Wage Contract Issues

Community activists and an interfaith group want Philadelphia City Council to amend a lease agreement between the city and US Airways Group to boost the salary of 1,500 low-wage airport workers and require future hiring for ground-service jobs to come...

After months of negotiations aimed at heading off curriculum cuts, the Daniel Boone Education Association is making proposed contract concessions a take-it-or-leave-it proposition. The teachers union voted overwhelmingly Thursday afternoon to offer...

FARGO, N.D. - Last fall, for the fourth straight year, Thief River Falls, Minn., farmer Ken Asp chose not to re-enroll some of his farmland in the Conservation Reservation Program. Enrolling the land into CRP made economic sense when he did it, in...

Will County Board members Thursday sent a message to state lawmakers—pass a concealed carry law before it automatically becomes law. Board members voted 15-6, with three members voting "present," supporting a resolution backing a concealed carry...

The Bethel Park School Board will vote on Wednesday on whether to accept a fact-finder's report and set a new contract with its 79 bus drivers, mechanics and bus aides, or reject it in favor of a bid by First Student to take over the district's student...

Gold Cross Ambulance employees reached a contract impasse with the company and a strike notice has been issued, a union representative confirmed Wednesday. Contract impasses involving Gold Cross Ambulance have reportedly occurred in the past, but an...

Despite delays and added costs, the lengthy construction project at the Mid Valley Elementary Center will likely stay under budget. Even on budget, litigation looms after the board withheld payments because of contractors' delays. Board member Frank...

The state attorney general's office subpoenaed the office of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and six other county agencies Tuesday amid the probe into debris-removal contracts related to superstorm Sandy, officials confirmed. Besides Mangano,...

Oxford took another step Tuesday toward construction of a new fire station in Bynum, to be located at the intersection of U.S. 78 and Bynum Cutoff Road. The council voted to enter into a contract with the engineering firm Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood to...

Jeff Cassell was officially approved as the next superintendent of the Waynesboro Schools Tuesday night by an unanimous vote of the school board. Cassell, 49, plans to start his new job as the successor to current Superintendent Robin Crowder on July...

In a mistake that could prove costly for taxpayers, the state will be forced to send a third mailing to 250,000 Quest health insurance members next month because of problems with two earlier correspondences. The Department of Human Services Med-Quest...

Officials at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District this week moved to fire an assistant director who had spent more than a year on paid leave during an internal investigation. In the formal termination documents filed with the Chicago-based water...