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.