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Strike Ends at Pennsylvania Convention Center as Agreement is Reached
After agreeing on a one-year extension of the collective bargaining agreement, a 2.5 percent pay increase for one year and a one-year extension of the customer-satisfaction agreement with the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, striking trade unions at the PA. Convention…
Breaking: Union Trades on Strike at the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Updated: It has been reported that Multiple Union Trades are on strike at the Pa. Convention Center including those representing the Stagehands, Teamsters, riggers and Carpenters with the electricians honoring their picket lines as contracts expired today/Thursday at 12:01am. Stay…
NLRB Nominees Are Confirmed, Senate Moves to Confirm All Five Obama Nominees, Erasing Doubts About Validity of Board
By MELANIE TROTTMAN WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm President Barack Obama’s full slate of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, erasing doubts about the validity of the board and its future actions. Questions about the…
The Force Behind Bills To Lower Wages and Suppress Workers’ Rights? You Guessed It: ALEC
The right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council has modeled legislation to strip workers of their rights nationwide. BY Mary Bottari and Rebekah Wilce for the Center for Media and Democracy – According to a new analysis by the Center for Media…
