WASHINGTON, Pa.—Democrat Conor Lamb upset Republican Rick Saccone in the special election to fill a vacant House seat in Pennsylvania’s 18th District Mar. 13.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—West Virginia may not be the only state to see a general teachers’ strike this year. Teachers in Oklahoma, whose average salaries are the lowest in the nation,
MILWAUKEE, Wisc.—Two Wisconsin International Union of Operating Engineers locals filed a lawsuit in federal court Feb. 23 arguing that the limits on collective bargaining imposed by Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The Florida Senate Appropriations Committee on Feb. 27 approved a bill that would enable the state to decertify teachers’ unions if their membership drops below half of the bargaining
WASHINGTON—The Congressional joint committee assigned to address collapsing multiemployer pension funds will be cochaired by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
WASHINGTON— The National Labor Relations Board announced Feb. 26 that it was voiding its December ruling narrowing when companies can be considered a “joint employer” because of a conflict of
GRANITE CITY, Ill.—With U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works closed or running at less than half capacity for more than two years, the U.S. Commerce Department’s recommending tariffs and quotas on
WELLSVILLE, N.Y.—The sale of the Dresser-Rand Corporation’s machinery plant here, announced Feb. 19, will cost as many as 250 workers their jobs. Siemens, the German-owned company that acquired Dresser-Rand in
MILWAUKEE, Wisc.—A plea by four members of Missouri’s congressional delegation reminding Harley-Davidson of the subsidies it got to open its factory in Kansas City won’t stop the company from closing
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Two leading California unions have endorsed state Senate leader Kevin de León’s primary challenge to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The Service Employees International Union backed de León on Feb.
