…average food costs, 12% in rents, and 17% in health care. Read more Virtual-School Teachers Organize Those trying to privatize education have promoted nonunion charter and online schools over public…
…endorsement of the governor’s challenger in last September’s Democratic primary. Read more Chicago Raises Minimum Wage to $13—By 2019 The Chicago City Council on Dec. 4 approved a bill to…
…“He’s been looking for anything we currently build that we could buy cheaper somewhere else,” said Jay Wadleigh, president of Machinists Local S6, which represents about 3,500 Bath shipyard employees….
…401(k)-style plan. Proposition 487, largely financed by Texas hedge-fund billionaire and former Enron executive John Arnold, received less than 44% of the vote. City workers, led by the United Phoenix…
…whether to ratify it should be complete by the end of October, said Andy Klatt, a part-time Spanish professor and union organizer. If approved, it would be the first contract…
…to the School Reform Commission’s Oct. 6 cancellation of their contract by saying they already send hundreds of dollars a year buying supplies. Kindergarten teacher Sharnae Wilson bought her own…
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Philly Schools Cancel Teachers’ Contract Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission unilaterally cancelled city teachers’ contract Oct. 6. The move, approved unanimously at a meeting…
…$1,100. Read more Grain Agreement Ends Lockouts in Northwest Ports Five International Longshore and Warehouse Union locals have approved a contract with grain companies in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington, …
…July 14 that it was dropping a pilot program to offer postal services at 82 of its stores and would join the standard Post Office Approved Shipper program. The announcement came…
…members not to buy supplies at Staples to protest the chain’s plan to run U.S. Postal Service counters in its stores, where workers are paid about one-third of what regular…
