What We're Reading Today: Labor News Roundup
Friday, January 17, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Walmart Accused
of Violating Workers’
Rights, The Wall Street Journal
The National Labor Relations Board
filed a complaint Wednesday against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., accusing the retailer
of violating workers’ federal rights to protest in more than a dozen
states.
Minnesota Orchestra Members Ratify New Deal to End
Lockout, AFL-CIO Now blog
Musicians
of the Minnesota Orchestra will be back onstage soon after they and the
orchestra board of directors have ratified a new collective bargaining
agreement that will end the nearly 16-month lockout of the musicians.
Bill Includes Pay Increase for
Blue-Collar Federal
Workers,
NFFE
The
$1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill introduced Monday evening included a one
percent pay adjustment for wage-grade federal employees.