Wage Contract Issues

A man and a woman in DayGlo vests, with a large sign and a giant thumbs down, parked themselves in front of Vallejo's Meyer Corporation headquarters on Thursday, protesting the firm's "low wages & benefits." Neither would reveal their names or why...

May 9 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc said Thursday that a bid by the United Steelworkers Union to re-open contract talks on behalf of workers in Milwaukee who make mining machinery had not resulted in a breakthrough and that no new meetings between the two...

Off-duty officers working security at businesses and athletic events known as special details are required to reimburse the city 10 percent of their detail wage, explained Wilkes-Barre Police Benevolent Association President Tom Kupetz. The...

Another entry has arrived in New Hampshire's ever-more-competitive ambulance market, getting a foothold in the Seacoast and eyeing the Manchester-Nashua market. American Ambulance Service of New England, the Massachusetts branch of a Florida-based...

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...

* Engineer had said building was unsafe day before accident * Death toll climbs to 501, scores still missing * Canada's Loblaw says will add "building integrity" to audits By Ruma Paul DHAKA, May 3 (Reuters) - Police investigating the collapse of a...

Average employee pay at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rose 15% over the last five years, despite an economic slump that ravaged the city's budget, records released Tuesday show. DWP workers received significantly more generous pay...

Baltimore City said Tuesday that it will throw out more than 6,000 speed and red-light camera tickets because its former contractor has stopped showing up in court to defend them — the latest sign of the dysfunction dogging Baltimore's speed...

United Steelworkers Local 1343 on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would have frozen wages, increased contributions to health care costs and offered senior union employees fewer protections....

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing Hollywood actors and other performers, said Sunday it is eliminating 60 positions from the organization as part of plan to balance its budget. The layoffs, about 10% of the jobs at the union, represent the second wave...

Former lawmaker Mike Feuer, a candidate for Los Angeles city attorney in the May 21 runoff, had raised $308,000 by April 6, the first campaign reporting deadline, and had collected an additional $350,000 in taxpayer matching funds, according to a document...

The public owner of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place on Monday called for a swift resolution to the long-running battle between the Chicago-based hotel company and the workers' union, saying it is unfair and inappropriate for the employees to have gone...