August 15, 2013 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Associated Press, August 14, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With Thomas Perez now confirmed as head of the Labor Department, the agency is expected to unleash a flurry of new regulations that have been bottled up for months — a prospect that has business leaders...
June 4, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Chicago Tribune, June 3, 2013) CHICAGO — Labor peace has been short-lived at the CTA in the wake of a historic contract negotiated late last year that changed decades-old work rules to increase efficiency and save the transit agency millions of dollars...
March 18, 2013 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Bloomberg, March 18, 2013) NEW YORK — German commuter and high-speed rail services are suffering delays and cancellations as Deutsche Bahn AG is affected by warning strikes organized by a labor union for 6.5 percent more pay. Full story:...
March 18, 2013 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: CNN, March 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama on Monday will announce Thomas E. Perez, U.S. assistant attorney general heading the Justice Department’s civil rights division, as his nominee for the next secretary of the Department of...
February 15, 2013 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Forbes, February 14, 2013) NEW YORK — Labor played a key role in enabling the historic merger between US Airways and American, which will create the largest airline in the world. Full story: www.forbes.com
February 15, 2013 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Huffington Post, February 14, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the largest labor unions in the U.S. will get a bit larger on Thursday, when the 1.5-million strong American Federation of Teachers enters into a new affiliation with the National Federation of...
February 8, 2013 | CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: CN press release, February 6, 2013) MONTREAL — CN and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council 11 announced today the ratification of a new four-year collective labour agreement by IBEW members. The union represents...
January 18, 2013 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Bloomberg, January 17, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. manufacturers have added a half-million new workers since the end of 2009, making the sector one of the few bright spots in an otherwise weak recovery. And yet there were 4 percent fewer union factory...
January 15, 2013 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: New York Times, January 14, 2013) NEW YORK — The union representing subway operators has advised its workers to drastically reduce their trains’ speed as they enter stations, a directive prompted by the recent deaths of two people who were shoved in front of...
December 26, 2012 | Headlines, Unions
(Source: Reuters, December 24, 2012) SEATTLE, Wash. — Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers Union (ILWU) at four U.S. Pacific Northwest ports moved closer to a possible labor clash with grain shippers on December 24, as nearly 3,000 dockworkers...
