By Steve Tawa, CBS Philly
Mayor Michael Nutter today begins a two-day summit with more than 30 mayors from across the country, as he winds down his one-year stint as the President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
By Molly Bloom, StateImpact.NPR.org
A tentative contract between the Cleveland school district and its teachers union would replace the annual pay raises teachers get for accumulating years of experience or additional education with raises tied to their performance, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
By Steve Mistler, Portland Press Herald
The union representing state employees has requested a meeting with the LePage administration to discuss plans to prepare for an “inevitable” shutdown of state government.
By Kenneth Lovett, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
It’s almost pencils-down time for the city and the teachers union to reach agreement on a new teacher evaluation plan, Gov. Cuomo warned Thursday.
By Debbie Palmer, strongsville.patch.com
An anti-strike group called Strongsville Community Action Committee claimed Thursday that the Strongsville teachers’ union is following a national negotiating strategy that seeks to deceive its own members.
By Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer
Teamsters were back on the job in Northeast Ohio on Monday, a week after local union members refused to collect garbage in support of a strike by workers in Youngstown against a private hauler.
By Kurtis Alexander, The Fresno Bee The former Fresno County labor negotiator who pushed salary
By Mark Peters, The Wall Street Journal Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who built a reputation in
