Missoula
Members of the local nurses' union rejected a proposal they say fails to adequately pay experienced and new nurses. The two sides have not yet set a date to return to the bargaining table.
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Canada
John Abbott College teachers rallied outside the West Island CEGEP Tuesday, August 18, accusing the administration of creating a toxic and dysfunctional workplace and calling on Quebec's higher-education minister to intervene.
Minnesota
New minimum wages for Minnesota nursing home workers received final federal approval and will take effect on Sept. 10, more than three years after the state Legislature created a nation-leading labor standards board to set pay and working standards for some of the state’s lowest-paid workers. Thousands of workers will receive raises with the new […]
Commentary
While Colorado labor organizers and activists have been (rightly) concerned for the past several years with passing the Worker Protection Act, there is an often overlooked but equally important route toward worker empowerment in the state: Municipal collective bargaining. The Worker Protection Act would strengthen labor rights for private sector workers in Colorado, but it […]
Missoula
"You should not be worried that the person helping you is distracted by thoughts of losing their apartment, or how they're going to make rent," said one worker.
Commentary
Even though Lancaster County District Judge Lori Maret pumped the brakes on Lincoln setting its own minimum wage, the story is more than an accounting of dollars and cents. It also includes whether voters’ voices are being muted or which branch of state government gets to decide. Another narrative, this one about the principles of […]
Montana
MONTANA - Law enforcement are looking for the driver of a semi-truck that reportedly hit a highway construction worker and did not stop.
Missoula
"This is stalling on real issues, all while the cost of living is continuing to increase," said Tasha Anderson, who said she hasn't gotten a raise in five years.
Montana
MISSOULA, Mont. — Caregivers and state Sen. Ellie Boldman are set to rally in Missoula over pay and staffing concerns for in-home care workers.
Shreveport
MANSFIELD, La. – The DeSoto Parish School Board has unanimously voted to extend the employment contract of Superintendent Clay Corley.
