CHICAGO, Ill.—Mayor Rahm Emanuel and AFSCME Council 31 reached agreement Oct. 4 on a five-year contract that will give city workers annual raises, but also increase how much they pay
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Mayor Melvin Carter on Oct. 9 unveiled a draft bill that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour—but some workers would have to wait nine
SALEM, Mass.—The Congressmember representing northeast Massachusetts is calling on local utilities to use locked-put gas workers to repair damage from the more than 80 explosions and fires caused by overpressurized
VISALIA, Calif.—A Coachella Valley date farm will rehire four workers and has paid them almost $40,000 in lost wages after the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board found they were illegally
TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Quebec—The Alcoa aluminum company “is indicating clearly that it is not interested in settling a nine-month lockout” of 1,030 employees at its ABI smelter in Bécancour, Quebec, the United
HONOLULU, Hawaii—The strike by 7,700 Marriott hotel workers expanded to eight U.S. cities Oct. 8, with staff out at 23 hotels in Boston, Detroit, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, San
OAKLAND, Calif.—The strike begun Oct. 4 by more than 2,500 Marriott workers in San Francisco and San Jose crossed the Bay Oct. 5, when about 200 workers at the Oakland
BOSTON, Mass.—When the New York Yankees arrived in Boston on the night of Oct. 4 before the first game of their playoff series with the Red Sox fans, they crossed
BURNS HARBOR, Ind.—With more than three months of contract talks failing to yield a deal, the United Steelworkers have begun preparations for a possible strike against ArcelorMittal. Union representatives are
BOSTON, Mass.—In the first hotel strike in Boston history, more than 1,500 workers at seven Marriott hotels walked out on the morning of Oct. 3. “After five years of record
