Congress Eyes Pension Bills, With Little Action
WASHINGTON—To win a vote on the Butch Lewis Act, a measure that would set up a federal low-interest loan program to rescue endangered multiemployer pension funds, “we need more Republicans
WASHINGTON—To win a vote on the Butch Lewis Act, a measure that would set up a federal low-interest loan program to rescue endangered multiemployer pension funds, “we need more Republicans
WASHINGTON—Retired truck driver Tom Brady might have a lot more to lose this week than his quarterback namesake did in this past Sunday’s Super Bowl. During the 30 years he
WASHINGTON—Anger at a Trump administration proposal to make tips the property of employers intensified on Feb. 1, after Bloomberg News reported that the Department of Labor had suppressed an in-house
WASHINGTON—With the Supreme Court preparing to hear arguments in the Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 case next month, more than 25 unions and a bevy of supporters have filed briefs
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx have voted to ratify a new three-year contract, Teamsters Local 202 announced Jan. 19.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A possible strike by 1,100 workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx was averted on the evening Jan. 16, as Teamsters Local 202 reached a
WASHINGTON—Donald Trump will replace the outgoing chair of the National Labor Relations Board with another attorney from the same management-side law firm.
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.—The incoming president of the Building Trades Council of Nassau and Suffolk says his primary focus will be creating “opportunities for people who live on the Island.”
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration’s announcement Jan. 8 that it would end temporary protected status for some 200,000 Salvadorans in the U.S. hit personally for immigrant-heavy American unions.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Home health-care workers who stay with their clients 24 hours a day appealed to the New York State Industrial Board of Appeals Jan. 5 to order them paid