LORDSTOWN, Ohio—The U.S. Department of Labor announced Sept. 12 that it will give an $875,000 grant to help workers laid off from the General Motors plant in Lordstown and three
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The week after more than 16,000 United Steelworkers members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at U.S. Steel, union leaders dismissed the company’s revised contract offer as “another clumsy
TACOMA, Wash.—The 2,200 teachers on strike in Tacoma, Washington believe their walkout might last the rest of the month. “Teachers have the patience of saints,” first-year high-school teacher Megan Holyoke
THREE FORKS, Mont.—The company that locked out workers at its talc-milling plant in Three Forks Aug. 2 has agreed to return to the bargaining table in September, under federal mediation.
WASHINGTON—A bill intended to save the nation’s struggling multiemployer pension funds would cost far less than previously thought, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate its sponsors released Sept. 12.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—With the United Steelworkers’ contracts with two major steelmakers expiring at midnight Sept. 1, U.S. Steel has proposed a seven-year deal that would cut wages and benefits for future
New York, NY – Donald Trump’s boastful characterization of his administration’s response to storm-ravaged Puerto as an “unsung success” is not sitting well with an IBT Local 210 crane operator
FAIRBANKS, Alaska—About 100 people rallied in a park across from City Hall here Aug. 23 to protest that the city’s firefighters, police, and office staff are all working under expired
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.—Labor unions in northeast Pennsylvania are reviving the annual Labor Day parade and festivities, which drew thousands of people to downtown Wilkes-Barre in the early 20th century before fading
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – Thousands of members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, at ports from Maine to Texas have approved a Six-Year Master Contract Extension with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX)
