WASHINGTON—The 800,000 federal employees who were furloughed or forced to work without pay during the five-week-long partial government shutdown are scheduled to receive back pay this month—but more than a
LORDSTOWN, Ohio—More than 200 students, teachers, and General Motors workers rallied at Lordstown High School Jan. 24, part of the Drive It Home Ohio coalition’s campaign to persuade General Motors
RACINE, Wisc.—The Foxconn Technology Group likely won’t be making LCD televisions in southeast Wisconsin, despite being promised almost $5 billion in state and local subsidies to build a $10 billion
WORCESTER, Mass.—A federal court has ordered a New Jersey construction company to pay almost $200,000 in back pay and penalties for cheating 50 nonunion workers out of pay. The order
ATLANTA, Ga.—When the Los Angeles Rams meet the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium here Feb. 3, the players, referees, camera crews, entertainers, and stagehands will
WASHINGTON—The five-week shutdown of several federal agencies ended at least temporarily Jan. 25, ebut the American Federation of Government Employees union is urging the 450,000 federal employees who had to
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—An Oklahoma state legislator has introduced a bill that would ban teachers from striking and prohibit any teacher who walks off the job in a labor dispute from
Oorchard Park, N.Y.—Union members from around Western New York rallied outside the Buffalo Bills’ football stadium Jan. 26 to protest the New Era baseball cap-maker’s closure of its factory in
WASHINGTON—National Labor Relations Board general counsel Peter Robb is desperately seeking a legalnlrb justification to ban “Scabby,” the giant inflatable rat unions use to picket employers accused of unfair labor
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—Two Long Island state legislators joined with local unions and charities Jan. 11 to launch a drive to collect food and other goods for federal workers either furloughed
