May 11, 2010 | Headlines, Unions
(The following story by Patrick J. McDonnell appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on May 8, 2010.) LOS ANGELES — Pledging to “restore relations with the American labor movement,” Mary Kay Henry was named president Saturday of the Service Employees...
April 15, 2010 | Headlines, Unions
(The following story by Steven Greenhouse appeared on the New York Times website on April 13, 2010.) NEW YORK — Andy Stern, the nation’s most politically influential union president, will announce plans this week to resign, several union officials said, in a move that...
December 17, 2009 | Headlines, Unions
(The following story by Sholnn Freeman appeared on the Washington Post website on December 17, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of unions representing airline workers is seeking changes to U.S. bankruptcy laws that would make it harder for airlines to scrap labor...
December 11, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 10, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — The SEPTA board today approved the contract that ended last month’s six-day strike by bus drivers, subway and trolley operators and...
December 3, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(The following story by Keith Laing appeared on The Herald Tribune website on December 2, 2009.) SARASOTA, Fla. — House leaders on Wednesday appeared unwilling to address concerns about passenger rail legislation raised by a major union, even as they acknowledged that...
December 1, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(The following story by Aaron Deslatte and Dan Tracy appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on November 30, 2009.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Since Florida Senate leaders kick-started talks about pushing through SunRail legislation, the Florida AFL-CIO has been talking...
November 25, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on November 25, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — Most SEPTA riders have returned since the end of the six-day strike – but not all. Ridership on city buses, subways, and trolleys remains...
November 23, 2009 | CP, Headlines, Unions
(Reuters circulated the following on November 20, 2009.) OTTAWA — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) (CP.N) said on Friday it reached a tentative, three-year labor agreement with the union that represents railway police. Canada’s second biggest railroad will...
November 23, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(The following story by Robert Moran appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on November 23, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — With none of the dramatics that marked their bitter, six-day strike against SEPTA, transit workers voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve a new...
November 20, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(The following story by John M. Roman appeared on the Delaware County Times website on November 19, 2009.) PHILADELPHIA — Some 5,000 members of Transport Workers Union Local 234 will be voting all day and night Friday on a tentative contract with SEPTA that was...
