HAMDEN, Conn.—Workers at Porcelen Specrail have been out on strike since their contract extension expired Mar. 1 and the company threatened to fire immigrant workers who it claimed had irregular
Decorated Firefighter Michael R. Davidson died Friday March 24th from his injuries while battling a fire at a five-story building on St. Nicholas Avenue and 149th Street. Michael Davidson leaves behind
Healthplex was created in 1977 by two New York dentists who saw the growing demand for affordable dental insurance within the union community and decided to do something about it.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—The Republican-controlled Missouri House voted 89-63 to repeal the state’s prevailing-wage law Mar. 13. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Justus (R-Branson), would instead require contractors on public-works
CHARLESTON. W.Va.—Frontier Communications has resumed contract talks with the Communications Workers of America in an effort to settle the strike by about 1,400 workers that began March 4.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—After more than nine years, the campaign to organize JetBlue flight attendants may bear fruit this spring, as they vote on whether to join the Transport Workers Union.
WASHINGTON—On Mar. 20, McDonald’s asked National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge Lauren Esposito to approve a settlement of an unfair-labor-practice case that would give workers back pay without holding
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Adjunct professors at the University of South Florida have voted 326-91 for union representation, the Service Employees International Union announced Mar. 18.
FERGUSON, Mo.—The 104-day strike at the Christian Care Home here ended Mar. 15, as SEIU Healthcare Missouri members ratified a new contract that will give them a 20-cent-an-hour raise next
WASHINGTON—The American Federation of Government Employees filed a complaint Mar. 14 accusingafge the Department of Education of failing to bargain in good faith, five days after the department announced that
