LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Kaiser Permanente health-care network has reached a tentative contract agreement with the 11 unions representing 85,000 workers, both sides announced Sept. 25. If ratified, the deal would
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Employees of a Google contractor in Pittsburgh voted 49-24 to join the United Steelworkers, the union announced Sept. 24. The new local, one of the first formed by workers
WASHINGTON—A top federal appeals court has rejected two federal employees unions’ attempt to stop President Donald Trump’s executive orders intended to weaken their rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for
WASHINGTON—The final overtime rule the U.S. Department of Labor announced Sept. 24 will exclude 8.2 million workers who would have been entitled to time-and-a-half pay under an Obama-era version of
DETROIT, Mich.—General Motors and the United Auto Workers are making progress toward reaching a deal that would end the 11-day-old strike, representatives for both sides said Sept. 26. But the
WASHINGTON—In the face of a Trump administration campaign to stop letting federal employees have their union dues automatically deducted from their paychecks, the American Federation of Government Employees has created
DALLAS, Tex.—Dallas County became the fifth local government in Texas to increase its employees’ minimum wage to $15 an hour Sept. 17, when the Commissioners Court approved a budget raising
DELTA, British Columbia—About 300 workers at an aircraft-parts factory here were locked out Sept. 16, five months after their contract expired. “Some people were caught by surprise that the employer
PHOENIX, Ariz.—Newsroom staff at the Arizona Republic handed in cards on Sept. 4 stating that they want to be represented by The NewsGuild-CWA. The Republic‘s management has been hostile to the organizing
CHESTERTON, Ind.—Building-trades unions and contractors in northwest Indiana have united in a campaign to outlaw construction companies hiring workers as “independent contractors.” So far, five communities in the region have
