…AFSCME members had worked in the immediate response to the 9/11 attacks, including Father Mychal Judge, the Fire Department chaplain killed when the World Trade Center collapsed. AFSCME Council 24…
…more Connecticut FOX Newsroom Votes to Join NABET Employees in FOX CT’s newsroom voted 35 to 17 on Feb. 18 to join the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians….
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Supreme Court Says Companies Can Cut Retirees’ Health Benefits The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Jan. 26 that a West Virginia chemical company might…
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Richest 1% Own Half World’s Wealth The world’s richest 1% will own more than everyone else on the planet combined by next year,…
…appointment. Read more Musicians Celebrate Right to Carry Instruments on Planes Musicians in the U.S. and Canada are celebrating a new Department of Transportation rule that requires airlines to let…
…out of the bottle. Once it becomes legal to cut accrued benefits, then it’s a different world,” said Alicia Munnell, director of Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research. Read more…
…parking companies that run more than 100 lots. The union says it has won raises to an average of $12 an hour and gotten the companies to provide bathrooms, heat,…
…year. State ethics rules require a two-year wait before campaign donors can get pension-management contracts. “We urge the State Ethics Commission to investigate this pay-to-play scheme on behalf of taxpayers…
…first “Koch Sisters” spot, slated to run on CNN and MSNBC, will feature Karen Koch, a member of the Michigan Education Association, and Joyce Koch, a retired teacher from New…
…the same work in another state, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis of federal data. The state had the nation’s worst fatality rate in several construction trades, with almost…
