Wage Contract Issues

It happens after every natural catastrophe. Once the winds die down, the water recedes or the fire is doused, shady contractors appear on the scene to make affected homeowners victims twice over. "You see a rash of this after a natural disaster," says...

The Baltimore school system spent more than $2.8 million on overtime in fiscal 2010, even though it was doubtful that employees worked all of the hours for which they were paid. Three employees earned a combined $250,000 in salaries while working for...

Chambersburg Hospital and the health care professionals working there ratified a new contract on Monday that calls for pay raises and employee contributions to health insurance. “Workers will begin paying for their health care benefits, but receive...

SOUTH BEND -- It's not exactly a raise, but South Bend teachers are each getting a one-time stipend of $1,150. At its Monday evening meeting, the school board approved a contract with the teacher's union -- effective retroactively from Aug. 16, 2012,...

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis called the overwhelming vote by teachers in favor of a contract agreement a victory, but said the union would continue to fight against school closing and the growth of privately-run charter schools. "No...

Fourth in a series about Costa Mesa's political battle. * He could have spent his retirement traveling the country with his wife or volunteering at a museum, but Tom Arnold decided his 30 years as a firefighter weren't enough. Arnold had retired...

The first labor contract covering maintenance workers at Bob Hope Airport went into effect on Friday, giving hefty wage increases to the employees over the next three years. Workers will see a $14% pay increase in the first year of the contract, 8% in...

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...

NILES -- The impact of a decline in property taxes and state revenue-sharing funds continues to play out in the city of Niles in the form of frozen pay for city workers. As it did two weeks ago with city police officers and firefighters, the Niles City...

Hollywood's casting directors have ratified a new three-year contract. Teamsters Local 399 business agent Steve Dayan said the union's casting directors overwhelmingly approved a new contract Tuesday that gives them modest increases in wages and...

The Washington County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to award contracts for the construction of a new Bester Elementary School to firms that were included in a bid package in which the school system requested nonprevailing wages. Work...

When a state agency tried to hire a new contractor to run a call center that fields inquiries about child support payments, an appeals panel intervened and called the process "deeply flawed" and "unreasonable, illogical and improper." The move would have...