HARTFORD, Conn.—Gov. Ned Lamont announced Feb. 19 that his budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year will propose reducing pensions for future retired state employees—but state workers’ unions, whose approval would
TRENTON, N.J.—In the aftermath of mass layoffs at the bankrupt Toys ‘R’ Us and Sears retail chains, the New Jersey state legislature is now considering a law to require companies
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have both asked federalteamters courts to reverse a federal agency’s voiding of state rules requiring rest and meal breaks for truck drivers.
CHICAGO, Ill.—About 100 Chicago International Charter School teachers blocked the entrance to the school chain’s office building Feb. 13, the seventh day of their strike. “It’s unacceptable that people can
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—XPO Logistics announced Feb. 13 that it will close its Verizon warehouse here in June,teamsters telling the about 400 workers that it would terminate them in April because of
WASHINGTON—The federal spending deal passed Feb. 14 to avert another shutdown of federal agencies does not include back pay for more than a million employees of federal contractors, who lost
DENVER, Colo.—Denver teachers ended their three-day strike Feb. 14 after reaching a tentative contract agreement that will give them raises averaging 11.7%. The three-year deal would also give cost-of-living increases
TRENTON, N.J.—Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill Feb. 4 that will raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 an hour in January 2024, beginning with an increase from $8.85 to
CHARLESTON, W. Va.—West Virginia teachers will vote this week on whether to authorize a work stoppage to protest an omnibus education bill that would expand privatization of the state’s public
WASHINGTON—Just as the partial government shutdown was ending Jan. 25, the Trump administration gutted an Obama-era rule that required most employers to submit detailed annual reports of all workplace injuries
