Category: Municipal Government

September 2, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay signed a bill on Aug. 28 raising the city’s minimum wage to $11 an hour in

September 1, 2015 By Gregory Floyd, President Teamsters Local 237 and Trustee on the General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters While I’m heartened that some presidential candidates

September 1, 2015 By Steven Wishnia A National Labor Relations Board ruling last week could eliminate a common way employers insulate themselves from responsibility for wages and conditions, unions trying

August 31, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Without the steadfast courage of Corinthians Andrews, Bernice Christopher and Patricia Williams — lead plaintiffs in the landmark Equal Pay Act case

August 31, 2015 By John Quinn, LaborPress USA Ontario, Calif.- More than 1,200 San Bernardino County public employees were joined by State Treasurer John Chiang and District Attorney Mike Ramos

August 28, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel Oregon state workers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 503 have voted overwhelmingly to approve a new four-year contract. The

August 28, 2015 By John Quinn, LaborPress USA Washington, DC – A new briefing paper released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) finds that women represented by a

August 26, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel Several hundred property-service workers protested Aug. 20 outside the Philadelphia-area headquarters of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, demanding that the company rehire 10

August 25, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Efforts to diversify the ranks of the FDNY through the use of a newly revived cadet training program are meeting with