Articles tagged with workers
Thu, May 24, 2012
Aging, discouraged workers behind labor changes: Fed's Dudley
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demographic factors like an aging labor force, as well as more discouraged workers, are the likely behind the drop in the ...
Thu, May 24, 2012
Analysis: Some workers on the move again, but most stuck
By Tiziana Barghini
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bruno Martinho, a wind power engineer, moved quickly when he landed a new job in March that raised ...
Thu, May 24, 2012
Hand deformities turn up in poultry workers: report
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report describes two cases of poultry workers who developed chronically swollen knuckles, the hallmark sign ...
Mon, May 21, 2012
Opel CEO faces workers over possible plant closure
FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - The head of General Motors
Sun, May 20, 2012
Euro zone row gets fat pay rise for German workers
By Erik Kirschbaum
BERLIN (Reuters) - A record-breaking pay deal will give millions of German workers their biggest rise in wages in two decades, boost ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Fiat office workers to be laid off for six days in June, July
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian carmaker Fiat
Wed, May 16, 2012
Immigrant women farm workers suffer sex abuse: report
By Lily Kuo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of female immigrant farm workers in the United States are at risk of sexual violence and ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Two workers hurt in Texas fracking tank site blast
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two workers were hurt in an explosion at a hydraulic fracturing tank site in south Texas early on Wednesday, a sheriff's ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Corrected: Senator seeks expanded visas for foreign high-tech workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Republican in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday unveiled legislation to raise the number of permanent visas for skilled technical ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Senator seeks expanded visas for foreign high-tech workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Republican in the Senate on Tuesday unveiled legislation to raise the number of temporary visas for skilled technical workers from ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Senator seeks expanded visas for foreign high-tech workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Republican in the Senate on Tuesday unveiled legislation to raise the number of temporary visas for skilled technical workers from ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
California targets health, public workers to fix budget hole
By Jim Christie
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday unveiled a revised state budget plan that calls for new cuts to ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Ex-Fiat workers occupy two banks in Sicily
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - About 300 former Fiat
Wed, May 02, 2012
Bankrupt Alabama county cuts more workers
By Verna Gates
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County is laying off more government workers as prospects for reviving a local employment-tax ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Caterpillar workers strike; rejected signing bonus
By John D. Stoll
(Reuters) - About 800 workers at a Caterpillar Inc plant in Joliet, Illinois went on strike early Tuesday morning less than ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Wood County to study workers' wages, benefits
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) Wood County has hired an outside consulting firm to compare the wages of county employees to similar jobs in the ...
Sat, April 28, 2012
Foxconn workers sing its praises, but profit disappoints
By Clare Jim
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Profit at Taiwanese contract maker Hon Hai Precision Industry's <2317.TW> grew less than expected in the first quarter, but ...
Fri, April 27, 2012
Helen Bader Foundation awards grants to help train workers in manufacturing
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - One of Milwaukee’s largest private foundations will help provide training for some of the highly-skilled workers that manufacturers are searching for ...
Fri, April 27, 2012
Workers protest at Foxconn plant in China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Workers at a Chinese factory owned by Foxconn, Apple Inc's main manufacturer, threatened to jump off the roof of a building ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
Philadelphia transit workers hit $172.7 million jackpot
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Cheers and songs broke out at the Philadelphia's transit agency offices on Thursday when 48 employees learned they ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
Florida judge blocks drug tests for state workers
MIAMI (Reuters) - A federal judge in Miami has tossed out an executive order from Florida Governor Rick Scott requiring drug testing of state employees ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
Briggs and Stratton cutting 250 workers in global operations
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Milwaukee’s Briggs and Stratton says it will cut 250 employees in its global operations – because its lawn and garden small engine ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Lockheed F-35 workers ready for long strike, union says
By Andrea Shalal-Esa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unionized workers on strike against Lockheed Martin Corp
Mon, April 23, 2012
AMR fires opening shot in court battle with workers
By Nick Brown
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Airlines defended its plan to abandon its union contracts on Monday as its workers picketed outside a ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Walker quietly lifts bonus pay for public workers, $1.36 million promised
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - We’re learning more about merit pay raises and bonuses being given to state government workers, at a time when most ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Tesoro L.A. refinery workers vote to authorize strike
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Union workers at Tesoro Corp's 97,000 barrel per day (bpd) Los Angeles Refinery in Wilmington, California, voted to authorize a ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
China study finds mine workers at higher risk of cancer, heart disease
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese workers who are exposed to silica dust in mines, and pottery and gemstone factories suffer not ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Starbucks aims to woo China workers, parents
By Lisa Baertlein and Terril Yue Jones
LOS ANGELES/BEIJING (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp
The ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Skilled workers can't pass drug test to get job
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) - The head of a Wisconsin business group says one reason employers cannot find skilled workers is that too many of them ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Workers' class action against Brinker can proceed, in part
By Terry Baynes
(Reuters) - Part of a class-action lawsuit against Brinker International Inc can proceed, the California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, in a ...
Mon, April 09, 2012
School workers in Maryland claim part of record lottery
By Alice Popovici
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - An elementary school teacher, a special education teacher and another public school worker in Maryland shared one of three ...
Sun, April 08, 2012
Thousands of AT&T workers to stay on job as talks continue
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now.
The workers in AT&T's traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7.
AT&T, whose total workforce is roughly 256,000, is looking to trim worker benefits to cut costs in its wireline business, which has declined rapidly in recent years. But the union says AT&T is seeking too many concessions. In particular, it says that AT&T wants to significantly increase healthcare costs for workers.
At midnight eastern time April 7, contracts expired for almost 10,000 workers, including almost 6,000 so-called legacy AT&T workers in various states and about 4,000 workers in the eastern United States.
The union said just after midnight eastern time on Saturday that it made "some progress" but had "a lot of ground yet to cover" to reach agreement with the company. At midnight central time, a contract covering thousands more AT&T workers in the midwest region expired. AT&T said that the midwest contract covers 13,000 people while the union said it covers 15,000.
At midnight Pacific time, a fourth contract that the union said covered about 18,000 workers in western states such as California and Nevada also expired. Negotiations were continuing in that region as well, according to a union statement.
AT&T said the negotiations reflected "the spirit of the longstanding relationship" between AT&T and the union.
Last August, AT&T's rival, Verizon Communications, had to cope with a two-week strike after contracts expired for 45,000 workers. Roughly eight months later, Verizon is still negotiating with unions for a new contract.
AT&T has been negotiating with the CWA on the four contracts since February. Contracts covering another 30,000 AT&T wireline workers expire in coming months, the company said.
The last time AT&T faced a big strike was in 2004 when 100,000 workers walked out for four days on the company, which was then known as SBC Communications. SBC changed its name to AT&T Inc after it bought AT&T Corp in 2005.
(Reporting By Sinead Carew; Editing by Ron Popeski)
Fri, April 06, 2012
Stevens Point medical equipment maker closing plant, laying off 146 workers
STEVENS POINT, WI (WTAQ) - A Stevens Point company that makes home medical equipment says it will close its production plant in June, putting 146 ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Workers at third Tesoro refinery authorize strike
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Workers at Tesoro Corp's 58,000 barrel per day (bpd) Mandan, North Dakota, refinery joined workers at two other of the ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
146 workers to lose their jobs at Joerns plant in Stevens Point
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – A Stevens Point medical supply company announced they'd be laying off 146 employees.
Reports say Joerns Healthcare will start ...
Wed, April 04, 2012
Workers at BHP Australia coal mines vote for another strike
PERTH (Reuters) - Union workers at BHP Billiton's
Tue, April 03, 2012
About 40,000 AT&T workers may strike if talks fail
NEW YORK (Reuters) - About 40,000 AT&T Inc
The Communications Workers of America said on Tuesday that workers had voted to authorize a strike in case it fails to reach an agreement with AT&T by midnight on Saturday April 7 when four labor contracts expire.
Both sides were still in talks on Tuesday in the hope of reaching agreements by Saturday. AT&T has about 256,000 employees in total.
Last August, AT&T's rival Verizon Communications
According to the union, AT&T is in separate talks for each of the four CWA contracts on issues such as healthcare costs, job security, benefits and work rules for employees including technicians and call center workers who handle customer inquiries.
The union said that the discussions are centered on different topics for each contract. In the AT&T West region, which covers about 18,000 employees, the union has disputes with the company on jobs and healthcare costs.
"They have a lot of concessionary proposals on the table particularly regarding healthcare costs and passing costs onto employees," said Libby Sayre, a CWA spokeswoman for the region.
AT&T declined to comment on the specifics of the talks except to say that it wants employees to "pay their fair share" of healthcare costs.
"We're really committed to working with them to reach a fair contract," said Marty Richter, a spokesman for AT&T.
Last month, AT&T reached a tentative agreement with the same union for a contract covering 9,000 workers in its wireless business.
In its wireline business alone AT&T says that it has six major contracts covering 70,000 workers that expire this year.
(Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Ed Davies)
Fri, March 30, 2012
Workers critical of new employee manual in Columbia County
PORTAGE, Wis (WSAU) There’s a new legal dispute involving Wisconsin’s limits on public union bargaining. A union said the Columbia County Board ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
Apple supplier Foxconn cuts working hours, workers ask why
LONGHUA, China (Reuters) - When Chinese worker Wu Jun heard that her employer, the giant electronics assembly company Foxconn, had given employees landmark concessions her ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
Apple, Foxconn set new standard for Chinese workers
By Poornima Gupta and Edwin Chan
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc and its main contract manufacturing Foxconn agreed to tackle violations of conditions among ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Brazil oil workers sue Chevron over spill
By Jeb Blount
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's largest oil workers union filed a lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and drilling ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Brazil oil workers file lawsuit against Chevron
By Jeb Blount
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's largest oil workers union filed a civil lawsuit against oil company Chevron and drilling firm ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Australian coal workers to strike at BHP Bowen Basin mines
PERTH (Reuters) - Workers at BHP Billiton's
Thu, March 22, 2012
Volkswagen to add 800 workers at Tennessee plant
By Bernie Woodall
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG will add 800 jobs at its only U.S. plant to increase production of the Passat ...
Tue, March 20, 2012
Florida state workers face random drug tests under new law
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a law allowing state employees to be randomly tested for drugs, a measure likely to draw a ...
Tue, March 20, 2012
Florida state workers face random drug tests under new law
(Reuters) - Florida Governer Rick Scott has signed as expected a law allowing state employees to be randomly tested for illegal drugs, a measure likely ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
Ford: 1,700 workers take early retirement offer
By Deepa Seetharaman
DETROIT (Reuters) - About 1,700 Ford Motor Co's
Fri, March 16, 2012
Radio show on Apple's Chinese workers is retracted
By Jonathan Weber and Ronald Grover
(Reuters) - The U.S. radio program "This American Life" has retracted an episode critical of working conditions at ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
Ford: 1,700 workers take early retirement offer
DETROIT (Reuters) - About 1,700 Ford Motor Co's
Thu, March 15, 2012
New York cuts pension benefits for public workers
By Joan Gralla and Dan Burns
(Reuters) - New York state lawmakers approved pension reform that will save an estimated $80 billion over 30 years ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Savings low, worry high among workers: report
By Linda Stern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Workers are saving less, worrying more and may be unrealistic about their ability to work as long as they ...
Sun, March 11, 2012
Florida passes bill to test state workers for drugs
By Michael Peltier
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida lawmakers on Friday approved a measure allowing state agency heads to randomly test employees for illegal drugs ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Florida to test state workers randomly for drugs, alcohol
By Michael Peltier
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida lawmakers on Friday approved a measure allowing state agencies to randomly test up to 10 percent of ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
Maysteel union workers plan strike this weekend
ALLENTON, WI (WTAQ) - Union employees at Maysteel in Allenton are planning a strike this weekend.
That’s after about 300 members of the International ...
Wed, March 07, 2012
AMR proposes to freeze pensions of some workers
(Reuters) - AMR Corp
Wed, March 07, 2012
Aid workers find Baba Amr empty after UN talks in Damascus
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos and a convoy from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent were allowed into ...
Wed, March 07, 2012
China says some foreign firms exploit workers
By Ben Blanchard
BEIJING (Reuters) - Some foreign companies in China exploit their workers by forcing them to do overtime or underpaying them, the labor ...
Mon, March 05, 2012
AT&T, CWA in tentative contract for about 9,000 workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc is in a tentative labor contract with the Communications Workers of America covering roughly 9,000 workers in five states, according to the company and the union.
The contract is one of several the company is negotiating with union workers around the country. Other contracts currently being negotiated cover about 40,000 workers in AT&T's wireline phone business. AT&T has about 256,000 employees in total.
AT&T's rival Verizon Communications has been in negotiations for months for a new labor agreement for about 45,000 workers. Its workers went on strike over the bitterly contested contract for two weeks in August.
AT&T declined to discuss any terms in the tentative contract, which applies to workers in its mobile business. Workers will need to vote to ratify the contract.
The CWA said the company had promised to return a minimum of 2,000 jobs over the four years of the contract. Union representatives were not immediately available to give specific details and AT&T declined comment.
The company also agreed to a rate for annual wage increases as well as no change to existing pension plans as well as a ratification bonus of $1,000 per member, the CWA said.
(Reporting By Sinead Carew; Editing by Bernard Orr)
Mon, March 05, 2012
Local workers struggle to recover from ID theft
UNDATED (WSAU) More than 120 families with members who work for Shield Family Brands have been victims of identity theft. The Wausau Daily Herald ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
Retired state workers to see dip in pension funds
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - About 96 thousand retired public employees in Wisconsin may see their pension checks shrink by seven percent.The cut would hit ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
Report: No state level checkup on local complaint system for public workers
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s local governments and school districts are supposed to have new systems in place by now to hear complaints from ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
American activists fly out of Egypt, defusing row
By Tom Pfeiffer and Marwa Awad
CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. pro-democracy activists flew out of Egypt on Thursday after the authorities lifted a travel ...
Mon, February 20, 2012
French steel workers occupy ArcelorMittal plant
FLORANGE, France (Reuters) - Workers at an idled ArcelorMittal
Sat, February 18, 2012
Cardinal Glass to lay off 53 workers at 3-year-old plant
MAZOMANIE, WI (WTAQ) - Cardinal Glass Industries reports it will lay off 53 workers at its Mazomanie plant effective Sunday. Cardinal Solar Technologies notified the ...
Sat, February 11, 2012
U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria
BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Teens learn robotics as factories lack skilled workers
By Scott Malone
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - At the Escuela Vieau School in downtown Milwaukee, seventh-grader Camila Garcia was building a model wind turbine in a ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Washington D.C. workers probed in benefits fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 130 municipal employees in Washington, D.C. may have scammed the city by collecting jobless benefits while still at work, officials ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Dozens of Washington DC workers probed in benefits fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 130 Washington DC municipal employees may have scammed the city by collecting jobless benefits while still at work, the District of ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
One year later, lower-paid state workers feel pinch of CB law
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - It was a year ago this week when Governor Scott Walker proposed his landmark legislation that virtually eliminated public union bargaining ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Aging America creates demand for health-care workers
By Stella Dawson
(Reuters) - The graying of America and a booming Hispanic population is driving major changes in the structure of the U.S ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
U.S. Senate candidate Thompson says federal workers should pay more for benefits
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson says federal employees should pay more for their health insurance and pensions – just like ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Analysis: Obstacles high for more mortgage prosecutions
By David Henry and Lauren Tara LaCapra
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite the determination of President Obama to take Wall Street to court for the ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Workers to hit Darden with wage, discrimination claims
By Lisa Baertlein
(Reuters) - A restaurant workers group said it will sue Darden Restaurants Inc in federal court in Chicago on Tuesday, accusing the ...
Sun, January 29, 2012
USW tells U.S. refinery workers to prepare for strike
By Erwin Seba
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers union told U.S. refinery workers to prepare to offer safe and orderly refinery shutdowns prior ...
Sun, January 29, 2012
Stoughton Trailers hiring 125 workers at 3 different plants
STOUGHTON, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin-based Stoughton Trailers says it plans to hire about 125 production workers at its plants in Brodhead, Evansville and Stoughton.
That ...
Sat, January 28, 2012
Union says refinery workers strike more likely
By Erwin Seba
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers union warned on Saturday that a strike by U.S. refinery workers as early as 12 ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers
By Dan Levine
(Reuters) - Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer ...
Tue, January 24, 2012
About one in five workers worldwide telecommute: poll
By Patricia Reaney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - About one in five workers around the globe, particularly employees in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia ...
Mon, January 23, 2012
Madison schools want city to do background checks on poll workers
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The Madison School District is asking the city to do criminal background checks on poll workers.
27 of Madison's polling ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Ford to pay bonuses, raises for salaried workers
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co
Wed, January 18, 2012
Workers pump fuel into ice-bound Alaska port to ease shortage
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Workers pumped emergency fuel supplies into the ice-bound Alaskan port of Nome on Tuesday to ease an energy ...
Tue, January 17, 2012
Workers pump fuel into ice-bound Alaska port to ease shortage
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Workers pumped emergency fuel supplies into the ice-bound Alaskan port of Nome on Tuesday to ease an energy ...
Mon, January 16, 2012
Thousands of workers protest at Sanyo's China plant
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese workers protesting over compensation and job security at a Sanyo Electric Co Ltd plant clashed with police in ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Record number of public workers retired in 2011
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Public employees retired in record numbers throughout Wisconsin last year amid the protests over the loss of union bargaining privileges and ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
New York subway workers run "Rate My Rat" photo contest
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Subway workers angered over what they say is a rat infestation in their workplace are holding a photo ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
American Airlines to cut two routes and 150 workers
(Reuters) - AMR Corp
Mon, January 02, 2012
State workers begin paying 10% of their medical bill, part of budget repair bill
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin state workers and their families started paying more for their medical care starting yesterday. The changes in the state health ...
Tue, December 27, 2011
Court OKs AIG's $450 million workers comp settlement
(Reuters) - A federal judge has approved American International Group Inc's
Fri, December 23, 2011
VW agrees to kick the "Crackberry" habit
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The backlash against twenty-four-hour connectivity has started.
Carmaker Volkswagen has agreed to deactivate e-mails on German staff Blackberry devices out of office ...
Tue, December 13, 2011
Freeport Indonesia workers to return to work Sat: union
By Olivia Rondonuwu
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Striking workers at Freeport Indonesia will return to work on Saturday after agreeing to a pay deal to end ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Wausau paper plant closing effects more than just hundreds of its workers
WAUSAU, WI (WTAQ) - The closing of the Wausau Paper plant will take away an estimated $27-million a year from the economy of central Wisconsin ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Hertz to fight Muslim workers' suit over prayer breaks
By Laura L. Myers
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Hertz rental car company, facing a religious discrimination suit by 25 fired Muslim drivers, said on Thursday it ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
Areva to monitor health of Niger mine workers
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Areva said on Tuesday it would monitor the health of thousands of workers and residents exposed to its uranium mine sites in ...
Tue, December 06, 2011
MF Global workers sue Corzine, other execs
By Nick Brown
(Reuters) - Past and present MF Global employees sued ex-CEO Jon Corzine and other executives over alleged misrepresentations they say destroyed the ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
American Airlines workers face pension plight
By Jilian Mincer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Millions of Americans remember US Airways pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III. In 2009, he became an instant ...
Wed, November 23, 2011
Partasain poll-workers expected for recall elections
UNDATED (WSAU) Republicans plan to use a little-known state law that allows each party to appoint poll workers throughout Wisconsin. The law is designed ...
Sun, November 20, 2011
Olympus says panel finds no criminal links yet in M&A deals
By James Topham
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp said on Monday that a third-party panel appointed by the company to look into an ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
New pay-plan approved for state workers
MADISON (WRN) Republican lawmakers have approved the first pay plan for state employees crafted under the governor’s collective bargaining changes.
The compensation package ...
Mon, November 14, 2011
Harris Bank subpoenaed, workers sue over MF Global
By Matthew Goldstein and Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) - Fallout from MF Global Holdings Ltd's bankruptcy intensified as a U.S. regulator subpoenaed a bank ...
Mon, November 14, 2011
Former MF Global workers sue over firings
(Reuters) - MF Global Holdings Ltd has been sued by former employees who said workers were not given proper notice before the November 11 firing ...
Wed, November 09, 2011
OSHA fines Manitowoc firm $95,000 for not protecting workers from cave-ins
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) - Federal workplace safety officials cited a Manitowoc firm today for not adequately protecting employees who dig trenches to put in water ...
Wed, November 09, 2011
Union workers decry Marathon County budget
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) About 25 union members attended yesterday's public hearing on the 2012 Marathon County budget. They're upset over higher health ...
Wed, November 02, 2011
U.S. tries "hip hop" diplomacy in Pakistan
By Chris Allbritton
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Considered by many Pakistanis to be public enemy number one, the United States on Monday turned to the musical ...
Thu, October 27, 2011
Weather Shield workers in Mosinee reject contract
MOSINEE, Wis (WSAU) Weather Shield employees in Mosinee have voted down a contract proposal just days after a similar work agreement was accepted in ...
Tue, October 25, 2011
No Raises for State Workers
MADISON, Wis.(WHBL) - State government workers will get no raises for the next two years under the Walker administration’s first pay plan since ...
Fri, October 14, 2011
Bill would ban "double dipping" by retired state workers
MADISON (WSAU) A Republican state lawmaker has introduced a bill to end the practice of “double-dipping” – in which retired public employees get rehired and ...
Thu, October 13, 2011
Walker Administration to unveil new compensation plan for state workers
MADISON (WSAU) At least some state employees fear the worst, as the Walker administration is about to unveil its new compensation plan. For the ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
So many U.S. manufacturing jobs, so few skilled workers
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers are failing to fill thousands of vacant jobs, surprising when 14 million people are searching for ...
Tue, October 11, 2011
U.S. auto workers split in early voting on Ford pact
DETROIT (Reuters) - Workers at a large Ford Motor Co
Sun, October 09, 2011
UAW workers reject Oshkosh pact for second time
By John D. Stoll
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Workers at defense contractor Oshkosh Corp turned down a new five-year contract offer from the company for ...
