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...

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK, May 12 (Reuters) - Because the sums were large and such attacks are relatively new, the two Middle East banks hit in a $45 million ATM heist face an uncertain path in trying to recover their losses, financial, insurance and legal...

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...

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...

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...

Baltimore City said Tuesday that it will throw out more than 6,000 speed and red-light camera tickets because its former contractor has stopped showing up in court to defend them — the latest sign of the dysfunction dogging Baltimore's speed...

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....

SAG-AFTRA, the union representing Hollywood actors and other performers, said Sunday it is eliminating 60 positions from the organization as part of plan to balance its budget. The layoffs, about 10% of the jobs at the union, represent the second wave...

Former lawmaker Mike Feuer, a candidate for Los Angeles city attorney in the May 21 runoff, had raised $308,000 by April 6, the first campaign reporting deadline, and had collected an additional $350,000 in taxpayer matching funds, according to a document...