DETROIT, Mich.—The United Auto Workers’ National Ford Council voted Nov. 1 to recommend that members ratify the tentative agreement the union reached with Ford Motor Co. Oct. 30. Like the UAW’s new
TUCSON, Ariz.—The Asarco copper company has agreed to resume bargaining with the eight unions representing about 2,000 workers on strike since Oct. 13, the United Steelworkers said Oct. 30. The
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Union workers at General Mills’ cereal plant voted almost unanimously Nov. 6 to reject the company’s “last, best, and final” contract offer. Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Workers at General Mills’ cereal-production facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa are “likely” to go on strike as soon as Nov. 6, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Local
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google employees charge that the company’s leadership is developing an addition to the custom Google Chrome browser they use on the job that is intended to spy on
SANTA FE, N.M.—The state of New Mexico and the Communications Workers of America have agreed to pay about $41,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit over the collection of fees for
REGINA, Saskatchewan—Strikers at six Saskatchewan utilities began returning to work Oct. 21, after they reached a tentative contract agreement with the Unifor union. The five-year deal, announced by the provincial
LANSING, Mich.—Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Oct. 24 that she plans to increase the number of workers in the state eligible for overtime pay. Only 5% of Michigan workers now get
CHICAGO, Ill.—Chicago Teachers Union negotiators said they were optimistic as contract talks resumed Oct. 25, the seventh day of the strike by more than 30,000 teachers and support staff. “Things
BINGHAMTON, N.Y.— Binghamton University professor M. Stanley Whittingham, a member of the United University Professions/New York State United Teachers, was one of the three winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize
