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Police remove dozens of demonstrators in janitors’ protest

October 26, 2018

Nearly 50 demonstrators, including Democratic City-County Council members Zach Adamson and Duke Oliver, were issued written summons Thursday for violating a city ordinance and not complying with police.

Janitors’ union recruits council support on contract talks

June 25, 2012

The first janitors’ union contract in the city will expire soon, and union organizers are looking to the Indianapolis City-County Council to give them a boost in the negotiations.

Janitors’ contract falls short of Columbus, Cincy

April 21, 2008

The 1,500 local janitors covered under a new union agreement ratified Saturday will earn at least $9 an hour by 2012, less than similar pacts signed in recent months in Ohio. Like the Indianapolis contract, the Ohio pacts end in 2012. Under contracts negotiated by Washington, D.C.-based Service Employees International Union, the minimum for that […]

Janitors’ union negotiates contract

April 18, 2008

The first citywide union contract has been struck following negotiations between 1,500 janitors and five big companies that clean local businesses. The Service Employees International Union plans a ratification vote tomorrow at Central Christian Church in Indianapolis, the union announced this morning. Leslie Mendoza Kamstra, of the SEIU’s Indianapolis office, said she could not disclose […]

Janitors want Lilly, WellPoint to push for better health benefits

April 14, 2008

Service Employees International Union Local 3 is backing local janitors as they restart contract negotiations April 16 with
five of the largest janitorial contractors in Indianapolis. SEIU now is taking direct aim at Lilly, health insurer WellPoint
Inc. and even some local hospitals, hoping they will pressure the janitorial contractors to come to terms.

Janitors union to start negotiations today

February 21, 2008

The Service Employees International Union, which has organized janitors in Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio, and now Indianapolis, begins negotiations today on behalf of 1,500 local janitors after years of contentious organizing efforts. Companies participating in the Indianapolis negotiations are ABM Industries Inc. of San Francisco; Group Services France of Paris; Mitch Murch’s Maintenance Management Co. of […]

Janitors union to deliver ‘hearts’ to CEO group

February 14, 2008

A union that’s organizing janitors in Indianapolis and other cities plans to deliver 100,000 candy hearts to Central Indiana Corporate Partnership at noon today to represent the number of people in Indianapolis the union says are without health insurance. Central Indiana Corporate Partnership is a not-for-profit of CEOs of the region’s largest corporations and university […]

Janitors launch strike at Market Tower

September 26, 2007

Janitors working in Market Tower downtown walked off the job yesterday in their ongoing attempt to organize under the Service International Employees Union. Union backers have complained for months that the company that cleans the tower, Executive Management Services, is discouraging its workers from joining the union. Both the union and the Indianapolis janitorial company […]

Groups sue to block FTC’s new rule barring noncompete agreements

April 24, 2024 | The Washington Post

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups on Wednesday sued the Federal Trade Commission over a new rule that would make most noncompete agreements illegal, setting up a potential showdown over the scope of the agency’s authority.

Virtual school funding increase benefits House speaker’s client

March 24, 2023

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston maintained Thursday that virtual charter schools deserve equal funding and denied that a virtual education company he consults for would unfairly benefit from a tax increase proposed in the state budget.

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston presides over the chamber. (Monroe Bush for Indiana Capital Chronicle)

Congress expands protections for pregnant and nursing workers

December 30, 2022 | The Washington Post

Experts say the provisions will help close the gender wage gap and improve conditions for pregnant workers, especially in physically demanding jobs.

Inflation putting tighter squeeze on already pricey kids sports

November 3, 2022 | Associated Press

Sticker shock in youth sports is nothing new, but the onslaught of double-digit inflation across America this year has added a costly wrinkle on the path to the ballparks, swimming pools and dance studios across America.

Abortion ruling thrusts some companies into divisive arena

June 25, 2022 | Associated Press

The Supreme Court ruling comes at a time when companies have become increasingly reliant on women to fill jobs, and especially as they face a nationwide labor shortage.

Earnings, revenue soar at IU Health in first 6 months, as patients return for procedures

August 5, 2021 | John Russell

Indiana University Health saw its earnings more than double in the first half of the year, to $414 million, compared to a year ago, as patients flocked back to hospitals and clinics, many for procedures they had postponed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bonus pay for essential workers varied widely across states

July 11, 2021 | Associated Press

As society reopens, momentum to provide pandemic hazard pay appears to be fading—even though the federal government has broadened the ability of state and local governments to provide retroactive pay.

Sheila Kennedy: Connecting some dots in the hospitality industry

April 30, 2021 | Sheila Suess Kennedy

Researchers estimate that the pandemic has cost America 2.5 million restaurant jobs and closed more than 100,000 eateries, so it is worrisome that, just as the nation begins to return to whatever “normal” looks like, so many restaurants that did survive can’t find staffers.

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