Sat, October 08, 2011
Hertz: Muslim workers failed to follow break rules
By Laura Myers
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Hertz rental car company, which was met with protests for suspending 34 Muslim shuttle drivers in Seattle in a ...
Fri, October 07, 2011
Sony to close Japan plant, lay off 100 contract workers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will merge two of its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiaries, resulting in the closure of an equipment plant north of Tokyo ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Voter ID laws confusing, poll workers getting training
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - State officials say they’ve started training poll workers on the requirement that voters show photo I-D’s at the polls ...
Wed, October 05, 2011
Greek state workers take to streets to fight cuts
By Renee Maltezou
ATHENS (Reuters) - Flights were grounded, schools shut and striking Greek workers took to the streets Wednesday in protest against cuts the ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Crane Workers Rescued
KENOSHA, Wis. (WHBL) - When all was said and done, "size mattered" in getting two cell phone tower workers down from a stuck lift platform ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
Dole settles lawsuits filed by farm workers
(Reuters) - Dole Food Co Inc
The settlement will ...
Sat, October 01, 2011
Greek economy stuck in recession, complicates fiscal efforts
By Harry Papachristou and Ingrid Melander
ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek economy will remain stuck in recession next year, underlining the challenge the country faces ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Smoking still high among mining, food service workers
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Cigarette smoking remains stubbornly high among workers in the mining, food services and construction industries despite dramatic overall declines ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Boeing drug probe took four years to be thorough: officials
By Dave Warner
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The federal drug raid on a Boeing plant that makes key U.S. military aircraft was the culmination of ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Greek state workers disrupt audit talks, again
By Harry Papachristou and Lefteris Papadimas
ATHENS (Reuters) - Angry civil servants blocked Greek government buildings on Friday, disrupting talks for a second day with ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Postal workers rally to support bill aimed at fixing financial problems
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Postal workers throughout Wisconsin rallied Tuesday night to call attention to a congressional measure that could help fix the financial ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Postal workers rally
UNDATED (WRN) Postal workers and supporters were demonstrating outside offices around the nation last night, including several in Wisconsin. The rallies were aimed at ...
Mon, September 26, 2011
Macy's to hire more workers for 2011 holidays
(Reuters) - Macy's Inc
Macy's, whose monthly ...
Mon, September 26, 2011
Walker considered across-the-board pay cuts for state workers
MADISON (WSAU) Governor Scott Walker considered an across-the-board pay cut for state workers as a way to help balance the state budget. The information ...
Sun, September 25, 2011
Southern California grocery workers ratify contract
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Unionized Southern California supermarket employees at Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons ratified a contract deal reached last week that averted a threatened ...
Fri, September 23, 2011
Weather Shield workers prepare for 2012 layoffs
PARK FALLS, Wis (WSAU) Workers who are about to be laid off at Weather Shield in Park Falls met yesterday with representatives from the ...
Fri, September 23, 2011
Libyan oil flows, foreign workers wait
By Emma Farge
BREGA, Libya, Sept 23 - Scribbled in blue marker in Arabic on the walls of Brega oil terminal of Brega is a ...
Thu, September 22, 2011
Toys R Us plans to hire fewer holiday workers
By Dhanya Skariachan
(Reuters) - Toys R Us Inc
Thu, September 22, 2011
Kaiser southern California healthcare workers strike
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 2,500 nurses and other medical workers walked off the job at Kaiser Permanente facilities in southern ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Kaiser southern California healthcare workers strike
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 2,500 nurses and other medical workers walked off the job at Kaiser Permanente facilities in southern ...
Mon, September 19, 2011
Workers at Chrysler engine plants protest shifts
By Meghana Keshavan and Bernie Woodall
DETROIT (Reuters) - As Chrysler Group LLC nears a four-year contract with the United Auto Workers union, workers at ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Bridge building in Galesville stopped after union workers walk
GALESVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - The building of a new highway bridge in western Wisconsin is being delayed, after union workers walked off the job.
The ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Hospital workers outspend others on medical care
By Debra Sherman
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hospital employees spend 10 percent more on healthcare, consume more medical services, and are generally sicker than the rest ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Carrey happy to pay for city workers to remove his street art
Workers painted over the art the funnyman had sprayed on the outside wall of his West Village creative base, which he has dubbed the ...
Sun, September 11, 2011
Hospital workers outspend others on medical care
By Debra Sherman
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hospital employees spend 10 percent more on healthcare, consume more medical services, and are generally sicker than the rest ...
Sun, September 11, 2011
Carrey happy to pay for city workers to remove his street art
Workers painted over the art the funnyman had sprayed on the outside wall of his West Village creative base, which he has dubbed the ...
Sat, September 10, 2011
Carrey happy to pay for city workers to remove his street art
Workers painted over the art the funnyman had sprayed on the outside wall of his West Village creative base, which he has dubbed the ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
UAW Ford workers ready to OK routine strike vote
By Bernie Woodall
DETROIT (Reuters) - A vote by Ford Motor Co union workers to authorize a strike if negotiations between the United Auto Workers ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
U.S. seeks to strengthen safety rules for child farm workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Labor is proposing revisions to child labor laws that would strengthen safety standards for young agricultural workers, the government ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Arizona tomato firm fined for hiring illegal workers
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The United States' largest year-round grower of greenhouse tomatoes has pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring undocumented workers in Arizona and been fined ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
GE Healthcare lays off 100 workers in Milwaukee area
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - GE Healthcare said today it’s laying off about 100 employees in Milwaukee and Waukesha.
That’s almost one-and-a-half percent of ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
State union workers about to see payroll changes
UNDATED (WSAU) State government employees are about to feel the effects of the new law which makes them pay more for their health insurance ...
Sun, August 21, 2011
Southern California grocery workers authorize a strike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The union representing 62,000 grocery workers in southern California has received the go-ahead from members to call a strike if ...
Sun, August 21, 2011
Southern California grocery workers authorize a strike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The union representing 62,000 grocery workers in southern California has received the go-ahead from members to call a strike if ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Beloit fire at Hormel plant, workers with fire training provide valuable help
BELOIT, WI (WTAQ) - Damage is estimated at $50,000 in an explosion and fire at the Hormel Foods meat plant in Beloit.
No one ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Toyota settles over disabled NUMMI workers in U.S.
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has reached a $6 million settlement with former workers at the shuttered California plant it once operated with General ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Butler sued by former restaurant workers
The 300 star part owns Hollywood's Korean eaterie Shin BBQ, along with several other proprietors, including Danny and Chris Masterson.
Two ex-employees, who ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Butler sued by former restaurant workers
The 300 star part owns Hollywood's Korean eaterie Shin BBQ, along with several other proprietors, including Danny and Chris Masterson.
Two ex-employees, who ...
Tue, August 16, 2011
Verizon workers to lose health coverage August 31
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications
Mon, August 15, 2011
Workers return to Nebraska nuclear plant closed by flooding
OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - About 120 Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station employees moved back into the flooded plant's administration building on Monday.
The plant, which ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Striking Verizon workers boost jobless claims
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Striking workers at Verizon Communications pushed up new U.S. jobless claims last week, but there was little evidence ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
Verizon shares slump as 45,000 workers strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Verizon Communications
Sun, August 07, 2011
Verizon strike tensions heighten on Day 2
By Sinead Carew and Roy Strom
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The second day of a strike by Verizon workers turned ugly after union representatives accused ...
Mon, July 25, 2011
AIG says workers compensation deal gets preliminary approval
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A court has given preliminary approval to a deal settling claims that American International Group Inc
Wed, July 20, 2011
Rescue workers search for hiker at Yosemite waterfall
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rescue workers at Yosemite National Park were looking for at least one hiker who they fear may have fallen into the ...
Sat, July 16, 2011
In a first for Starbucks, Chile workers strike
By Alexandra Ulmer and Lisa Baertlein
SANTIAGO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp
Fri, July 15, 2011
Chicago mayor to lay off workers to plug budget gap
CHICAGO (Reuters) - With Chicago still facing a lingering deficit in its current budget, Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled on Friday a series of steps that ...
Fri, July 15, 2011
Cash-flush Indiana to pay state workers one-time bonus
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said on Friday that most state employees will receive a surprise bonus over the next ...
Fri, July 15, 2011
Chicago mayor to lay off workers to plug budget gap
CHICAGO (Reuters) - With Chicago still facing a lingering deficit in its current budget, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday unveiled steps that will lead to ...
Fri, July 15, 2011
Chicago mayor to lay off workers to plug budget gap
CHICAGO (Reuters) - With Chicago still facing a lingering deficit in its current budget, Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled on Friday a series of steps that ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
Manufacturers struggling to find skilled workers
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers cannot find skilled workers despite high unemployment, which means there is a need to align the ...
Sun, July 10, 2011
Workers reach plane that crashed en route to air convention
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Search and rescue workers battled treacherous mountain terrain on Sunday to recover the bodies of a father and son whose small plane ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Florida state workers get pink slips, more cuts ahead
By Michael Peltier
TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - To patch a $4 billion budget hole, more than 1,600 Florida state government employees were laid off ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Remaining Tyson workers in chlorine incident out of hospital
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - All workers injured this week after chemical exposure at a Tyson Foods Inc. chicken processing plant in Springdale, Arkansas, have ...
Wed, June 29, 2011
Ten Tyson poultry workers still hospitalized after gas exposure
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Ten workers remained hospitalized on Wednesday after chemical exposure this week at a Tyson Foods Inc. chicken ...
Wed, June 29, 2011
State Workers Without Contracts
MADISON, Wis.(WHBL) - Wisconsin state government employees are without union contracts, after the new limits on collective bargaining took effect just after midnight. State ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
Special report: Japan's "throwaway" nuclear workers
By Kevin Krolicki and Chisa Fujioka
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - A decade and a half before it blew apart in a hydrogen blast that punctuated ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
NY public workers union dodges layoffs in new pact
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of New York state's biggest public employee unions said on Wednesday it reached a preliminary agreement with Governor Andrew ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
NY public workers union dodges layoffs in new pact
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of New York state's biggest public employee unions said on Wednesday it reached a preliminary agreement with Governor Andrew ...
Sat, June 18, 2011
Target workers at New York store reject union
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Workers at a Target Corp discount store in New York voted to reject union representation in what would have been the first ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Costco workers in New York get their Powerball winnings
By Aman Ali
MELVILLE, New York (Reuters) - The 20 Costco employees who won the $201.9 million Powerball jackpot this month were all smiles ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
U.S. inspects firms in 17 sectors for illegal workers
By Lisa Baertlein and Jeremy Pelofsky
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal immigration agents on Wednesday began issuing inspection notices to some 1,000 employers ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
U.S. inspects firms in 17 sectors for illegal workers
By Lisa Baertlein and Jeremy Pelofsky
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal immigration agents on Wednesday began issuing inspection notices to some 1 ...
Mon, June 13, 2011
Workers at four Macy's stores OK right to strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Workers at four Macy's Inc stores in the New York City area, including the flagship Manhattan location, voted on Monday ...
Wed, June 01, 2011
Sen. Kapanke hopes government workers are sleeping on recall election day
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WTAQ) - State Senator Dan Kapanke reportedly told fellow Republicans in La Crosse that he hopes all the government employees in his ...
