WASHINGTON—Trump administration proposals to revamp regulations in order to let more 16- and 17-year-olds perform hazardous jobs has piqued the ire of 47 House Democrats. The Department of Labor has
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Voters in Missouri rejected a state law banning the union shop by a two-to-one margin in the Aug. 7 primary. Proposition A, which would have allowed the so-called
LOS ANGELES, C.A. – The Communications Workers of America District 9 (CWA) and Frontier Communications Corporation have ratified a new labor agreement amending and extending existing contracts with CWA in
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Skilled CWA telecommunications workers have been outspoken that moving electrical equipment on poles is dangerous work. A nationwide “One Touch, Make Ready” (OTMR) policy being considered by
DETROIT, Mich.—Service Employees International Union Local 1 janitors announced July 23 that they had voted to authorize a strike when their contract expires Aug. 1. The union, which represents about
FOX CROSSING, Wisc.—Union workers at Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s Cold Spring facility ratified a contract July 23 intended to stave off the plant’s closing, but the company says it still needs state
DETROIT, Mich.—Federal employees held protests around the nation July 24 against three executive orders by President Donald Trump that would make it easier to fire workers, let federal agencies impose
DETROIT, Michigan – Daimler AG and the United Auto Workers . have approved a new six-year labor contract that covers more than 6,000 employees in the United States. “UAW members at
ANAHEIM, Calif.—The Walt Disney Co. reached a tentative contract agreement July 23 with four unions representing about 9,700 workers at Disneyland and its surrounding businesses—but are now likely to lock
CHARLESTON, W. Va.—Discussions July 18 on how to fund the state’s health-insurance program for its workers were overshadowed by Senate President Mitch Carmichael’s Twitter denunciations of teachers’ unions for supporting
