Tag: compensation and benefits
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UNFI WORKERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA JOIN TEAMSTERS
Drivers Choose Representation with Local 509, Prepare for First Contract Negotiations RICHBURG, S.C., Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — More than 50 drivers at UNFI in Richburg, South Carolina, have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 509 for better wages, stronger benefits, and improved working conditions. The victory is the latest in a wave of Teamsters…
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DailyPay Adds Frontline Communications To Its Platform, Amplifying Its Position As The Go-To App For Hourly Workers
DailyPay To Offer Frontline Communications To Connect DailyPay Workers With Their Workplace NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — DailyPay, the leading On-Demand Pay platform, today announced the addition of a powerful and intuitive Frontline Communications solution to help employers foster an engaged and connected workplace. This solution, which will be available to employers who…
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University of Minnesota, Teamsters reach deal to end strike; Farm Aid concert saved
MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota and its service workers have reached a deal, ending the strike that had threatened next weekend’s Farm Aid concert. The strike involving 1,400 custodial, maintenance, food service and sanitation workers represented by Teamsters Local 320 began Monday. The walkout affected university campuses and satellite locations around the state. The…
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Boeing machinists reject new contract, stay on strike in St. Louis
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Missouri — St. Louis-area Boeing Co. machinists on Friday rejected the company’s newest offer, opting instead to prolong their six-week strike. St. Louis members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 gathered at St. Louis Music Park on Friday morning to vote on the contract. By noon, union spokesperson…
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Boeing workers reject their latest contract offer, extending strike at three Midwest plants
Boeing workers have rejected another contract proposal, extending their nearly six-week strike at three Midwest plants
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California’s incarcerated firefighters, who earn about $1 per hour, may soon get a hefty raise
In howling winds and choking smoke during the January fires that devastated Altadena and Pacific Palisades, more than 1,100 incarcerated firefighters cleared brush and dug fire lines, some for wages of less than $30 per day. Those firefighters could soon see a major raise. On Thursday, California lawmakers unanimously approved a plan to pay incarcerated…
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Boeing, union reach tentative agreement to end St. Louis strike
ST. LOUIS — Union leaders said Wednesday that negotiators had reached a tentative agreement with Boeing to end a six-week strike. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 said the five-year deal includes improved general wage increases and a signing bonus. Union members will vote on the agreement on Friday, according to…
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Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Patrick Aguilar, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) The share of doctors who belong to unions is rising quickly at a time when organized labor is losing ground with other professions. The Conversation U.S. asked Patrick Aguilar, a…
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Veterans Disability Attorney Eric Gang Featured in Foreign Affairs Observer on National Guard Deployments and Veterans’ Benefits
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Veterans disability attorney Eric Gang, founder of Gang & Associates, was recently featured in Foreign Affairs Observer discussing the growing expansion of National Guard deployments and the critical distinction between state and federal activation. As National Guard units are increasingly mobilized in response to domestic crises, Gang underscores…
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US household income rose slightly last year, roughly matching 2019 level
The income for the typical U.S. household barely rose last year and essentially matched its 2019 peak, the Census Bureau said Tuesday, as stubbornly high inflation offset wage gains