HARTFORD, Conn.—A bill to raise Connecticut’s minimum wage from $10.10 to $15 an hour is dead for this year, after the General Assembly failed to vote on it before the
WILMINGTON, Del.—The Delaware agency that enforces rules about wages and hours, occupational safety, and discrimination has had its budget cut by half since 2010, and Gov. John Carney’s proposed budget
WASHINGTON—More than 130,000 current and former U.S. Postal Service workers may be able to sue for damages, after the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled in March that management had
ALBANY, N.Y.—The New York State Assembly passed a bill May 2 that would let local school districts set their own requirements for evaluating teachers. It would eliminate the state’s 2015
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—More than 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District workers will hold a 24-hour strike May 15, SEIU Local 99 announced May 5. The union, which represents bus drivers,
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Beer-truck drivers on strike for three weeks are urging Twin Cities consumers and bars to boycott 14 brands of scab-delivered beer, including Miller, Heineken, Guinness, and longtime local brand
GODERICH, Ontario—About 350 workers at the Compass Minerals salt mine went on strike Apr. 27 after they failed to reach a contract deal with the mine’s U.S.-based owners. According to
DOVER, N.H.—Workers at the New Hampshire Electric Co-op are poised to go on strike this week, after management gave them a “last, best, final” contract offer May 1 that would
SCRANTON, Pa.—Two local hospitals have locked out nurses for four days after they staged a 24-hour strike Apr. 25. When registered nurses at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton showed up
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Tennessee state legislature approved a resolution Apr. 23 honoring union telecommunications technician James Shaw, Jr., for disarming the gunman who had just killed four people at a Waffle
