DALLAS — AT&T Inc. announced that core wireline employees in its Southeast Region (CWA District 3) have voted to ratify a three-year agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
The agreement covers about 30,000 CWA members in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The contract expired Aug. 8, 2009, [...] [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor has released an updated version of its “Employment Law Guide,” an online publication that describes the major employment laws administered by the department.
The updated version addresses recent and important changes in employment laws, including the increase in the federal minimum wage and an expansion of the Family and Medical Leave [...] [...]
In the week ending Nov. 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims in the U.S. was 505,000, unchanged from the previous week’s revised figure. The four-week moving average was 514,000, a decrease of 6,500 from the previous week’s revised average.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.3 percent for the week [...] [...]
CANTON — Distribution workers at Levi Strauss & Co. facilities in the United States and Canada have approved a new North America-wide contract with the company. More than 1,250 workers will be covered by the new contract.
The workers, members of the labor union Workers United, are employed at distribution centers in Canton as well as [...] [...]