Mon, May 30, 2011
Fukushima workers may have passed radiation limit
By Kiyoshi Takenaka, Shinichi Saoshiro and Kevin Krolicki
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two workers at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant may have exceeded the government ...
Fri, May 27, 2011
Final furlough day for state workers
UNDATED - It’s a four-day weekend for most state government employees – and once again, they’ll only get paid for three of them. Most ...
Fri, May 27, 2011
Newly unemployed workers to wait one-week for checks
MADISON - Wisconsinites who lose their jobs will have to wait a week longer to get unemployment benefits under a budget measure passed yesterday.
The ...
Wed, May 25, 2011
Venezuelan oil workers rally against U.S. sanctions
By Andrew Cawthorne and Diego Ore
CARACAS (Reuters) - Red-clad oil workers rallied in Venezuela on Wednesday to denounce "imperialist" U.S. sanctions over its ...
Wed, May 25, 2011
Committee votes not to give part-time state workers pensions
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Republicans say part-timers in the private sector don’t get pensions – and government part-timers shouldn’t get them either.
The Legislature ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
Hotel workers need panic buttons: New York lawmaker
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York hotel workers would have electronic "panic buttons" under a new bill proposed after then-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
Panel to recommend cuts in state workers' overtime
MADISON (WSAU) Governor Scott Walker’s commission on fraud-and-waste will make suggestions this summer on ways to cut state employee overtime. That’s what ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Yankee Stadium concession workers sue over tips
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three current and former waiters who served fans in premium seats at Yankee Stadium have filed a lawsuit against their employer ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Connecticut governor lays off workers, union bucks cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Connecticut began mailing layoff notices to 4,742 public workers because their unions have not made enough cost-saving concessions, Governor Dannel ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Cuban workers may press Wal-Mart bias case: court
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Wal-Mart Stores Inc warehouse workers of Cuban origin may pursue a lawsuit accusing the world's largest ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
Workers enter Japan reactor for 1st time since blast
By Hugh Lawson and Mari Saito
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese workers entered the No.1 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on ...
Mon, May 02, 2011
Ohio GM workers sue company, union for back pay
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of auto workers in Ohio is suing General Motors and the United Auto Workers union, claiming that GM unfairly ...
Wed, April 27, 2011
Ex-workers say American Apparel posted nude pix online
NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters Legal) - A woman who accused American Apparel Inc Chief Executive Dov Charney of keeping her as a teenage sex ...
Fri, April 22, 2011
Marinette Marine hires back workers
MARINETTE, Wis. (WSAU) – Marinette Marine is recalling the last of its previously-laid off workers.
The company is busy with four major projects, including two ...
Fri, April 22, 2011
Marinette Marine Recalling Last of Laid-Off Workers
MARINETTE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Marinette Marine is recalling the last of its previously-laid off workers.
The company is busy with four major projects, including two ...
Thu, April 21, 2011
U.S. sues over treatment of workers from Asia
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. federal agency has sued over unequal treatment of more than 500 workers from India recruited ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
U.S. sues over treatment of workers from Asia
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. federal agency has sued over unequal treatment of more than 500 workers from India recruited ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
U.S. sues over treatment of workers from Thailand, India
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal agency has sued over unequal treatment of more than 500 workers from India recruited to work ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
Banking stem cells could save Japan nuclear workers
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Health officials should collect blood from workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in case they are ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
Some workers return to Merrill industrial park
MERRILL, Wis (WSAU) It may be months before things are back to normal at the Merrill Industrial Park, where several businesses were destroyed or ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
9 Milwaukee Co. Workers Investigated in Alleged FoodShare Fraud
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Nine Milwaukee County employees are being investigated for allegedly stealing at least $290,000 in fraudulent food stamp benefits.
A state ...
Wed, April 13, 2011
Fired workers say Chipotle was soft on immigration
By Lisa Baertlein and Mary Milliken
MINNEAPOLIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The hundreds of illegal immigrants recently fired from fast-growing burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc ...
Mon, April 11, 2011
Three Nebraska nuclear workers exposed to radiation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear safety regulator said on Monday it is investigating how three workers at a nuclear power plant in Nebraska ...
Sat, April 09, 2011
$4 million grant saves 2,600 Wis. manufacturing workers
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Four million dollars from the U.S. Department of Labor will help nearly 2,600 Wisconsin workers impacted by layoffs ...
Wed, April 06, 2011
Turkey farm exploited, abused disabled workers: government
By James B. Kelleher
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government sued a Texas-based poultry company on Wednesday, alleging the business engaged in a pattern ...
Wed, April 06, 2011
Government shutdown could idle 800,000 workers: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around 800,000 workers could be idled and activities ranging from processing of tax filings and Small Business Administration loans could be ...
Wed, April 06, 2011
Nearly 100 Temp Workers Laid-Off At GM Lansing Delta Township Plant
LANSING, Mich (WLMI) General Motors has laid-off 96 temporary workers at its Lansing Delta Township plant. Taking their place will be 150 laid-off GM ...
Tue, April 05, 2011
Two Tennessee workers die in sewage plant collapse
By Tim Ghianni
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Two workers were killed in Tennessee on Tuesday when the wall of a basin that holds up to ...
Fri, April 01, 2011
Obama condemns killing of U.N. workers in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States strongly condemned the killing of up to 20 U.N. employees in an attack in northern Afghanistan on Friday ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
New York state workers share $319 million lottery
By Dan Wiessner
SCHENECTADY, New York (Reuters) - Seven state workers who won the $319 million Mega Millions lottery said on Thursday they are still ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
New York state workers share $319 million lottery
By Dan Wiessner
SCHENECTADY, New York (Reuters) - Seven state workers who won the $319 million Mega Millions lottery said on Thursday they are still ...
Wed, March 30, 2011
Healthcare workers fired for sexual mistreatment of elderly
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four nursing home workers in upstate New York were fired for sexually humiliating two elderly patients with a history of mental ...
Wed, March 30, 2011
Ex-Madoff workers lose bids to end criminal cases
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three former employees of imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff lost their bids to dismiss the government's criminal cases ...
Wed, March 30, 2011
West Business Services Hiring 80 Workers
APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A company in Appleton is adding 80 jobs.
West Business Services says the positions involve inbound and outbound sales to existing ...
Mon, March 28, 2011
Obama tax credit will support 1 million workers: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan to expand and make permanent a popular research tax credit will support 1 million workers, the Obama administration said in ...
Sun, March 27, 2011
Malawi charity workers sue Madonna over payments
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Eight workers at Madonna's Malawi charity are suing the U.S. pop star for unfair dismissal and non-payment of their benefits ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Injured Japan atom workers to be released soon
VIENNA (Reuters) - Two workers hospitalized by radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant may be discharged soon, the U.N. atomic agency said, although ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Radiation fears mount again in Japan after plant workers injured
By Mayumi Negishi and Kazunori Takada
TOKYO (Reuters) - Radiation fears escalated in Japan on Friday after workers suffered burns as they tried to cool ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
New York charges child welfare workers in landmark case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former city child welfare workers were criminally charged in the death of a 4-year-old girl under their supervision, the first ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
Explosion at chemical plant kills two workers
By Steve Robrahn
LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) - Firefighters were letting a chemical plant fire burn itself out on Tuesday after an explosion killed two workers ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Oklahoma bill on city workers draws union criticism
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The sponsor of a bill to end collective bargaining for non-uniformed public workers in nine medium-sized Oklahoma cities ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Idaho is latest state to curb state workers' union
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Idaho's Republican governor on Thursday signed into law a measure that strips public school teachers of some ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Marshfield city workers get 2 percent pay raise under one year contract
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - In special session closed session earlier this week, Marshfield’s Common Council approved two union negotiated contracts for the city’s ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
State Workers Rushing to Retire
MADISON (WHBL-Learfield) - Thousands of older state employees continue to rush to retirement, despite Governor Scott Walker’s insistence that their benefits won’t be ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Workers gloomier than ever about retirement: survey
By Linda Stern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American workers are more pessimistic about their retirement outlook than at any other time in the last two decades ...
Sat, March 12, 2011
D.Boerse/NYSE workers to pick new name: report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse <DB1Gn.DE> will avoid forced layoffs in its planned merger with NYSE Euronext <NYX.N>, and employees will choose the ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
Chipotle says "lost" 40 illegal workers in capital
By Lisa Baertlein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc has "lost" about 40 workers in two of its Washington, D.C., restaurants after ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
Merrill schools reach new contract with workers, prevent closing elementary schools
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill school board leaders approved a new year's worth of contracts with their unions at a special session tonight.
Unions ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Michigan workers jam Capitol to protest union plan
DETROIT (Reuters) - In a scene reminiscent of Wisconsin, hundreds of pro-union protesters jammed the Michigan state Capitol on Tuesday to oppose a bill that ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Cuban state layoffs move slowly, workers uneasy
By Marc Frank
CAMAGUEY, Cuba (Reuters) - Cuba's program to slash 500,000 state jobs nationwide has barely gotten off the ground in the ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Chipotle workers quit ahead of immigration audits
By Lisa Baertlein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Workers have been leaving Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc in the nation's capital and Virginia since getting notice ...
Sun, March 06, 2011
Lockheed union workers approve labor pact
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp said on Sunday union workers voted to ratify a three-year labor pact that provides annual pay increases ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
Report: WI Public Employees Earn Better Than Private Sector Workers
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin is one of 41 states where public employees get better pay and benefits than their private sector counterparts.
But according ...
Mon, February 28, 2011
Largest Public Workers Union Files Complaint over Bargaining
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The state government’s largest public employee union filed an unfair labor practice charge Monday against Governor Scott Walker.
The Wisconsin ...
Fri, February 25, 2011
Chinese workers seek more in Apple supplier's plant poison case
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - A Taiwan-owned plant making parts for Apple Inc said it is offering around 80,000 yuan ($12,177) as compensation to ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
Don't string me along, temp workers say
By Kristina Cooke
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Althea Norwood Roberts gives employers three months to turn her temporary job into a permanent one. Then she ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
Chinese workers appeal to Apple over health worries
By Royston Chan
SUZHOU, China (Reuters) - Chinese workers at a factory making touch screens on contract for Apple have urged the U.S. company ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
New Jersey budget spares cities, hits workers
By Edith Honan
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie proposed a $29.4 billion budget for fiscal 2012 on Tuesday that ...
Mon, February 21, 2011
Michigan workers to oppose "anti-labor" state proposals
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan labor leaders say union workers will lobby on Tuesday against legislative proposals that give emergency financial managers powers to remove elected ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
BP workers could have prevented rig accident: commission
By Ayesha Rascoe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP had workers on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig who could have prevented the missteps that led to the ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Amid crisis, state workers say: "Don't blame us"
By Daniel Trotta and Edith Honan
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - When a New Jersey family with an autistic child walks into the state office ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
Mass. towns owe workers $20 billion for health care
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Massachusetts' largest 50 cities and towns will owe $20 billion to pay for their public workers' health care, an "exploding" cost ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
Thousands of Wisconsin union workers protest budget plan
By Jeff Mayers
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - More than 10,000 union public employees and supporters packed the Capitol Square and the inside of the ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
GM Hourly Workers To Get Big Bonuses
DETROIT, Mich (WLMI) It was a VERY Happy Valentine’s Day for about 76-thousand General Motors workers. The auto giant announced yesterday it would ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
Union workers rally against collective bargaining changes
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A busload of local union members will travel from Wausau to Madison today to attend a public hearing on the state ...
