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State officials say the understaffed and overcrowded corrections system needs over $300 million to increase pay and fix decaying facilities. Lawmakers just approved some funding but it falls short.

Cleveland Members of Service Employees (SEIU) Local 1199 have voted to strike Lutheran Hospital, one of Cleveland Clinic’s 311 facilities, located worldwide. Lutheran Hospital was established in 1896, but in 1997 — like numerous local hospitals — it was gobbled up by Cleveland Clinic. Lutheran is the only unionized Cleveland…

Hundreds of workers employed in the Midwest by a telecommunications giant are facing the possibility of losing their jobs since the company announced its intention to close some of its call centers. In Illinois and four other states, members of the Communications Workers of America District 4 have been at their jobs with AT&T for years, even decades, and they are voicing concerns over the future of their livelihoods. The closures also affect workers in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin....

Six Royal Mail staff have been sacked after enjoying cups of tea and coffee at two pubs while on break.

100 Years Ago: 1923 Pres. Warren Harding, of Ohio, is home tonight; sleeping time away near the mother at whose knee his first childish dream of greatness was prattled. Before his tomb, as the chiming verses of the choir sang softly among the trees. “Nearer. My God To Thee,” another tender, brave woman stood with […]

While unionization votes often make headlines, the path to a contract can be a long one. Since the beginning of last year, seven Starbucks locations in Maryland have voted to unionize. The most recent location in Ellicott City saw its vote certified in late July, bringing the total nationwide to more than 330 Starbucks locations. ...

Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) acknowledged the positive impact of the American Rescue Plan on approximately 2,400 Pennsylvania workers and retirees whose pensions will now be protected. The affected workers and retirees are AFL-CIO members affiliated with IUE-CWA, the industrial division of the Communication Workers of America representing machine workers and tech workers. Thanks […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) applauded the announcement that the pensions of approximately 2,400 Pennsylvania workers and retirees will be protected, thanks to the American Rescue Plan.

An online Pittsburgh newsroom’s last remaining journalist says goodbye, as the city’s media landscape sputters.