Wage Contract Issues

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of congressional Democrats. The report analyzes data from Wisconsin's...

Wal-Mart wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of Congressional Democrats. The report analyzes data from Wisconsin’s Medicaid...

PIERRE - It was revealed Thursday state government stopped paying monthly fees last winter to a national recruiting firm hired to help South Dakota employers find workers from outside the state. Under-performance was the reason the $49,000 payments were...

* Tullow data covers 8 countries, but not contract terms * U.S., EU legislation will require greater transparency * Tullow says Uganda could earn $50 bln from existing finds By Andrew Callus LONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - Africa-focused Tullow Oil Plc...

Story correction: The title for grain delivered by a farmer to a grain buyer transfers to the buyer at the time of delivery, according to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. An oral agreement for future sale and pricing stands for up to 30...

Teachers in the Quakertown Community School District will see a slight salary bump and pay more toward health care under a new three-year contract. The new contract also includes a pilot program aimed at changing the way teachers are compensated. The...

Jun 01 (TheWrap.com) - The merged acting union SAG-AFTRA approved a new three-year commercials contract on Friday with 96 percent of the vote, the union announced. The contract will result in wage increases and other payments totaling $238 million for...

SAG-AFTRA members overwhelmingly approved new contracts covering work in commercials. The new three-year contracts, which cover performers working in commercials for television, radio, the Internet and new media, were approved by a 96% margin, the union...

SAG-AFTRA members have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year commercials contract with 96% support among those voting. It's the first major successor agreement to go into effect under the year-old merger of SAG and AFTRA. Approval had been expected....

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday defended a proposed change in the city's parking meter lease that would allow free Sunday parking in the neighborhoods following criticism from some aldermen who say it could hurt businesses by jamming up needed street...

May 31 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc and the union representing about 800 Of its Milwaukee workers who make specialized mining machinery have reached a new, six-year tentative labor agreement, the company said. Caterpillar, the world's largest maker of...

A strike at the Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago that lasted 10 years has ended. Unite Here Local 1, the union representing cleaning and maintenance workers, offered an unconditional return to work as of midnight Wednesday. The union Thursday...