Unions

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday sought to get a handle on the flap over imminent Monday closings of Chicago Public Library branches, saying the move is necessary because union leaders haven't agreed to an alternate idea to cut hours at the libraries. The...

For years, airport passengers and workers have had concerns about radiation exposure from the x-ray screening machines, and the TSA, in charge of aggressively approving the installation of so-called 'back-scatter' machines across the country, continues to...

Working for a public agency with a runaway overtime problem, CTA veteran Jackie Hubbard logged an average of 34 hours of OT on top of each 40-hour week, according to payroll records. "Some people at CTA are picky about the type of work they do and the...

The city’s branch libraries will be closed all day on most Mondays instead of being closed during the morning on most Mondays and Fridays as Mayor Rahm Emanuel originally envisioned. The change in plans, quietly announced this week, is the result...

Twenty-two Raley’s Bel Air location employees received letters this week telling them they could be laid off. The company which is union owned says their operating costs are high and thus their profits are lower. In the letter, the company said...

Representatives of striking Zion-Benton High School District 126 teachers and staff are scheduled to resume contract talks with district officials at 9 a.m. Friday, a union official said this evening. Negotiations will resume at 9 a.m. Friday in the...

Contracts between Newport Beach and the city's public safety unions are set to expire Saturday, and officials said they have not yet agreed on how much workers' retirement benefits should be scaled back. Newport Beach police, firefighters and...

Earlier this month, WSBT's Dustin Grove sat down with Indiana Governor MItch Daniels to talk about what happened in 2011, and expectations for 2012 at the Statehouse. One of the topics was the controversial "right to work" bill, a piece of legislation...

Increasing MARC train service during off-peak hours and initiating it on weekends would help boost the Baltimore-Washington economy, says a regional transportation advocacy group that seeks to make it easier for potential employees to reach job centers....

CALEXICO — City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to approve adjustments to the city manager’s salary as well as to amend the city manager’s contract to require at least a 4-1 vote to remove the city manager without cause. Mayor Luis Castro and...

CALEXICO – Calexico City Council, minus the mayor, split votes that would have amended city contracts with the city attorney and finance director Tuesday night. Mayor Luis Castro was not present due to his attendance of a conference in...

I was shocked and angered to read Joseph Serna's story "Berardino: City is not to be trusted" on Dec. 15 in which union boss and recent Orange County Fair Board appointee Nick Berardino moved to cut Costa Mesa's ties with the annual Barrett-Jackson auto...