FAIRFAX, Va.—The woman forced to quit her job last fall after she was photographed giving Donald Trump the finger sued her former employer Apr. 4. Juli Briskman, 50, a former
MADISON, Wisc.—Labor-backed judge Rebecca Dallet won election to a vacant seat on the state Supreme Court Apr. 3, defeating Michael Screnock, a circuit judge from rural Sauk County backed by
KELLYVILLE, Okla.—About 100 Oklahoma teachers began the second leg of their 110-mile march from Tulsa to the state capitol Apr. 5, leaving Kellyville High School to walk the 15 miles
ALBANY, N.Y.—The budget passed by the New York state legislature on the night of Mar. 30-31 includes a provision that would let public-sector unions reduce the services they provide to
DENVER, Colo.—Bus drivers and train engineers for the Denver area’s Regional Transportation District have ratified a contract that will give them the biggest raise they’ve had since the authority was
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The number of women in union apprenticeship programs increased by 96% from 2016 to 2017, the Affiliated Construction Trades (ACT) Ohio announced Mar. 28. In 2017, the group said,
PORTLAND, Ore.—Resident advisers in the dorms at Reed College voted 34-14 Mar. 22 to be represented by Local 1 of the newly formed Student Workers Coalition.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—Three Oklahoma unions have proposed an array of tax increases they say would finance the funding they are demanding to avert a statewide teachers’ strike scheduled for Apr.
MADISON, Wisc.—Wisconsin’s Assembly passed a bill Mar. 22 prohibiting local governments from adopting labor regulations stronger than the state’s, and Gov. Scott Walker is expected to sign it.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—The Illinois Supreme Court said Mar. 22 that it would not hear Gov. Bruce Rauner’s appeal of a lower-court decision that said it couldn’t legally continue withholding step-pay increases
