Albany, N.Y.—Two state senators have scheduled three public hearings on the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act, a bill that would give farmworkers collective-bargaining rights, overtime pay, and at least one
Lordstown, Ohio—Three weeks after General Motors suspended production at its factory here, workers at the United Auto Workers Local 1112 union hall were livid. They agreed to make $118 million
Washington—In its first annual report to the Department of Labor since the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said it
AUGUSTA, Me.—The Maine House Committee on Labor and Housing heard testimony March 18 on six bills that would roll back the minimum-wage increase the state’s voters enacted in 2016. One
ALBANY, N.Y.—Three New York union leaders are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to include a provision restoring labor protections for school-bus workers in the state’s budget. The three—Michael Cordiello, president of
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—The Maryland General Assembly voted March 20 to pass a bill that would raise the state’s minimum wage from $10.10 to $15 an hour over then next seven years.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A worker fired from the fulfillment center on Staten Island filed unfair labor practiceAmazon charges with the National Labor Relations Board March 20, saying he was sacked for
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis has asked local school officials to turn over the names of teachers who called in sick on the days that sickouts forced them to
MEXICO CITY, Mexico—Walmart de Mexico has reached a deal with the Revolutionary Confederation of Laborers and Farmworkers (CROC) union to raise about 8,000 store workers’ pay by 5.5%, both sides
CHICOPEE, Mass.—Hundreds of union members and their supporters rallied March 20 outside a Stop & Shop supermarket here, demanding that the company drop demands for cuts in their overtime pay,
