Politico reports that two lawsuits against Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s pension-reform law will now commence after a judge placed them on hold. One lawsuit is being brought by public-sector un...
The Wall Street Journal reports that labor costs have risen in the first quarter of 2015. Private-industry wages and salaries increased 2.8% in early 2015 in what has been termed the “stronges...
On the heels of the “Fight for Fifteen” campaign, The New York Times reports that the movement is significant for “political activists looking to the 2016 presidential campaign and beyond�...
Following McDonald’s announcement that it would raise wages for only workers employed directly by the company (about 5% of McDonald’s entire workforce), low-wage fast food workers in Boston ...
The LA Times reports that farmworkers in Baja California have vowed to continue striking after negotiations failed on Wednesday. Authorities arrested farmworkers during protests and have refuse...
Lydia DePillis of The Washington Post writes that the nine-person staff of the D.C. bike shop, Capitol Hill Bikes, voted to form the District Bicycle Workers’ Union. The move came after workers...
The LA Times reports that news of Wisconsin’s impending right-to-work law would make the state the 25th state in the country to abolish union fees. The move is part of Republican Governor Scott...
Politico reports that the mega corporation Walmart, the largest private employer in the U.S., will increase its starting hourly wage beginning in April. Walmart plans to raise the starting hourl...
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The New York Times reports that Mary T. Barra, chief executive of G.M. Motors, has made the decision to give out bonuses to union blue-collar workers for the first time since the company’s ban...
Patrick J. Lynch, the president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, New York City’s largest police union, will face challenges in the union election later this year. Lynch assumed a hi...