HARTFORD, Conn.—Finally given a chance to speak before the state’s “competitiveness commission” Feb. 9, Connecticut labor leaders said that strengthening unions and closing tax loopholes for the rich would benefit
SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS, Chiapas—Teachers from Section 40 of the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (National Union of Education Workers) blocked highways at three places in Mexico’s
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A Florida state legislator has introduced a bill that would repeal a provision in a 2003 workers’ compensation law that makes it a crime to use false identification when
McKEESPORT, Pa.—Nurses at UPMC McKeesport Hospital near Pittsburgh have voted to keep the Service Employees International Union as their
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Indiana’s 2015 repeal of its “common construction wage” law cut building-trades workers’ pay while failing to reduce public-works projects’ costs, according to a study done by the Midwest Economic
SEATTLE, Wash.—A proposal by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Service Employees International Union Local 775 President David Rolf, and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer to create portable benefits for gig-economy workers has
COLUMBUS, Ohio—With the aid of some $100 million in tax breaks, Amazon has created about 6,000 jobs in Ohio in the past three years—but more than 10% of those workers
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Labor leaders and advocates say a bill intended to stabilize the state’s unemployment-compensation fund would do it by cutting benefits for workers who’ve lost jobs.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Gov. Eric Greitens’ political-action committee has contributed $750,000 to a group opposing the union-backed ballot initiative to repeal Missouri’s “right to work” law.
BALTIMORE, Md.—The Baltimore Teachers Union has asked the city to close public schools that are unable to provide adequate heat until they can be repaired, after teachers reported classroom temperatures
