Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states. Last year, the nation added more than 411,000 union members — the largest annual growth since 2008, according to a study published just ahead of ...
It’s never been more expensive in the U.S. to fill up the tank and take one last summer trip over the Labor Day weekend. The average price of regular gas was $4.14 a gallon heading into the holiday, nearly a dollar higher than last year and well above the Labor Day weekend record of $3.82 from 2012, according to AAA motor club. Nicole Collins planned to head from Philadelphia to South Carolina to visit friends, but she said her family has spent most of the summer close to home and not taking their typical weekend trips because driving has gotten so expensive. “Gas is pretty ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell a packed crowd that workers need to go to the polls this fall — to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for one another. “Labor Day has never been just another holiday,” Jackson told several hundred union members at a Southern Maine Labor Council event Monday morning in Portland. “Today, here with the people I’ve fought alongside for years, I ...
BELLEFONTE — Bellefonte Area High School students got a hands-on look at some of the opportunities offered by the U.S. Army Wednesday, when a mobile flight simulator truck visited the school. The semi-truck, which is based out of Fort Knox, Kentucky, is touring schools across the country. ...
Set up for the Labor Day Regatta finished up Friday afternoon ahead of the first night along East Water Street. Opening ceremonies will begin at 10 a.m. with Clinton County Commissioner Angela Harding presenting.The regatta features carnival rides, vendors, food, games, craft vendors and ...
JERSEY SHORE — Ken and Penny Parks-Dean are preparing to take on a 65-mile bicycle ride through the Pine Creek Rail Trail in an effort to help raise funds and awareness for the Jersey Shore Care and Share Food Pantry. The Parks-Dean Team will make the ride Sept. 5, traveling from ...
