $12.
CHARLESTON, S.C.—After losing almost one-fifth of its workforce this year, the city of Charleston is planning to raise the minimum wage for municipal employees from $11.50 an hour to $12.
WASHINGTON—Trying to force Walmart to pay its workers at least $15 an hour, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced a bill Nov. 15 titled the Stop
FRANKFORT, Ky.—The Kentucky Supreme Court voted 4-3 Nov. 15 that the state’s 2017 law letting workers refuse to pay fees to the unions that represent them is constitutional, rejecting the
FORT WORTH, Tex.—More than three years after American Airlines completed its merger with US Airways, the two unions representing its mechanics have yet to win a first contract—and outsourcing of
BOSTON, Mass.—After more than six weeks on strike, Marriott hotel workers in Boston overwhelmingly ratified a new contract Nov. 17. The agreement paved the way for the 1,500 strikers at
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Eight Indianapolis cleaning companies have reached a tentative agreement with SEIU Local 1 that would increase janitors’ starting wages from $9.75 per hour to $11.50 over three years, as
PORTLAND, Ore.—After two years of organizing, about 270 mental-health and addiction-recovery workers at Oregon’s largest behavioral health provider voted to join Oregon AFSCME in October and November. The votes came
WASHINGTON—The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual job injury and illness report “shows no overall progress protecting workers from serious injuries and illnesses on the job, and that workplace violence
AUSTIN, Tex.—Employees at Texas’s largest independent bookstore, BookPeople, have voted foreiu representation by the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 277, the union announced Nov. 14. “BookPeople workers were
MONTREAL, Quebec—Canadian postal workers began new rotating strikes in Montreal, Winnipeg, and six other places Nov. 15, the day after Canada Post gave their union a “time-limited” contract offer. Canada