Collective Contract

On January 1, 2012, more than 200 new laws, covering everything from local library boards to murder, will go into effect. Chicago Tribune political reporter Rick Pearson says some that might impact you the most include: - Toll hike - Electronics...

Justine Frantz has spent $1,483.31 over the past several years buying gifts for her grandchildren from online retailer Amazon.com. But the Lower Macungie resident said she won't give the Seattle company another penny after reading about working conditions...

Elmer Goris spent a year working in Amazon.com's Lehigh Valley warehouse, where books, CDs and various other products are packed and shipped to customers who order from the world's largest online retailer. The 34-year-old Allentown resident, who has...

There's no bigger sports moneymaker and show than the Super Bowl and 300 pages of contracts signed by the Capital Improvement Board lock the city and state in guaranteed revenue losses and costs while giving the National Football League a huge payday.  ...

Indiana House Democrats want Hoosiers to decide the fate of a right-to-work bill, not legislators. House Democratic leader Pat Bauer is calling for a statewide referendum to decide if Indiana should ban union contracts that mandate fees from company...

The Los Angeles Police Protective League put big bucks behind Joe Buscaino in the Nov. 8 City Council primary, but in the runoff it's got company: The union leaders of rank-and-file Department of Water and Power employees are behind an......

The Pasadena Symphony and Pops said Thursday that it has negotiated a new five-year contract with its musicans that will see their base wages rise by 5% over the course of the contract term. The orchestra said it negotiated the new agreement with the...

Dancers who work on music videos for Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and other performers staged a "solidarity rally" in Beverly Hills on Friday....

If you've been following the Chopping Block all day Thursday, you likely saw this post from this morning questioning what West Virginia's Orange Bowl romp over Clemson would mean to Florida State. Well, scrap that post. OK, don't scrap it. At least not...

For the first time, Apple listed all 156 of its suppliers and manufacturing partners as a part of its "Supplier Responsibility 2012 Progress Report." The report, which is issued annually, detailed Apple's efforts to monitor its suppliers to make sure...

ToddH zinged me in another comment thread by observing that, if I'm annoyed with Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum et. al for their constant over-the-top bleating that the very soul of America is at stake in the November election, I should......

A deeply divided Downers Grove Village Council recently voted to approve a three-year contract with the village’s firefighters union that will give firefighters a 1 …...