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"We need an increase that keeps pace with inflation," [said Pat Guidice, Business Manage of IBEW Local 1049].

Pat Guidice, business manager of Local 1049, said he expected to receive the company’s latest and best offer for a contract by sometime Friday, and that he would present it to members for a vote in advance of any call for a strike.

Unionized National Grid workers, whose contract expires next week, voted Wednesday to authorize a strike if a new pact isn't reached by midnight on Feb. 13.

The Service Employees International Union, which represents nearly two million workers in industries like home health care and janitorial services, said on Wednesday that it would become part of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., an umbrella group of more than 50 unions that represent more than 12.5 million work

Union leaders for 46 custodians at Molloy University said Thursday contract negotiations with the institution seeking wage increases are at a standstill following a one-day strike early last month.

New data analysis from the report finds that a majority of hospitals fail to publicly post all staffing plans and actual daily staffing levels in all units of the hospital, as the law requires.