TORONTO, Ontario—More than 50 demonstrations took place from Vancouver to Halifax Jan. 19, urging Tim Hortons’ franchisees to rescind cutbacks they made after Ontario raised its minimum wage Jan. 1.
WASHINGTON—Federal workers furloughed during the three-day shutdown of the government will get paid for the work time they lost, under the short-term continuing-appropriations resolution signed by President Donald Trump Jan.
WASHINGTON—Anger at a Trump administration proposal to make tips the property of employers intensified on Feb. 1, after Bloomberg News reported that the Department of Labor had suppressed an in-house
New York, NY – For months, Charter/Spectrum — the second-largest cable provider in the country — has touted a so-called “wage-rich package” replete with “22 to 55-percent” pay increases, “excellent
TORONTO, Ontario—More than 50 demonstrations took place from Vancouver to Halifax Jan. 19, urging Tim Hortons’ franchisees to rescind cutbacks they made after Ontario raised its minimum wage Jan. 1.
NEW YORK— New York City is investing $200 million to replace boilers and upgrade heating systems at 20 NYCHA developments. This funding will go towards replacing outdated boilers, and modernizing heating system controls and
WASHINGTON—Saying it would eliminate the right to union representation for more than 600,000 workers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is urging members to tell Senate Democrats to filibuster the
FRANKFORT, KY.—A Kentucky judge on Jan. 24 dismissed a lawsuit by the state AFL-CIO and Teamsters Local 89 to strike down the state’s 2017 law banning the union shop. The
MONTREAL, Quebec—The AFL-CIO and Mexico’s leading labor federation filed a formal complaint against Mexico with the U.S. Labor Department Jan. 25, charging that amendments proposed to Mexico’s labor law would
This week, LaborPress’s Joe Maniscalco had the sad task of reporting the the first construction worker death of the year. With barely the first month of the new year gone,
