HUNTINGTON, W. Va.—About 200 people in purple Service Employees International Union Local 1199 T-shirts marched past St. Mary’s Medical Center Aug. 13, where management has resisted its campaign to organize
ARLINGTON. Va.—The contractor that manages the Pentagon’s food court is once again being probed by the Department of Labor over wage-theft allegations. Workers in the Pentagon’s cafeteria, employed by the
QUINCY, Mass.—Three more Massachusetts towns have announced that they will deny the National Grid gas company permits for any non-emergency work until it ends its two-month lockout of more than
WASHINGTON—A possible Education Department plan to use federal funds to buy teachers guns is “insane,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said in a statement Aug. 23. The plan,
WASHINGTON—The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has begun procedures to prohibit an estimated 500,000 home health-care aides from having union dues automatically deducted from their paychecks. The proposed
MOBILE, Ala.—Workers at a Coca-Cola bottler and distributor in Alabama went on strike Aug. 9, demanding better pay for newly hired workers. About 275 members of Teamsters Local 991 at
TRENTON, N.J.—The New Jersey Supreme Court on Aug. 8 voided changes former Gov. Chris Christie’s administration had attempted to make to the way state employees are promoted, upholding the state Legislature’s
O’NEILL, Neb.—Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided 13 businesses in Nebraska and Minnesota Aug. 8, arresting 14 owners and managers on charges of exploiting immigrants—and 133 “illegal workers” for immigration
SACRAMENTO, CA.—Several leading gig-economy companies, including Uber and Lyft, are lobbying California’s top Democrats to take action that would blunt a court ruling that makes it much harder for them
HAVERHILL, Mass.—The lockout of more than 1,100 National Grid gas workers in Massachusetts is now well into its second month with no sign of an end, union members say. “Every
