Unions and Labor

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (625+ words) LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — For the first time in more than two decades, friends and family members who aren’t flying can once again accompany loved ones beyond airport security. The Gateside by TSA PreCheck program is currently being tested at 13 airports…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1190+ words) State inspectors had planned to visit the plant to interview workers about two unrelated safety complaints the week of the tragedy, one of the deadliest U.S. workplace accidents in decades. Those plans were disrupted when the tank failed, expelling huge amounts…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (177+ words) A new watchdog report concludes that former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy. NEW YORK – Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (612+ words) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Labor Department is expected to report Friday that the American job market bounced back last month from a dismal July, even though jobseekers continue to struggle and pay gains are slight. And the employment outlook remains clouded…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (907+ words) San Antonio budget writers are looking to cut $5.1 million in grants for nonprofits to help close the city’s massive budget deficit, but organizations under the knife are fighting back. More than 60 local nonprofit leaders and their groups' supporters protested the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (215+ words) WASHINGTON – Employers posted slightly more job openings in July but the American labor market remained sturdy in the face of higher costs that are squeezing household budgets. U.S. job openings ticked up to 7.27 million in July from a revised 7.18 million…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (163+ words) BOSTON – The Boston Symphony Orchestra says it agreed with its musicians to a 48-hour extension of their collective bargaining agreement, allowing more time for negotiations to head off what could be the first strike in the ensemble’s 145-year history. The…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (208+ words) LENOX, Mass. – The union for Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians authorized the first strike in the ensemble's 145-year history on Saturday. The Boston Musicians' Association issued a statement ahead of the expiration of the union's three-year contract at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (104+ words) San Antonio airport fuel workers oust union from workplace The Black Chronicle (The Center Square) – San Antonio fuel workers are the latest in Texas to oust union bosses from their workplace. Support to remove the union was so great that…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (523+ words) Lebanon's Health Ministry and state news agency said one of the airstrikes that targeted a home on the edge of the village of Ansar killed seven people, including three children, and wounded two. The second, on the village of Deir…...