WASHINGTON—The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun procedures to prohibit an estimated 500,000 home health-care aides from having union dues automatically deducted from their paychecks. The proposed
MOBILE, Ala.—Workers at a Coca-Cola bottler and distributor in Alabama went on strike Aug. 9, demanding better pay for newly hired workers. About 275 members of Teamsters Local 991 at
TRENTON, N.J.—The New Jersey Supreme Court on Aug. 8 voided changes former Gov. Chris Christie’s administration had attempted to make to the way state employees are promoted, upholding the state Legislature’s
O’NEILL, Neb.—Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided 13 businesses in Nebraska and Minnesota Aug. 8, arresting 14 owners and managers on charges of exploiting immigrants—and 133 “illegal workers” for immigration
SACRAMENTO, CA.—Several leading gig-economy companies, including Uber and Lyft, are lobbying California’s top Democrats to take action that would blunt a court ruling that makes it much harder for them
HAVERHILL, Mass.—The lockout of more than 1,100 National Grid gas workers in Massachusetts is now well into its second month with no sign of an end, union members say. “Every
MINEOLA, N.Y.—Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman announced on Aug. 2 that the county was launching a hotline for workers to report county vendors that are failing to pay their employees
SAN DIEGO, CA.—The California Supreme Court ruled that San Diego’s 2012 initiative eliminating pensions for future city workers was not legally placed on the ballot. The court held that the
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—The California Supreme Court ruled Aug. 2 that San Diego’s 2012 initiative eliminating pensions for future city workers was not legally placed on the ballot. The court held
WASHINGTON—The Washington D.C. Metro has dropped the idea of running separate trains for demonstrators coming to a “Unite the Right” white-nationalist rally scheduled for Aug. 12, after the city’s largest
