DETROIT, Mich.—The United Auto Workers says General Motors’ plans to close five plants in the U.S. and Canada might be part of a strategy to take advantage of cheaper labor
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles County emergency-room nurses and nurse practitioners called off a planned strike Nov. 27, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with county officials. Service Employees International Union
HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut labor unions denounced a state commission report calling for a wage freeze for state employees and teachers while cutting taxes on the rich. The Commission on Fiscal Stability
HONOLULU, Hawaii—UNITE HERE Local 5 members voted nearly unanimously Nov. 27 to ratify a contract with the Kyo-ya hotel company, ending a 51-day strike by 2,700 workers at five Marriott
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia—Canadian postal workers began another rotating strike in the Halifax area Nov. 26, the day the Senate was expected to vote on legislation to force them back to
OSHAWA, Ontario—Workers at the General Motors plant here walked out Nov. 26 after the company announced it was one of five that will be closed by the end of 2019.
PORTLAND, Ore.—Two anti-union groups filed a lawsuit in federal court here Nov. 20, trying to force public-employee unions to let workers who quit them stop paying dues immediately. The Freedom
WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department on Nov. 16 approved Teamsters Local 805’s application to cut pension benefits effective Jan. 1. Members of the New York-based local had voted to reject the proposed
LAWRENCE, Mass.—The two United Steelworkers locals locked out by National Grid presented the company with a counterproposal on Nov. 21. The offer, the unions’ first formal proposal since National Grid
AUSTIN, Tex.—A Texas appeals court struck down Austin’s paid-sick-leave law on Nov. 16, holding that it violated state law prohibiting local governments from setting a minimum wage higher than the