Mon, February 14, 2011
GM set to pay hourly workers at least $4,000 bonus
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.N> will pay its 45,000 hourly workers in the United States a bonus of at least $4 ...
Fri, February 11, 2011
Big Bonuses Expected For GM White-Collar Workers
DETROIT, Mich (WLMI) Another sign that General Motors is turning things around. The company announced Thursday that more than 96% of it’s white ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Pennsylvania power plant accident injures six workers
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A 6-inch steam pipe ruptured at a southwestern Pennsylvania power plant on Thursday, injuring six workers, a company spokesman said.
The pipe ...
Sun, February 06, 2011
Workers recalled at Marshfield Doors
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Marshfield Doors says it’s recalled all of the 80 workers who were laid off last fall.
The company employs about ...
Fri, February 04, 2011
Chrysler workers arrested for alleged drug use
DETROIT (Reuters) - Three workers from a high-profile Chrysler plant that makes a crucial new Jeep model were arrested recently for alleged drug use during ...
Tue, January 25, 2011
GRCC, LG-Chem Agree to Train Workers
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC News) - A 20-year, 19.6 million-dollar deal between LG-Chem and Grand Rapids Community College was finalized by the school’s ...
Fri, January 21, 2011
New York City mayor opens the door to 401(k) for city workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City workers who are hired in the future might be offered 401(k) thrift plans instead of traditional pension ...
Thu, January 20, 2011
Boeing to cut 1,100 workers on C-17 program
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> said on Thursday it would lay off 1,100 workers who make the company's C-17 cargo plane ...
Thu, January 20, 2011
Peace Corps pulls workers from Niger over security
NIAMEY (Reuters) - The Peace Corps has halted its aid program in Niger and evacuated its volunteers over security concerns after two French nationals were ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
More tech workers get bonuses, pay raises: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More U.S. technology and engineering workers got bonuses and pay raises last year than in 2009, but the pay hikes ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
Workers Sue Over Benefit Cuts
MADISON (WHBL) - Four former workers at Oscar Mayer are suing Kraft Foods because their retirement benefits were cut back starting this month. The federal ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
4 Ex-Oscar Mayer Workers File Suit Over Cut Retirement Benefits
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Four former workers at Oscar Mayer are suing Kraft Foods because their retirement benefits were cut back starting this month.
The ...
Fri, January 07, 2011
State Union Workers Nervous
Madison, Wi (WSAU)Union employees in the state Commerce Department are concerned about their futures. Governor Scott Walker wants to turn the agency into ...
Mon, January 03, 2011
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo seeks to freeze public workers pay
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state employees should be asked to accept a wage freeze, and when their contracts expire, pay cuts could be ...
Sun, January 02, 2011
U.S. jobs trickle in. Whither workers?
By Emily Kaiser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. private employers have recorded 11 consecutive months of job gains, yet the number of people who are ...
Fri, December 31, 2010
Many Long-Time State Workers Retiring Early Over Benefits Fears
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Many long-time state government employees are retiring early, for fear that Governor-elect Scott Walker will take away the benefits they’ve ...
Tue, December 28, 2010
Federal Mogul workers get more help
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Workers laid off from a Schofield manufacturer will be eligible for more federal benefits.
The employees at Federal Mogul are eligible ...
Thu, December 23, 2010
Ann Arbor Explosion Sends Three Workers To Hospital
ANN ARBOR -- An explosion in Ann Arbor sent three workers to the hospital today. The men were working on a sewer drain near Plymouth ...
Wed, December 22, 2010
AIG to pay $100 million in workers' compensation fines
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bailed-out insurer American International Group will pay $100 million in fines in a settlement with all 50 states over reporting errors ...
Sun, December 19, 2010
UPDATE: Kohler Union Workers Accept Contract Offer
KOHLER, Wis. (WTAQ) - Union members at Kohler Company have voted to accept a five-year contract with the company.
Over 60 percent of the UAW ...
Sun, December 19, 2010
Kohler union workers could reject new contract
KOHLER, Wis. (WSAU) - Union members at the Kohler Company will try again to vote on a new labor contract today.
Leaders of the union ...
Sun, December 12, 2010
UPDATE: Kohler Union Workers Vote Cancelled Due to Storm
KOHLER, Wis. (WTAQ) - Union officials express surprise and disappointment that Kohler Company has revealed parts of its final contract offer.
UAW Local 833 leadership ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
Hyundai workers to end strike
SEOUL (Reuters) - Temporary workers at Hyundai Motor <005380.KS> on Thursday agreed to end a one-month sit-in, pushing up shares of the South Korean ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Union Workers at Kohler Plan Informational Picket
KOHLER, Wis. (WTAQ) - Kohler union workers will be walking the picket line Monday as they continue to work without a contract.
Hundreds of workers ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Firms rely less on domestic workers
By Joe Rauch
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Companies are not hiring in the ongoing economic recovery because they are relying less on domestic workers ...
Mon, November 29, 2010
Chile's Collahuasi, workers seek deal to end strike
By Fabian Cambero
IQUIQUE, Chile (Reuters) - Union leaders at the world's No. 3 copper mine, Chile's Collahuasi, on Monday prepared to open ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
Bay Shipbuilding Recalling 70 Workers
STURGEON BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Officials at Bay Shipbuilding have recalled 70 workers to ramp up work on a Great Lakes freighter.
The 1,000-foot-long ...
Fri, November 19, 2010
Sick Sept 11 workers agree to $712 million settlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 10,000 workers suffering health problems stemming from the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center have ...
Fri, November 19, 2010
More problems for China's Foxconn over workers' pay
By James Pomfret
FOSHAN, China (Reuters) - Chinese electronics maker Foxconn, a key manufacturer of iPhones and iPads for Apple, has been hit by a ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
Delta baggage workers reject union in vote
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Baggage handlers at Delta Air Lines Inc have rejected unionization by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the carrier said ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
Deaths, injuries among grain workers hit record
By Alyce Hinton
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Accidents in grain silos, storage bins and other facilities killed and injured a record number of workers through October ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
Convergys Hiring 165 Full-Time Workers in Appleton
APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Convergys is taking applications for 165 full-time positions at its Appleton call center.
The new employees will provide customer service and ...
Tue, November 16, 2010
UPS plans to hire 50,000 seasonal workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Parcel Service <UPS.N> expects a 7.5 percent rise in U.S. holiday shopping season deliveries and plans to ...
Tue, November 09, 2010
Hotel workers file complaints against Hyatt
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Union-represented housekeepers filed injury complaints against Hyatt Hotels Corp properties in eight U.S. cities on Tuesday, but the ...
Mon, November 08, 2010
Wall Street tech workers expect higher bonuses - survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street firms that want to keep their computer systems running smoothly may have to pay up this bonus season.
Technology ...
Fri, November 05, 2010
S.Africa census workers tote clipboards and condoms
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters Life!) - South African census workers will be supplied with condoms when they visit millions of households next year, raising criticism about sending ...
Wed, October 27, 2010
Paper mill workers oppose trade deal with South Korea
UNDATED (WSAU) Workers who’ve been laid off from Wisconsin paper mills are asking Congress to reject a proposed free-trade agreement with South Korea ...
Wed, October 27, 2010
Unemployed Paper Mill Workers Urge Free-Trade Pact Rejection
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Workers who’ve been laid off from Wisconsin paper mills are asking Congress to reject a proposed free-trade agreement with ...
Tue, October 26, 2010
Extra federal aid approved for laid off Solon Mfrg. workers
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) – Workers in Rhinelander who lost their jobs making medical products to foreign competition are eligible for additional federal aid.
The state ...
Sat, October 16, 2010
GM workers protest low-wage small-car plant
By Kevin Krolicki
DETROIT (Reuters) - About 100 General Motors Co workers and retirees picketed outside the United Auto Workers union's headquarters on Saturday ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
Sept 11 workers reach deal with World Trade Center
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for more than 9,000 workers injured or sickened during the rescue, recovery and cleanup of the September 11, 2001 ...
Wed, October 13, 2010
Gulf oil workers relieved but wary as drill ban ends
By Leigh Coleman
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi (Reuters) - U.S. oil workers on the Gulf of Mexico coast breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday ...
Wed, October 13, 2010
Dislocated Fiskars workers get more federal aid
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – Workers at Fiskars Brands in Wausau who were laid off when the company moved production overseas will be eligible for additional ...
Mon, October 11, 2010
Half of Wall Street workers expect higher bonus: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Half of financial professionals on Wall Street expect to get a higher bonus this year, and some of those expect a ...
Mon, October 11, 2010
Social workers step up enforcement againt drug-abuse parents
UNDATED (WSAU) There’s a new effort in Wisconsin to protect children when their parents are jailed in drug busts. Over 20 Wisconsin counties ...
Wed, October 06, 2010
Gold for Kipsiro as workers win race against time
By Nick Mulvenney
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Uganda's Moses Kipsiro took the first athletics gold of the Commonwealth Games after workers triumphed in their ...
Wed, October 06, 2010
AMR to bring back 800 furloughed workers
By Kyle Peterson
CHICAGO (Reuters) - AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, said on Wednesday it will bring back nearly 800 furloughed flight attendants and ...
Tue, October 05, 2010
Whitewater Plant Plans to Lay Off 87 Workers
WHITEWATER, Wis. (WTAQ) - A molding plant in Whitewater plans to permanently lay off up to 87 employees.
Trostel Limited says it’s almost finished ...
Tue, October 05, 2010
Forty percent of U.S. workers delay retirement: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Forty percent of U.S. workers are planning to delay their retirement due to concerns about outliving their savings and ...
Thu, September 30, 2010
SEC charges 2 ex-State Street workers over subprime
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Jonathan Stempel
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former top State Street Corp. <STT.N> executives were hit with securities fraud ...
Wed, September 29, 2010
National HCR Law Giving State Millions to Add Docs, Health Workers
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The national health reform law is giving Wisconsin millions of dollars to add primary care doctors and other health care workers ...
Wed, September 29, 2010
Kohler workers consider strike
KOHLER, Wis. (WSAU) - A strike may be on the horizon for one of Wisconsin's largest employers.
Union leaders for workers at Kohler Company ...
Wed, September 29, 2010
Union Workers at Kohler Authorize Strike
KOHLER, Wis. (WTAQ) - A strike may be on the horizon for one of Wisconsin's largest employers.
Union leaders for workers at Kohler Company ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
NASA showdown looms as shuttle workers face layoffs
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - With more than 1,500 space shuttle workers facing layoffs this week, legislators say they will take ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
Zimbabwe drops charges against U.S. health workers
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean prosecutors on Wednesday withdrew charges against six health workers, four of them from the United States, accused of dispensing AIDS drugs ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
Navy unveils plans to sustain Northrop ship workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Navy on Friday unveiled plans to sustain the workforce at Northrop Grumman's Avondale, Louisiana, shipyard, which the company plans to ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
Wisconsin Harley workers ratify new contracts
TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WSAU) – Harley-Davidson workers in Tomahawk have agreed to a new contract that includes the loss of 75 jobs.
Union members ratified the ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
Harley-Davidson Workers Union Approves Contract
WAUKESHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - Almost 55-percent of Harley-Davidson employees in Metro Milwaukee voted Monday in favor of a new contract designed to keep their jobs ...
Sun, September 12, 2010
Zimbabwe holds 4 U.S. health workers over AIDS drugs
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police have arrested four health workers from the United States on suspicion of dispensing AIDS drugs without a license, the U ...
Sat, September 11, 2010
Sub Zero/Wolf Union Workers Agree to Contract
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Union workers at Sub-Zero/Wolf give up 20 percent of their paychecks, but keep their jobs.
The Madison workers agreed to ...
Thu, September 09, 2010
Tomahawk workers review Harley contract
TOMAHAWK, Wis (WSAU) Workers at Harley Davidson's factory in Tomahawk got their first look at a proposed seven-year contract yesterday. Harley has threatened ...
Tue, September 07, 2010
Harley-Davidson Workers Get First Look at Contract Offer
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Employees at Harley-Davidson were getting their first look Tuesday at the contract concessions they’ll be asked to take.
Union members ...
Sun, September 05, 2010
Nearly 200 Wolf Appliance Workers Reject Latest Company Demand
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - About 200 employees at Wolf Appliance in Madison recently rejected a company demand for a 20 percent cut in pay and ...
Sat, September 04, 2010
Survey: Workers Paying Bulk of Health Insurance Premium Hikes
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - For the first time, an annual health survey shows workers are paying the bulk of health insurance premium increases.
A national ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
Workers see higher health costs, less care
By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies are cutting healthcare costs further amid a continuing sour economy, scaling back benefits and shifting a greater share ...
Tue, August 31, 2010
Reporter Claims Enbridge is Bringing in Undocumented Workers to Help with Oil Spill Cleanup
KALAMAZOO -- The EPA, Enbridge and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are investigating claims that some of the 17-hundred workers cleaning up oil along the Kalamazoo ...
Mon, August 30, 2010
Oshkosh Corp. Union Workers Reject Contract
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Union workers at Oshkosh Corporation have turned down the company's latest contract extension.
Oshkosh's offer included a 3.5 ...
Mon, August 30, 2010
State Workers to Get 4-Day Weekend Thanks to Furloughs
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Many state government employees will again have a 4 day holiday weekend while being paid for just 3.
A number of ...
Sun, August 29, 2010
Campaign workers killed as Afghan violence spreads
By Paul Tait
KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead five campaign workers for a candidate in Afghanistan's parliamentary election next month, officials said on ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
Ford Plant's Future in MN Could Affect Workers Living in WI
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WTAQ) - Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and other top leaders will make another pitch to Ford Motor executives Wednesday, to keep the ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
Lack of skilled workers threatens recovery-Manpower
By Nick Zieminski
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Workers with specialized skills like electricians, carpenters and welders are in critically short supply in many large economies ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
Extreme World Workers Caught Fixing Ride Before Inspection
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police caught workers making middle of the night repairs to a Wisconsin Dells thrill ride, just hours before a state ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Dislocated Medford workers get federal job training help
MEDFORD, Wis. (WSAU) – The federal government is stepping in to help workers laid off from a Medford door and window manufacturer because of foreign ...
Fri, August 13, 2010
Wolf Appliance Workers Reject Pay Cut
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Workers at Wolf Appliance reject a company offer of a 20 percent cut in pay and benefits.
Union members say Thursday ...
Wed, August 11, 2010
Immigrant workers faring better than U.S.-born in New York
By Zachary Goelman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Immigrants in New York City have a lower unemployment rate and participate in the labor force at a ...
Tue, August 10, 2010
Wisconsinite among killed aid workers in Afghanistan
JANESVILLE, Wis (WRN) A man hailing from Wisconsin is said to be one of the ten aid workers killed in Afghanistan over the weekend ...
Sat, August 07, 2010
Group denies Afghan Taliban claims over dead workers
By Paul Tait
KABUL (Reuters) - An international Christian aid group denied on Sunday Taliban accusations that its team of foreign medical workers killed in ...
Thu, August 05, 2010
Giving diaphragms to sex workers may not up risk-taking
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving sex workers diaphragm contraceptives does not seem to have the unintended effect of lowering their condom use, a new ...
Tue, August 03, 2010
Obama freezes bonuses for some government workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered bonuses be frozen for political appointees in the federal government, as the White House sought to ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
Fake sewer district workers try to scam flood victims
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) Residents are being warned to be on guard against scammers posing as Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District workers.
The district says some people ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
BP to set aside $100 million for unemployed rig workers
HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Friday it will establish a $100 million fund to help drilling rig workers in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Tue, July 27, 2010
Some space shuttle workers get layoff notice
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's prime space shuttle contractor, United Space Alliance, sent layoff notices this week to more than ...
Fri, July 23, 2010
Humana Moving Over 300 Workers
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Hundreds of employees at Humana are being relocated throughout Green Bay and De Pere.
Over 300 workers will go from ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
Lacking contract, union hotel workers protest Hyatt
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hundreds of unionized hotel workers seeking a new contract and protesting staff cuts and working conditions staged a sit-in in front of ...
Wed, July 21, 2010
Resentment grows over out-of-town Gulf oil workers
By Alexandria Sage
FORT JACKSON, Louisiana (Reuters) - The oil clean-up crews descend from the yellow school buses each evening, dirty and exhausted, their vests ...
Sun, July 18, 2010
Firms want to rehire; skilled workers scarce
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fifty-four percent of large U.S. businesses that laid off employees in the past year want to rebuild their workforces but ...
Sun, July 18, 2010
Fond Du Lac city workers accused of embezzelment
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WSAU) - Two former employees and a vendor for the city of Fond du Lac are accused of using taxpayer money ...
Wed, July 14, 2010
Blast and fire injures workers at U.S. Steel plant
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An explosion at the largest coke manufacturing facility in the United States injured at least 15 people and forced a partial ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
Groups Get $4.5M in State Grants to Train Workers
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Local groups will share about $4.5 million in state funds to train workers.
The Workforce Development agency announced the grants ...
Wed, July 07, 2010
Public workers spike pensions with excess overtime
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some New York public employees are spiking their pension benefits by working hundreds of hours of overtime as they near retirement ...
Fri, July 02, 2010
AIG can proceed with workers comp lawsuit vs rivals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Chicago federal judge has authorized American International Group Inc <AIG.N> to pursue a lawsuit accusing rival insurers of illegally ...
Tue, June 29, 2010
Merrill city workers union files greivance over layoffs
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill's public workers union says the city has violated labor agreements by hiring seasonal workers during a layoff.
The city ...
Mon, June 28, 2010
Laid off workers negotiate full pensions
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) About 140 union workers soon-to-be-laid-off from Milwaukee’s Rockwell Automation have agreed to a severance package that includes full pensions. The company ...
Mon, June 28, 2010
Nearly 140 Union Workers Agree to Full Pension in Severance Pkg.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - About 140 union workers soon to be laid off from Milwaukee’s Rockwell Automation have agreed to a severance package that ...
Sun, June 27, 2010
Boeing workers in St. Louis vote to accept contract
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co workers at a St. Louis plant voted to accept a contract on Sunday, averting a strike, the company said ...
Sun, June 27, 2010
2 Workers Injured in South Milwaukee Plant Explosion
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Two workers at Appleton Electric foundry in South Milwaukee were injured in an early morning explosion Saturday. The plant and several ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Clean-up workers risk health problems from oil spill
By Emma Ashburn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Workers struggling in the heat to clean up oil from the ruptured BP well in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Appleton Company Looking to Hire About 50 Workers
APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - More jobs are available in Appleton. West Business Services is looking to add about 50 more people to the nearly 1 ...
Thu, June 17, 2010
Walker Wants to Make State Workers Pay for Their Pensions
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Republican candidate for governor said Thursday he would save $180 million a year, by making state employees put their ...
Tue, June 15, 2010
Labor updating petition on China workers' rights
By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid reports of increased unrest among workers in China, the largest U.S. labor group is considering asking President ...
Mon, June 14, 2010
Laid off Greenheck workers eligible for federal aid
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Any Greenheck Fan employee laid off since September 2008 will be eligible for federal aid because they lost their job to ...
Sun, June 13, 2010
Police fire teargas at World Cup workers
By David Clarke
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African police fired teargas and rubber bullets late Sunday to chase hundreds of protesting World Cup ...
Sun, June 13, 2010
Police use teargas on disgruntled World Cup workers
By David Clarke and Nick Mulvenney
DURBAN (Reuters) - South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of workers protesting over pay ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
Striking Honda China workers hold out for pay, union
By James Pomfret
ZHONGSHAN, China (Reuters) - Workers at a lock factory in southern China that supplies Honda Motor Co <7267.T> challenged managers on ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
Sickened September 11 workers get revised settlement
By Karina Ioffee
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attorneys for thousands of workers who suffered health problems stemming from the September 11, 2001, attack on the ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
China labor unrest spreads as workers seek more
By Doug Young
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Labor unrest that began among foreign firms in south China's Pearl Delta area is showing signs of ...
Wed, June 09, 2010
Hyatt workers want better pay as economy rebounds
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hyatt Hotels Corp <H.N> is trying to lock its workers into recession-era wages despite an economic uptick that has helped bolster ...
Wed, June 09, 2010
Group Gets Stimulus Funds to Train Workers for Retro-Fit Homes
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Wisconsin group is getting a quarter-million federal stimulus dollars to train workers who will make homes more energy-efficient.
The U ...
Tue, June 08, 2010
Many Wisconsin firms are planning to hire workers
UNDATED (WSAU) The so-called “jobless recovery” may not be jobless for much longer.
According to Manpower Incorporated, 21-percent of Wisconsin companies plan to add ...
Tue, June 08, 2010
Survey: 21% of WI Firms Plan to Add Workers This Summer
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The so-called “jobless recovery” may not be jobless for much longer. According to Manpower Incorporated, 21 percent of Wisconsin companies plan ...
Mon, June 07, 2010
Gas drilling fire burns 7 workers in W. Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fireball and explosion burned seven members of a crew drilling for natural gas at an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia ...
Mon, June 07, 2010
For California public workers, it's more give than take
By Jim Christie
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Smaller paychecks beat reams of pink slips, California public employee unions are concluding in contract talks with local ...
Sat, June 05, 2010
Bank of America workers across U.S. sue for overtime
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Workers for Bank of America Corp, one of the nation's largest employers, have sued the company for allegedly failing to ...
Fri, June 04, 2010
430K+ Jobs Added, Most Gov't Census Workers
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nonfarm payrolls grew at their fastest pace in 10 years in May, buoyed by recruitment for the decennial census ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Census workers topped 550,000 in mid-May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Census said on Wednesday it had 573,779 workers on its payroll in mid-May, suggesting a huge boost in ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Government offers jobs grant to Florida space workers
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The Labor Department on Wednesday announced a $15 million emergency grant to help space shuttle workers start ...
Tue, June 01, 2010
China iPhone plant workers to get 30 percent raise
LONGHUA, China (Reuters) - Production line workers at Foxconn's southern China manufacturing hub will get a 30 percent pay rise, as top customer Apple ...
Tue, June 01, 2010
Alcoa sets tentative labor pact with union workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alcoa Inc <AA.N> said Tuesday it reached a tentative agreement with the United Steelworkers (USW) union on a new 4-year ...
Tue, June 01, 2010
Stoughton Trailers to Add 300+ Workers
DANE COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Stoughton Trailers in Dane County plans to add over 300 employees by the end of this year. The firm credits ...
Fri, May 28, 2010
Laid-Off Workers to Get State Help in Finding Jobs
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Over 1,200 laid-off workers in Wisconsin are about get some extra help in their search for new jobs. Governor Jim ...
Mon, May 24, 2010
Memorial Day Weeked 4 Days, For State Workers Furloughed
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Most state employees will have a 4-day weekend for Memorial Day – but they won’t get paid for Friday, because it ...
Sun, May 16, 2010
Three Chinese oil workers abducted in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) - Separatist Yemeni militants kidnapped three Chinese oil company workers on Sunday in an apparent move to pressure authorities in a local criminal ...
Thu, May 13, 2010
Laid off Shawano workers eligible for federal aid
SHAWANO, Wis. (WSAU) – Workers laid off from a Shawano manufacturer will be eligible for federal job training aid, the state announced today.
Any employee ...
Tue, May 11, 2010
Boeing workers, lawmakers rally in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 20 Boeing Co workers joined lawmakers from Washington state for a small rally at the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
Former Janesville GM Workers May Lose Benefits if They Avoid Work
JANESVILLE, Wis. (WTAQ) - General Motors is telling former Janesville employees to report for work in Ohio later this month, or lose their benefits. An ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Home care workers unionize
UNDATED (WSAU) About 55-hundred Wisconsin home care workers are about to join a union. The Service Employees International Union said yesterday that the providers ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Thousands of WI Home Care Workers to Join Union
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - About 5,500 Wisconsin home care workers are about to join a union. The Service Employees International Union said Thursday that ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
Census Workers Start Knocking on Doors Saturday
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - If you’re one of the 19 percent of Wisconsinites who didn’t return a census form, get ready to ...
Thu, April 29, 2010
Harley to Milwaukee workers: cut production costs, or production will move elsewhere
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) One of Wisconsin’s most famous home-grown companies says it will have to cut millions-of-dollars in manufacturing costs – or else it will ...
Wed, April 28, 2010
Many workers lack useful job feedback: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. workers do not clearly understand how to help their companies' meet objectives and most say they ...
Wed, April 28, 2010
State Capitol Ceremony to Honor Workers' Memorial Day
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wednesday is Workers’ Memorial Day – and a ceremony will be held at the State Capitol to remember those who’ve been ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Few Chinese lung diseased workers get redress: report
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Over 10,000 workers in China are diagnosed with a deadly lung disease each year from breathing in dust from cutting ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Few Chinese lung diseased workers get redress: report
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Over 10,000 workers in China are diagnosed with a deadly lung disease each year from breathing in dust from cutting ...
Thu, April 22, 2010
Greek workers strike, challenge EU/IMF talks
By Renee Maltezou and Ingrid Melander
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek public sector workers walked off the job on Thursday to protest against austerity measures and ...
Wed, April 21, 2010
Workers missing after blast, fire hit oil rig
By Anna Driver and Bruce Nichols
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Eleven workers were missing and 17 injured in an explosion at a Transocean oil drilling rig ...
Tue, April 20, 2010
Greenheck Fan recalls laid off workers
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Greenheck Fan is recalling more than 50 employees who were laid off earlier this month.
Vice president for human resources Jon ...
Thu, April 08, 2010
Lung damage in cotton workers partly reversible
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Workers in the cotton textile industry often develop chronic coughs and other respiratory problems, but a new study suggests that ...
Wed, April 07, 2010
Older, young U.S. workers jostle for scarce jobs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young adults in the United States are being squeezed out of the labor force as older workers either delay retirement or seek ...
Tue, April 06, 2010
Dust, fumes harm many asthmatic workers' breathing
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to certain substances on the job is a major contributor to asthma attacks, a new analysis of European data ...
Fri, April 02, 2010
U.S. workers more confident of jobs, higher pay
By Ellen Wulfhorst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Increasingly confident about the job market, U.S. workers expect higher pay in a economic recovery or many ...
Wed, March 31, 2010
Mutual fund workers get whistle-blower cover: judge
By Ross Kerber
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. law protecting whistle-blowers at publicly traded companies also covers mutual fund firms, a federal judge ruled ...
Wed, March 31, 2010
Court: Ex-FDL City Workers View of Child Porn Is Possession
WAUKESHA, Wis. (WTAQ) - When you look at child pornography on the Internet, you’re committing a felony by possessing it – even if you don ...
Mon, March 29, 2010
Good Friday Will Be Furlough Friday For Some Gov't Workers
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Good Friday won’t be so good for a number of government employees who will be off without pay. It’s ...
Tue, March 16, 2010
WI Has Fewer Public Workers Per Resident Than Nat'l Avg.
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin has fewer state and local public employees per resident than the national average – but the state employees get paid more ...
Mon, March 15, 2010
Recession left "walking wounded" workers
By Nick Zieminski
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many workers around the world have given up hopes of advancing in their jobs, but the bad economy ...
Fri, March 12, 2010
New York's "Ground Zero" workers reach deal on claims
By Edith Honan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of workers who suffered health problems after the September 11 attacks in 2001 have reached a settlement ...
Tue, March 09, 2010
ACORN Defends Voter Drive Despite Workers Being Charged With Fraud
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The community organizing group ACORN defended its voter registration drive in Milwaukee, after 2 of its workers were charged with felony ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
ACORN workers charged with voter registration fraud
MILWAUKEE (WSAU) Two workers for the controversial group ACORN were charged in Milwaukee today with getting false voter registrations.
36-year-old Maria Miles of Milwaukee ...
Mon, March 01, 2010
NY prosecutor clears U.S. liberal group ACORN workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Employees at the U.S. liberal grass-roots group ACORN who were caught on video giving tax advice to a couple posing ...
Sun, February 28, 2010
Republic Airline Workers To Have Benefits Cut, Salaries Frozen
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Workers at the Republic Airlines maintenance facility in Milwaukee will have their salaries frozen and their benefits reduced. That's the ...
Thu, February 25, 2010
Toyoda meets with LaHood, thanks workers at plant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <TM.N><7203.T> President Akio Toyoda had a "cordial and open" meeting on Thursday with Transportation Secretary Ray ...
Thu, February 25, 2010
Head Of State Workers' Union Blasts Report On Pensions
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The head of the state government’s largest union is blasting a new report that says public employees get sweeter and ...
Wed, February 24, 2010
Report: Gov't Workers Pensions Protected, Others Not
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A conservative think tank says government employees have had their retirement benefits protected, while private sector workers have taken it on ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
Nearly 20 percent of U.S. workers underemployed
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 20 percent of the U.S. workforce lacked adequate employment in January and struggled to make ends meet ...
Tue, February 16, 2010
Health workers often decline TB treatment
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospital and nursing-home employees who are infected with latent tuberculosis may often decline drug therapy to prevent ...
Fri, February 12, 2010
Continental fleet service workers join Teamsters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 8,000 fleet service workers at Continental Airlines have voted to unionize by joining the Teamsters, the labor group and ...
Mon, February 08, 2010
Workers, Gov't Benefits From Homebuilding In WI
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Homebuilding generates a huge amount of money in Wisconsin for both private employees and the government. The National Association of Home ...
Sun, February 07, 2010
Workers accounted for at Connecticut blast
By Ros Krasny
BOSTON (Reuters) - All workers at the Connecticut power plant construction site rocked by a massive explosion on Sunday have been accounted ...
Sat, February 06, 2010
WellPoint Inc. Laying Off 111 Workers In GB
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - 111 employees of Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield will be laid off in the Green Bay area. The state reporting ...
Fri, February 05, 2010
UW Workers Could See Big Errors During New Payroll System Install
MADISON, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - The UW System is in the process of installing a new payroll computer system. But in the meantime, state Auditor ...
Thu, February 04, 2010
Bay Shipbuilding Lays Off 116 Workers
STURGEON BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Door County shipbuilder has announced more layoffs. Bay Shipbuilding files notice it will layoff 116 workers. The layoffs will ...
Mon, February 01, 2010
$2.3M Going To Aid Displaced Auto Workers In WI
WASHINGTON D.C. (Midwest Communications) - The federal government is giving $2.3 million to help displaced auto workers in south central Wisconsin. The assistance ...
Thu, January 28, 2010
Latino Workers, Activists Want Driving Card Bill Passed
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The Senate Assembly parlor was overflowing with Latino workers and activists at a lobbying rally this week. They’re launching a ...
Tue, January 26, 2010
Oracle plans to hire 2,000 workers: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Software maker Oracle Corp <ORCL.O>, which is near to closing its $7 billion acquisition of computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc ...
Mon, January 25, 2010
NYC may lay off 19,000 workers if state cuts aid
By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will have to lay off more than 10,000 public workers, in addition to 8 ...
Thu, January 21, 2010
Wall St hires 1,000 workers in December, most since May
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street went on a bit of a hiring spree in December, adding 1,000 securities and commodities workers, a state ...
Sat, January 16, 2010
100 Workers Re-Hired At Cruisers Yachts
OCONTO, Wis. (WTAQ) - A yacht company based in northeast Wisconsin is re-hiring workers. KCS International Incorporated, based in Oconto and the parent company of ...
Fri, January 15, 2010
Briggs and Stratton To Reimburse Workers For Pay Cuts
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - One of Metro Milwaukee’s largest firms says it will reimburse salaried employees for most of the pay cuts they ...
Fri, January 15, 2010
State Workers Get 4 Day Weekend Due To Furlough
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - It’s a 4 day weekend for some state government employees – but they’ll only get paid for one of those ...
Wed, January 13, 2010
Marinette Workers Hit Milestone In Ship Building
MARINETTE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Workers in Marinette have reached a milestone in their construction of a U.S. Navy combat ship. They’ve installed twin ...
Fri, January 08, 2010
Twitter hiring workers to turn Tweets into money
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter, the popular but money-losing microblogging service, is hiring engineers and specialists who can help turn it into ...
Fri, January 08, 2010
2 Workers Hospitalized Following Madison Freon Leak
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Two employees were sent to a hospital Friday after Freon leaked from a cylinder at a factory in Madison. The workers ...
Fri, January 08, 2010
Retirement annuity payments for state workers goes down
MADISON (WSAU) More than 144-thousand retired state employees will see their annuity payments go down in 2010. Their retirement fund is struggling to make ...
Thu, January 07, 2010
Al Qaeda claims attack on CIA workers in Afghanistan
DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Afghan wing has claimed last week's attack at a U.S. base in Afghanistan in which a double ...
Wed, January 06, 2010
Union: Lawmakers Asked For Easier Path To Unionize UW Workers
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The American Federation of Teachers and some Democratic lawmakers have asked the UW System to make it easier for its workers ...
Mon, January 04, 2010
Jordanian with Qaeda ties killed CIA workers: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last week was an al Qaeda double-agent ...
Wed, December 30, 2009
Pilgrim's to pay $4.5 million over illegal workers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride Corp said on Wednesday it will pay $4.5 million over three years to ...
Tue, December 29, 2009
Janesville Families Deal With GM Workers Away From Home
JANESVILLE (WRN) - More than 500 people who worked at General Motors in Janesville when it shut down a year ago are now employed at ...
Tue, December 29, 2009
Some former GM-Janesville workers commute long distances to keep jobs
JANESVILLE, Wis (WSAU) More than 500 people who worked at General Motors in Janesville when it shut down a year ago are now employed ...
Tue, December 29, 2009
NewPage sued over cuts to retired workers insurance plan
UNDATED (WSAU) NewPage is facing a lawsuit over plans to cut health insurance benefits for retirees.
Bill Clendenning, a retired worker from Grand Rapids ...
Mon, December 28, 2009
State Workers Signed Up For Partner Benefits Getting Taxed
MADISON (WRN) - Almost 600 state government employees have signed up for the health insurance that’s being offered to their domestic partners for the ...
Tue, December 22, 2009
West Services In Appleton Hiring 90 Workers
APPLETON, Wis. (WTAQ) - West Business Services in Appleton has 90 jobs available in their sales and customer service departments. The jobs will be mostly ...
Mon, December 21, 2009
Ford offers buyouts to all UAW workers
By Kevin Krolicki
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co <F.N> said on Monday it is offering its 41,000 U.S. factory workers buyouts ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
Avon calling: More workers try direct sales
By Ellen Wulfhorst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More U.S. workers, hoping to make ends meet in the recession, have turned to direct selling, but ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
AT&T workers sue for $1 billion in overtime pay
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc workers are suing the telephone operator for an estimated $1 billion in overtime payments in two class action ...
Tue, December 15, 2009
Ford U.S. salaried workers to get merit raises
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co, which posted a nearly $1 billion third-quarter profit that surprised Wall Street analysts, will reinstate merit pay increases for ...
Tue, December 15, 2009
Cadbury workers launch fight against Kraft bid
By David Jones
BOURNVILLE (Reuters) - British and Irish Cadbury <CBRY.L> workers kicked off a campaign to fight a hostile bid from Kraft Foods ...
Mon, December 14, 2009
Chef Admits To Giving Pot Brownies To Co-Workers
WAUKESHA COUNTY (WRN) - A restaurant chef in Waukesha County will be sentenced January 13th, after he served up brownies with marijuana to 3 unsuspecting ...
Fri, December 11, 2009
Workers Back On Job At We Energies Coal Power Plant
OAK CREEK (WRN) - Construction work resumed Friday at the second of 2 We Energies’ coal fired power plants in Oak Creek. Workers were sent ...
Thu, December 10, 2009
Wausau recalls laid off workers to help with snow removal
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) The City of Wausau is recalling 10 laid off workers in the Department of Public Works. They were laid off two ...
Wed, December 02, 2009
Harley-Davidson Union Workers Ratify York Pact
MILWAUKEE (WRN) - Milwaukee’s Harley-Davidson will not be moving its main motorcycle assembly plant. Union employees in York Pennsylvania ratified a 7 year contract ...
Tue, December 01, 2009
Two workers fired for mishandling sex-assault complaint
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) Two employees at the Norwood Mental Health Hospital were fired after an 18-year-old patient was sexually molested.
The workers are ...
Mon, November 30, 2009
State workers told of possible layoffs
MADISON (WSAU) Just over 200 state employees were recently told they might be laid off. Twenty have been let go – and state Employment Relations ...
Sun, November 29, 2009
Companies ask workers to take on more
By Chris Reese
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Like many U.S. employers, Tish and Snooky Bellomo are asking their workers to take on additional duties ...
Fri, November 27, 2009
Detergent exposure hard on workers' lungs: studies
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who work in detergent factories are at increased risk of developing respiratory problems, including asthma, probably from exposure to ...
Wed, November 25, 2009
Wal-Mart price pressure hurts China workers: report
BEIJING (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's demand for rock-bottom prices from suppliers in China means some of these companies are forcing their employees to ...
Fri, November 20, 2009
NYC mayor, government try different ways to trim workers
By Joan Gralla
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City and the state both want to cut expenses by trimming public employees but so far ...
Fri, November 20, 2009
Funeral workers risk cancer from formaldehyde
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday.
They found deaths from one ...
Thu, November 19, 2009
Cash-poor NY pushes state workers to take severance
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cash-poor New York has extended a severance program that offers its workers $20,000 payments after only 1,089 people were ...
Thu, November 19, 2009
Survey: U.S. workers set to seek new jobs in 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of U.S. workers intend to look for new jobs next year, according to a poll released on Thursday ...
Thu, November 19, 2009
Survey: State Workers Can Expect Higher Health Costs
MADISON (WRN) - Wisconsin employees can expect to pay a larger share of their health costs next year. That’s according to a survey of ...
Wed, November 18, 2009
German union to represent T-Mobile USA workers
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and German labor leaders announced a transatlantic alliance on Wednesday aimed at persuading Germany's giant Deutsche ...
Wed, November 18, 2009
Public Workers Retirement Fund Managers No Longer Fly First Class
MADISON (WRN) - The group that manages the retirement funds of most Wisconsin public employees is no longer flying first class on its business trips ...
Mon, November 16, 2009
Hyatt says 6 of 98 fired Boston workers accept plan
By Deepa Seetharaman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just six of the 98 Boston housekeepers sacked by Hyatt Hotels Corp in August have taken up its ...
Fri, November 13, 2009
Medical workers balk at mandatory flu vaccines
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Even as they are forced to wait like everyone else for swine flu vaccines in short supply, thousands ...
Fri, November 13, 2009
Manitowoc Budwesier Plant Slashes Workers
MANITOWOC (WRN) - A Manitowoc plant that makes malt for Budweiser beer will soon be running at only 30 percent of its capacity. That’s ...
Mon, November 09, 2009
US Census Bureau to hire 47,000 temporary workers in Wisconsin
UNDATED (WSAU) The U-S Census Bureau will hire 47-thousand people in Wisconsin to help conduct next year’s Census. Most will visit the homes ...
Sun, November 08, 2009
Poor health puts older workers off staying: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Working conditions must be improved for older people if governments and companies are to persuade them to continue contributing to economic growth ...
Thu, November 05, 2009
Report: WI Taxpayers Not Supporting As Many Public Workers
MADISON (WRN) - Wisconsin taxpayers are not supporting as many public employees as critics might lead you to believe. A recent report from the U ...
Tue, November 03, 2009
Philadelphia public transit workers strike over pay
By Jon Hurdle
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Bus, subway and trolley service in Philadelphia halted on Tuesday as transit workers went on strike over wages, pensions ...
Fri, October 30, 2009
Ford suffers UAW setback, Canadian workers OK cuts
By David Bailey
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. factory workers at Ford Motor Co overwhelmingly rejected proposed concessions it has said it needs to stay ...
Mon, October 26, 2009
Kansas City UAW plant workers reject Ford contract
By David Bailey
DETROIT (Reuters) - Union workers at Ford Motor Co's Kansas City assembly plant overwhelmingly rejected proposed contract changes that include a ...
Mon, October 26, 2009
Caterpillar cuts 2,500 workers, recalls others
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc, the world's biggest maker of heavy machinery, said on Monday it plans to permanently cut 2,500 workers ...
Thu, October 22, 2009
Federal aid available for dislocated Medford workers
MEDFORD, Wis. (WSAU) – Eighteen workers who lost their job at a Medford engineering company because of foreign competition will be eligible to apply for ...
Wed, October 21, 2009
Social workers will have to provide more information in abuse cases
MADISON (WSAU) Wisconsin’s child welfare agencies will soon have to tell us a lot more about the way they handle deaths-and-injuries caused by ...
Wed, October 21, 2009
Deal: County workers delay pay raises; no furloughs in 2010
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Marathon County employees will not face furloughs in 2010 under an agreement with the county board.
Yesterday the county approved the ...
Sun, October 11, 2009
Sub-Zero calls workers back to line
FITCHBURG, Wis. (WSAU) - Workers are being called back to SubZero-Wolf plants in Fitchburg and Phoenix, Arizona.
That company's luxury refrigerators, freezers and wine ...
Wed, October 07, 2009
Dell to shut North Carolina plant, cut 905 workers
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc said it will close a North Carolina desktop computer manufacturing plant early next year, laying off 905 workers, as ...
Tue, October 06, 2009
Fewer U.S. workers fired for faking illness: survey
By Ellen Wulfhorst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of employees calling in sick to work with fake excuses is holding steady at one-third among ...
Thu, October 01, 2009
Obama bans government workers from texting while driving
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed an order banning federal workers from text messaging while driving on official business or ...
Wed, September 30, 2009
Bill would require state workers to report childcare fraud
MADISON (WSAU) A new bill would make it a crime for state-and-county workers to look the other way when child care providers commit fraud ...
Wed, September 30, 2009
Goodwill workers find, return $13,000 cash
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Workers at the Goodwill store in Marshfield returned 13-thousand dollars that was left behind in three shoe-boxes.
Workers made the discovery ...
Wed, September 30, 2009
Wood County workers avoid furloughs in 2010
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) Wood County is telling its workers they will not face furloughs in 2010.
The city's finance committee agreed to ...
Wed, September 23, 2009
Massachusetts threatens Hyatt boycott over workers
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The governor of Massachusetts threatened to halt state business with Hyatt Hotels Corp on Wednesday unless the hotel operator rehires 98 Boston ...
Sat, September 19, 2009
Spain Opel workers protest Magna: media
MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched through the streets of Zaragoza north east Spain on Saturday to protest Canada's Magna's <MGa.TO ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
CORRECTED: Airline workers may spread H1N1, expert says
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Airline employees who report to work ill are more likely than sick passengers to spread infections such as the ...
Tue, September 15, 2009
Obama tells workers U.S. economy is on the mend
By Patricia Zengerle
LORDSTOWN, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama promised struggling autoworkers on Tuesday he was committed to rebuilding a thriving U.S. auto ...
Tue, September 15, 2009
U.S. workers' health costs soaring, studies show
By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. workers getting health insurance for their families through employers have seen their premiums more than double in ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
Deere lays off more workers as demand lags
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Deere & Co <DE.N>, the world's largest farm equipment maker, said on Thursday it would lay off 367 workers at its ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
Boeing workers in South Carolina reject union
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Workers at a Boeing Co plant in South Carolina voted on Thursday to decertify the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
Opel workers, politicians seek Magna deal answers
By Maria Sheahan
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Workers at Opel, German politicians and customers of Canada's Magna expressed concern on Friday about whether General Motors ...
Thu, September 03, 2009
Masks key flu protection for health workers: report
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers taking care of people infected with the new swine ...
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