…keep their existing plan instead of being switched to one that combines a defined-benefit pension with a 401(k)-type account. To avoid further litigation, the settlement must be approved by the…
…per hour he got when he started eight years ago. Read more:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/27/low-wage-workers_n_4674985.html NYSUT Board of Directors OKs ‘No Confidence’ Vote for Commissioner The New York State United Teachers Union’s board…
…was a “dismal failure, and Governor Rick Scott is responsible.” Florida has required people applying for unemployment benefits to do so online since 2011, including completing a 45-question online exam…
…YRC, based in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kansas, had amassed more than $1 billion in debts buying up other trucking firms, and company executives said it would…
…which has granted degrees for 17 years, was largely subsidized by the AFL-CIO. It had about 600 online students last fall, and has about 260 students registered for the spring….
…new $15-an-hour minimum wage for workers at SeaTac International Airport in Washington. Voters in SeaTac, the town surrounding the airport, approved the unprecedented raise in November, but on Dec. 27,…
…has approved a settlement giving $4.7 million in back pay to 568 workers at Walmart’s largest Western warehouse. Wal-Mart contractor Schneider Logistics, said Warehouse Workers United, had “shaved employees’ time”…
…approved a new three-year contract Dec. 8, winning wage and pension increases but agreeing to the elimination of about 140 jobs. The 1,119-1,037 vote came against the recommendations of International…
…it had warned workers since 2009 that retirees would have to buy their own insurance once the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges opened. Postal Union Blames Carrier’s Murder on Night-Shift Deliveries…
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel New Jersey Voters Raise Minimum Wage New Jersey voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.25…
