New Jersey public pensions battle goes down to the wire
The pension battle began several years ago when Christie claimed the state not only wouldn't pay its part of the pensions, but couldn't afford to do so.
U.S. Supreme Court upholds N.J. Gov. Christie’s worker pension cuts
Now, the future of public workers' pensions in New Jersey may well be up to the Garden State's voters.
Teamsters and others fight pension battle over multi-employer fund
Teamsters are one of the unions under the knife now, but 200 multi-employer pension funds covering 1.5 million American workers could be in jeopardy for a number of reasons.
NYC union pension systems to invest $150m in affordable city housing
Union labor will build the housing in an economically targeted investment program in all five boroughs.
Verizon continues to demand givebacks from workers
Unions took to the streets to show mass solidarity for their bargaining teams, with rallies all over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
Money bills top labor's agenda as Congress returns to work
It's not just the numbers that are important, it's anti-worker measures the majority Republicans may try to insert into the measures, too.
Teamsters score big win in Southern California
The win is the biggest in the history of Teamsters Joint Council 42, which covers Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii.
Right-wing GOP Illinois Gov. Rauner plans to force state workers to strike
Rauner's tactic is the latest in a nationwide campaign by the right, its business backers and its political puppets to trash workers, cut wages, destroy pensions and kill unions.
New Jersey unions go toe to toe with Christie over pensions
Unions representing N.J. state and local government workers vowed that the fight over Chris Christie's pension payment cuts is not over.
Pension plans at stake in Bricklayers dispute
In current negotiations, the management trustees of the union's pension propose to radically change the union's pension plan.
