The City of Bloomington and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees approved a four-year contract, earlier this month. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME for short, and the city of Bloomington agreed to the terms a contract for municipal employees on December 6. The 2 – 2.5 percent pay increase for municipal …
Read More »
Unemployment across Indiana is below the national average, but according to a new report by the Indiana Institute for Working Families, more Hoosiers are taking jobs that pay less than the rest of their Midwestern peers. WFHB Correspondent Gabe Donnelly speaks with the report’s author, IIWF Senior Policy Analyst Andrew Bradley.
Read More »It’s labor day in America, and in lieu of our Daily Local News segment, we’ve aired two interviews about the state of labor in Indiana. In our first interview, WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Andrew Bradley, a Senior Policy Analyst for the Indiana Institute for Working Families, about so-called Right to Work legislation, and the labor market across …
Read More »
WFHB Bloomington Community Radio