…rejected it include UFCW Local 1000A, which represents workers at more than 60 stores in the Toronto metropolitan area. It has set a strike deadline of July 5. Read more…
…have an impact on wages, they need to go big here.” The rule is expected to be challenged by business groups in the courts and/or Republicans in Congress. Read more…
…rail in its tracks. According to the Santa Clara Valley Signal, two state legislators are introducing legislation today that calls for a re-vote of the high-speed rail project that Californians…
…whether there is a constitutionally relevant line between conditions of employment and matters that are principally issues of public policy.” The Court will hear arguments in the fall. Read more…
…system, and improve social justice across our state. Today, we continued our work to deliver on those promises. This legislation continues the progress our state has made over the past…
…can show those who live by a code of hatred that they are the ones who are different; that they are the ones destroying our society and our world; that…
…their pay will go up to $15. More than 4% of the workforce in Springfield, the state’s third-largest city, are employed as home health-care workers through MassHealth. Read more …
…practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging that management illegally declared a bargaining impasse after they refused to accept non-negotiable demands such as ending defined-benefit pensions. Read more…
…had witnessed,” said Eugenio Villasante of SEIU Local 32BJ. The strikers claim that ReadyJet has fired over a third of its workers at Logan since January 2014. Read more …
…a worse credit risk now than when Christie became governor, despite the economic recovery happening around us. [i]http://www.wsj.com/articles/n-j-s-highest-court-favors-christie-administration-on-pension-payments-1433860848 [ii]http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/how_did_nj_get_into_this_pension_mess.html [iii]http://www.wnyc.org/story/nj-pension-boards-question-wall-street-fees/ [iv]http://www.thenation.com/article/178862/pensiongate-christie-campaign-donors-won-huge-contracts [v]www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2015/06/economic_activity_inched_up_in_nj_in_2014_but_stat.html [vi]http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2015/03/nj_stays_near_top_of_personal_income_rankings_but_wage_growth_lags_behind_neighbors.html [vii]http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/05/11/christie-vetoes-bill-seeking-to-document-effectiveness-of-corporate-tax-breaks/ [viii]http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.nj.htm [ix]http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/10/02/op-ed-nj-public-schools-separate-unequal-and-unfair/ [x]http://www.app.com/story/news/politics/new-jersey/2015/04/17/nj-credit-rating-downgrade/25927519/ …
