CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—The United Auto Workers filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board Apr. 9 for a new union vote at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant—and its officials hope there won’t
NEW YORK, N.Y.—In a deal one union official called “historic,” the New York State Nurses Association announced a tentative contract agreement April 9 with three leading hospital systems that will set
ALBANY, N.Y.—The New York State Court of Appeals ruled March 26 that home health aides only have to be paid for 13 hours of 24-hour shifts they work. The 5-2
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Building-trades workers picketed the CIM Group’s offices in midtown Manhattan March 27, demanding that the private-equity firm hire union contractors on a luxury-apartment building it’s developing near the
NEW YORK, N.Y.—About 100 people traveled to the isolated western reaches of Staten Island Apr. 2 to demand that Amazon rehire warehouse worker Rashad Long, who recently filed a complaint
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Associated Press has changed its guide for reporters and editors to recommend that they no longer describe laws prohibiting the union shop as “right-to-work” laws.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Gig-economy companies like Uber and Handy have allied with corporate and far-right lobbyists to get their definition of “independent contractor” enshrined in law—and protect them from having to
MADISON, Wisc.—For the second time in a week, a Wisconsin judge has ruled that laws the Republican-dominated legislature passed in a lame-duck session last December to strip power from incoming
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Not again. A Lyft driver found dead in his car in Queens March 23 is apparently the ninth suicide by a city cab driver in the last 18 months.
MADISON, Wisc.—A Wisconsin judge issued an order March 21 blocking the enforcement of laws the Republican-majority legislature enacted in a lame-duck “extraordinary session” last December to curb the power of
