Wage Contract Issues

Gov. David A. Paterson announced agreement Sunday on a new contract with the State Police union, calling for wages to increase three percent in each of the first three years and 4 percent in the final year. The new pact......

by Frank James President Barack Obama reacted angrily today to reports that American Insurance Group employees received $165 million in bonuses even as the giant insurer was being sustained by billions of dollars of taxpayer money, saying he would use.......

by Mark Silva Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, warning that it will ""take us a while'' to get out of the economic "mess'' the nation faces, also says banks will need some more federal help. 'it's very important for people to......

Chrysler has been allowing buyers of its Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans to return them within 60 days if they weren???t satisfied with the purchase. Now the company is expanding the program to most Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep......

It was the sort of letter designed to get attention. "Final attempt to notify," it said on the outside. Within, an official-looking "product warranty expiration notice" said that my Toyota's service contract "is expiring or has expired." It provided a...

Robert Kennedy, the higher education chief who resigned Oct. 12 amid an uproar over $250,000 in unauthorized raises given to his subordinates, received at least $100,000 more than his widely reported $340,000 annual salary in 13 months on the job —...

Jim Calhoun isn't going to stomp the sidelines at any more UConn games, but he will continue to be paid as if he were among the highest-paid basketball coaches in the nation. In fact, he will earn more not to coach the Huskies this season than he did to...

"Our members are not happy. They want to know if there is anything more they can get." So said Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, Sunday evening after its House of Delegates refused to call off its strike against Chicago Public Schools...

Fifty years ago, a group of 30 musicians from a dozen different orchestras in the U.S. and Canada met at Roosevelt University here to discuss how they could save their beleaguered profession. It was a terrible time for symphony players. In 1962, most...

Members of Unite Here protested Thursday afternoon in front of the Hyatt Regency in Indianapolis after housekeeper was let go from that position.   The former subcontracted Hyatt Regency employee, Elvia Bahena, was surprised July 24 when she went to...

If you're looking to clean out your home and make a little extra cash, doing business with your local consignment shop could be a smart move. These shops let you leave your items on their shelves until they sell in exchange for a portion of the profits....

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.  ...