Unions

The following is Governor Tom Corbett’s 2012-13 Budget Address to the General Assembly (as prepared for delivery): Speaker Smith, President Pro Tempore Scarnati, Lieutenant Governor Cawley, members of the General Assembly, distinguished cabinet,...

A significant number of Baltimore teachers — in some schools as many as 60 percent of the staff — have received unsatisfactory ratings on their midyear evaluations as the system moves to implement a pay-for-performance contract that's...

The Sheraton Anchorage Hotel’s Texas-based owners have been ordered to recognize union contracts and bargain with the union representing hospitality workers at the hotel. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Burgess’s 34-page injunction was...

Every year since George Washington gave an address in 1790 in New York City (then the provisional capital of the U.S.), America’s presidents have given an annual message to Congress about the “State of the Union.” Since Woodrow Wilson,...

Kansas Republicans responded to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. In the speech, the President proposed to require millionaires to pay at least 30% of their income in taxes and to eliminate deductions that save companies...

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) reported a strong finish to 2011, with improved fourth-quarter performance capping a year of earnings and dealer retail sales growth. Income from continuing operations was $54.6 million, or $0.24 per share, in the fourth...

President Obama says his State of the Union message will carry forward many of the themes he discussed in Kansas last month, and will be a speech that will "lay out a blueprint for an American economy that's built to last." Obama previewed his annual...

The union that represents the Meyersdale Borough Police Department is filing grievances against borough council. Carl Bailey, secretary/treasurer of Teamsters Local 205, said borough council President Martha Curran is refusing to sign the voluntarily...

Judge David C. Klementik's decision favored the union in a dispute over a Shade-Central City teacher's job performance rating. The Shade-Central City School District challenged a decision by arbitrator Gerald Kobell, who found Aug. 18 that there was no...

New Year's resolutions generally conjure up good intentions to lose weight, spend more time with family and friends or reorganize. But for millions of Americans, this year's resolutions are more urgent: Find a job. Make enough money to cover groceries and...

Plans were in the works to bring in investors to help keep operations at Somerset Foundries going, according to the company's president. President Greg Frick said the management team was trying to find new investors. The plant laid off its iron workers...