OAKLAND, Calif.—Workers at the Kaiser Permanente health-care chain in California have overwhelmingly ratified a four-year contract, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West announced Oct. 16. The union said the deal would give
Queens, NY – With just 100 days to go before the Iowa Caucus, 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, on Saturday afternoon, moved to solidify his position as the Labor candidate
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union announced Oct. 15 that it had reached a tentative contract agreement with the trade group representing Philadelphia office-building owners. The deal
CHICAGO, Ill.—More than 30,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers and support staff hit the picket lines early in the morning Oct. 17, one day after the Chicago Teachers Union rejected Mayor
Chicago, Illinois— AFT President Randi Weingarten joined Illinois Federation of Teachers on picket lines on October 17th as Chicago educators walked off the job. Union members walked out on October
WASHINGTON—The federal Department of Labor published a final rule earlier this month that will allow states “to require drug testing for a far larger group” of applicants for unemployment compensation.
DETROIT, Mich.—The United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract agreement with General Motors Oct. 16, possibly ending the month-long strike by more than 48,000 workers at the company’s U.S. plants.
Brooklyn, NY – At the same time that hundreds of scientists worldwide are publicly supporting nonviolent acts of civil disobedience aimed at breaking the fossil fuel industry’s death grip on
As technology continues to change many industries rapidly, Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of EmblemHealth, a New York City-based not-for-profit health insurance company, is striving to meet the challenges of
BRUNSWICK, Me.—Maine labor unions have condemned Sen. Susan Collins’ votes to confirm Eugene Scalia as Secretary of Labor. “We are very disappointed with Senator Susan Collins for allowing this man to
