PLYMOUTH, N.H.—A federal mediator joined talks between the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1837 May 11, seeking to resolve the strike that began May
PUEBLO, Colo.—The first teachers’ strike in Colorado since 1994 ended May 13, after unions representing teachers and paraprofessionals in the city of Pueblo overwhelmingly ratified new two-year contracts. Pueblo Education
RICHMOND, Calif.—In a settlement of several National Labor Relations Board complaints, Walmart has agreed that it will change its dress code to let workers wear union insignia and stop threatening
WASHINGTON—The 11 editorial staffers at the Talking Points Memo Website have voted unanimously to join the Writers Guild of America East, they announced May 10. Editor and publisher Josh Marshall
DOVER, Del.—A state-subsidized “pre-apprenticeship” program had participants work for free while giving them inadequate credentials to get building-trades jobs, Delaware state legislators said May 7. The Interfaith Community Housing of
DETROIT, Mich.—A federal judge on May 8 once again rejected a request by the American Federation of Teachers to stop Project Veritas from releasing information it obtained by sending a
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Republicans in the Missouri legislature are pushing two measures intended to undermine the Proposition A ballot initiative to repeal the state’s 2017 ban on union shops. The state
PUEBLO, Colo.—More than 2,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, and supporters marched through downtown Pueblo May 9, the third day of a strike by education workers in this city of 110,000. Their two
WASHINGTON—Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Minnesota’s Mark Dayton have pursued diametrically opposed labor policies since they took office in 2011—and the result, says a study released by the Economic Policy
MONTPELIER, Vt.—The Vermont House approved a bill May 9 that would raise the state’s minimum wage from $10.50 to $15 an hour by 2024, but Gov. Phil Scott is expected
