WASHINGTON—Staff at the Service Employees International Union’s national headquarters here have voted to authorize a strike, Office of Professional Employees International Union Local 2 announced March 12. The OPEIU said
CHICAGO, Ill.—Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians went on strike March 10, resisting management’s demand to change their retirement plan from a defined-benefit pension to a 401(k)-style defined-contribution plan. “Individuals would have
DETROIT, Mich.—Job security and keeping work in the U.S. will be the United Auto Workers’ top priorities in contract talks with the “Detroit Three” auto manufacturers, union President Gary Jones
Washington, DC – The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the United Automobile Workers (UAW) has sent a letter to members of the Congressional Ways and Means Committee urging the
TOPEKA, Kan. – Members from Teamsters Locals 696, 795 and 838 in Kanses are lobbying for the extension of unemployment insurance (UI) in the summer months for school bus drivers
WASHINGTON—Several major American unions have endorsed a bill introduced in the House March 12, that could protect more than 2 million people from deportation.
Washington, DC — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is pushing hard for a comprehensive infrastructure repair and upgrade program. Trumka is urging Congress to provide more tax dollars to rebuild and
BUTTE, Mont.—Industrial Workers of the World organizer Frank Little was kidnapped and murdered in 1917, but more than 100 years later, people are still leaving mementos at his grave in
MIAMI, Fla.—Administrators at Florida’s Miami Dade community college have advice for adjunct professors seeking higher pay: If you can’t afford health insurance for your kids, you should apply for public
WASHINGTON—The Labor Department on March 7 announced a proposed rule that would raise the level of pay below which employers have to pay salaried workers extra for putting in overtime—but
