3+ hour, 14+ min ago  (253+ words) More former Vatukoula mine workers and their families are receiving compensation as the government continues payments linked to Fiji's longest-running industrial dispute. Permanent Secretary for Employment Maritino Nemani handed over 13 compensation envelopes to former workers and beneficiaries. Nemani says the…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago  (1769+ words) Kendra Sparks, third from left, holds a pickets sign outside the C&H Sugar refinery in Crockett'on June 30. Sparks has worked at the company for 30 years. Standing in a picket line outside the Crockett refinery where she usually packages sugar…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (756+ words) RICHMOND " A labor fight at C&H Sugar has widened beyond the Crockett refinery, with longshore workers and advocates rallying in Richmond on Wednesday over what they described as strikebreaking tactics, unsafe sugar handling and exploitation across the international sugar…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (971+ words) IBEW Local 614 is celebrating a deal that offers pensions to recent hires and boosts health care coverage. Union members will now vote on whether to ratify the contract. Striking PECO workers walked a picket line in front of the company's…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (138+ words) PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) " The PECO strike is over. After three days on the picket line, IBEW Local 614 officials said the union has won all of its major contract priorities, including significant wage increases for all members, a cash balance pension,…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (963+ words) The union says PECO is dragging its heels to wear them out. PECO accuses the union of blocking restoration work. Stuart Davidson, IBEW Local 614 counsel, Larry Anastasi IBEW Local 614 president and bargaining committee members updated the press on the state…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (484+ words) Negotiations between the two sides began in January. Workers at PECO launched the first strike in the utility company's 145-year history early Saturday as they walked off the job Saturday morning. The strike by IBEW Local 614 workers began at 12: 01 a. m. Saturday…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (496+ words) Home " PECO Crews On Strike Negotiations between the two sides began in January. Workers at PECO launched the first strike in the utility company's 145-year history early Saturday as they walked off the job Saturday morning. The strike by IBEW…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (211+ words) PHILADELPHIA " PECO workers are on strike following a weekend in the region of brutal heat and dangerous storms that knocked out power for many residents in the Philadelphia region. This is the first work stoppage in PECO's 145-year history. PECO…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (34+ words) Negotiations set to resume amid first-ever PECO workers strike after storms knock out power in Philadelphia region 6abc Philadelphia PECO strike negotiations set to continue as thousands remain without power after weekend storms...