Illinois Governor Ends Pay Freeze for State Workers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Jan. 15 that the state will pay about 20,000 workers raises that had been frozen for four years by his predecessor. The decision will give
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Jan. 15 that the state will pay about 20,000 workers raises that had been frozen for four years by his predecessor. The decision will give
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A federal court in Manhattan can’t hear a union lawsuit challenging the legality of the Trump administration’s partial government shutdown—because the Justice Department lawyers representing the administration have
NEW YORK, NY – New York City has financed 34,160 affordable homes last year. This includes a record for both new construction, with 10,099 new homes financed, as well as for
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles teachers union and school district have agreed to return to the bargaining table, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office announced Jan. 16. United Teachers Los Angeles President
New York, NY – “Homeless shelters are bursting at the seams, families are forced into the streets and farscott too many people struggle with how to pay rent and buy
WASHINGTON—Congressional Democrats introduced a bill Jan. 16 that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2024. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Raise the Wage Act’s lead
NEW YORK, NY – Thousands of New Yorkers have felt the effects of the longest federal government shutdown in history. “In my six years as Mayor, New York City has
NEW YORK, N.Y.—“Amazon must be broken up,” Sharan Burrow, the Australian general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, told a Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union forum on the
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Wind-power farms are emerging as a source of both renewable energy and union construction jobs in New York State. But building-trades locals could miss out on a lot
New York, NY – Try as they might, federal workers tasked with securing U.S. borders simply cannot understand how kneecapping their agencies in an effort to force Congress to pay