Wage Contract Issues

* U.S. appeals court ruling expected in coming weeks * Argentina could take its case to the Supreme Court * Market is prepared for a technical default By Hilary Burke BUENOS AIRES, May 13 (Reuters) - When Argentina defaulted on its debt in 2002, the...

Nearly 350 city employees will receive bonuses if elected officials approve the proposed one-time pay increase at Wednesday's commission meeting. The cash boost for the city's 317 full-time and 25 part-time employees in the union will cost the city $1...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - Stacey Kalivas should be celebrating her graduation from college later this week. Instead, the 22 year-old is getting ready to move back home with broken dreams and in debt. Kalivas is a member of the...

Contract talks between the United Steelworkers union and Caterpillar at the company's Milwaukee mining equipment plant broke off Thursday night after just one day, with more meetings between the two sides scheduled. While apparently far apart, neither...

May 9 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc said Thursday that a bid by the United Steelworkers Union to re-open contract talks on behalf of workers in Milwaukee who make mining machinery had not resulted in a breakthrough and that no new meetings between the two...

United Steelworkers Local 1343 on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would have frozen wages, increased contributions to health care costs and offered senior union employees fewer protections....

— United Steelworkers Local 1343 on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would have frozen wages, increased contributions to health care costs and offered senior union employees fewer protections....

Average employee pay at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rose 15% over the last five years, despite an economic slump that ravaged the city's budget, records released Tuesday show. DWP workers received significantly more generous pay...

The town council voted unanimously Tuesday to seek new management for the troubled community golf course after the existing management company failed to meet contractual obligations. "In essence, where we are is, we need to cut ties and we need to move...

The sparse front page of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 website expresses exactly the message Brian D'Arcy wants his members to get: Rotating photos of protesting workers waving "A DEAL IS A DEAL" signs. It also features...

* Engineer had said building was unsafe day before accident * Death toll climbs to 501, scores still missing * Canada's Loblaw says will add "building integrity" to audits By Ruma Paul DHAKA, May 3 (Reuters) - Police investigating the collapse of a...

Six hundred unionized workers at the Drake, Palmer House, Chicago Hilton and Towers and the Hilton O'Hare will see their compensation increase by a total of $4.81 over the course of five years beginning September. The increase is part of a deal signed...