Weekly Digest – January 14, 2015
…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…
…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…
…and tax-law judges. “Be assured we will be fighting this,” union President Susan Kent told members in an e-mail later in the day. The state Public Employment Relations Board previously ruled that…
…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,…
…HERE Casino Contract A federal bankruptcy court judge in Delaware ruled Oct. 17 that the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey can terminate its contract with…
…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…
…now, we’re the largest city with the lowest minimum wage,” said Sarah Nolan, head of Comunidades en Accion y de Fe. Read more AFL-CIO Runs ‘Koch Sister’ Ads To counter…
…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…
…on YouTube Aug. 11. The video mixes clips from speeches by Gov. Chris Christie with newspaper headlines like “Christie Cheats NJ Pension Reform” to a soundtrack of ominous music similar…
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Who’s Funding Campbell Brown’s Campaign Against Teachers? Former CNN news anchor Campbell Brown won’t say who’s paying for the lawsuit she’s organized to…