Collective Contract

The town council voted unanimously Tuesday to seek new management for the troubled community golf course after the existing management company failed to meet contractual obligations. "In essence, where we are is, we need to cut ties and we need to move...

Members of the United Steel Workers in Wisconsin are set to vote Tuesday on a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would freeze wages, increase health care costs and give senior employees fewer protections. The proposed agreement covers...

(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) * CDC chief worries as potential flu pandemic looms * FDA sees long-term consequences in recruitment, future leadership * Tenet takes a $50 million hit,...

As city schools CEO Andrés Alonso steps aside, he's turning the system over to a close adviser he's trusted during some of his administration's most trying moments. Alonso's chief of staff, Tisha Edwards, will lead the system through the 2014 school...

Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso tearfully announced his resignation Monday, ending a six-year tenure marked by bold yet often divisive reforms and casting uncertainty on the future of the long-troubled school system. Under Alonso's leadership, city...

The bustling fast-food restaurant on Chicago's Far South Side where Maria Torres works is the type of business that could be a proving ground for immigration reforms being considered in Congress. Torres, 52, who cooks and cleans at the restaurant, said...

The sparse front page of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 website expresses exactly the message Brian D'Arcy wants his members to get: Rotating photos of protesting workers waving "A DEAL IS A DEAL" signs. It also features...

By tim bross ST. LOUIS, May 3 (Reuters) - A lawyer for the United Mine Workers of America on Friday told a bankruptcy judge it would be forced to strike if Patriot Coal Corp succeeds in voiding its contract with the union, as five days of contentious...

* Sparks from rescue equipment cause the fire * Owner of collapsed building arrested fleeing to India-police * Hundreds more still missing, police say * Four pulled from rubble alive, four days after disaster By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA,...

(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters) - After helping coordinate the American civilian aid efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya, Mark Ward arrived in Turkey last year to oversee...

With an aging and shrinking county population and flat funding subsidies, the head of the Community College of Beaver County board of trustees said it makes good sense to reach out to the school's Butler County counterpart about a possible merger....

The town council's finance subcommittee will meet with the board of education Wednesday, after which the full council is expected to vote on the proposed $89.6 million town budget. "I think they want to go over some stuff with the board," Town Manager...