PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Philadelphia’s Laborers District Council broke ground for a three-story, 66,000-square-foot building that will house its new training center earlier this month on Dec. 6.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Several Minnesota public-employee unions say they have gained members since the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME last June, despite the ruling enabling workers to stop paying anything to unions
MEXICO CITY, Mexico—Mexico will raise its minimum wage by 16% on Jan. 1 to about 103 pesos (US $5.10) per day, federal labor secretary Luisa María Alcalde announced Dec. 17.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles teachers say they will go on strike Jan. 10, and no further talks are in the offing with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
CHICAGO, Ill.—The Onion has a union contract. The creative staff at the humor publication and its sister sites, including The A/V Club and Clickhole, overwhelmingly ratified their first collective bargaining
SHAKOPEE, Minn.—About 100 people protested outside Amazon’s fulfillment center in the Twin Cities’ southern suburbs Dec. 14, demanding that the company treat African-immigrant workers more fairly.
DETROIT, Mich.—General Motors announced Dec. 14 that it will offer 2,700 new jobs to the 3,300 workers scheduled to be laid off when it closes four U.S. plants next year—but
OSHAWA, Ontario—Unifor, the union that represents 2,600 workers at General Motors’ Oshawa plant, launched a campaign Dec. 13 to try to convince the company to keep the plant open.
KOHLER, Wisc.—Production workers at the Kohler plumbing-products company here overwhelmingly ratified a contract Dec. 2 that will eliminate most of the two-tier pay differences established in 2010. The five-year deal
DENVER, Colo.—Teamsters Local 455 has ratified its first contract with Frontier Airlines, giving the 12sters maintenance controllers covered a 40% raise. The five-year deal, announced by the union Dec. 3,
