A drop in the minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers was one of the first proposed laws before a new City Council. It still hasn t passed, despite support.
Workers for an assisted living facility are calling for higher wages in their union contract negotiations. Aegis Living is a Seattle-based company that has been in negotiations with Service Employees International Union - Local 775 - workers since March 2023. Workers say higher pay would help with retention. .
Memorial Day commemorates Americans who lost their lives while serving in the military. But the Iowa Federation of Labor takes the opportunity to also honor people who died on the job in the last year. The Iowa Division of Labor says the 57 workers who died on the job lived in all corners of the state - from Muscatine and Liberty, to Storm Lake, Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. .
The Seattle City Council could reduce wages and reverse other protections for app delivery drivers less than six months after an ordinance to provide drivers with a minimum wage took ef
North Dakota has not managed to substantially reverse its rate of workplace fatalities. An annual report puts the state in the top five in the category. The findings, from the national arm of the AFL-CIO, show more than 5,000 people were killed on the job in the U.S. .