PORTLAND, Ore.—The Mondelēz International corporation announced May 23 that it would end pensions for about 2,000 workers at Nabisco bakeries, unilaterally implementing parts of a contract offer their union had
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—The National Labor Relations Board ruled May 21 that 178 flight-readiness technicians and inspectors at Boeing’s plant in South Carolina can vote on whether to join the International
WASHINGTON—The Department of Veterans Affairs announced May 21 that it will no longer let doctors and nurses have union representation at hearings where they are facing punishment or firing. The
WASHINGTON—Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced plans May 17 to rescind chemical-safety regulations established by the Obama administration after 15 people were killed in a 2013 explosion at a
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—Union construction workers picketed the partially built Electric City Apartments complex here on May 23, charging that a nonunion subcontractor on the state-subsidized project is paying workers significantly less
BATON ROUGE, La.—An online survey by the Louisiana Federation of Teachers found that 60% of the almost 4,000 teachers who responded would favor a statewide walkout to win a “significant”
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Just before its session ended May 19, the Missouri legislature passed bills to weaken the state’s prevailing-wage law and make it harder for public-sector unions to collect dues.
LANSING, Mich.—The Michigan Supreme Court on May 15 suspended a lower-court ruling that would have cleared the way to put an initiative to repeal the state’s prevailing-wage law on the
TRENTON, N.J.—With the Supreme Court expected to rule that public-sector workers don’t have to pay dues to the unions that represent them, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on May 18 signed
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A strike by about 600 workers at United Launch Alliance ended May 19 when International Association of Machinists members ratified a four-year contract. The workers, who build rockets
