The city's largest union goes to the polls today to vote on a proposed one-year contract for city workers that includes no pay raises and no reduction in benefits. ...more

November 10, 2009

Hillsborough County school administrators and teachers union leaders have tentatively agreed to bring back about 130 veteran teachers who initially were told they weren't coming back in the fall. ...more

May 12, 2009

Members of Tampa's largest union have approved a proposed one-year contract with the city that includes pay raises of up to 5.5 percent for some. ...more

March 27, 2009

Members of Tampa's largest union have approved a proposed one-year contract with the city that includes pay raises of up to 5.5 percent for some. ...more

March 26, 2009

As many as 150 veteran teachers likely will hear this week that the district won't be renewing their contract next school year. ...more

March 23, 2009

President Barack Obama embraced merit pay for teachers Tuesday in spelling out a vision of education that will almost certainly alienate union backers. ...more

March 10, 2009

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor has concerns about the economic game plan President-elect Barack Obama has been putting together during the transition. ...more

December 20, 2008

Workers who got three days' notice that their factory was shutting its doors have occupied the building and say they won't go home without assurances they'll get severance and vacation pay. ...more

December 6, 2008

The economic realities of the present moment are stark: the nation's financial system has been teetering on the brink of disaster; businesses are finding it nearly impossible to borrow money; people are having trouble finding the money to buy houses and many of the people who have houses are finding it difficult to keep up with mortgage payments; the unemployment rate is rising; the revenue from taxes and fees governments rely on is coming in way below the estimates of only a few months ago. ...more

November 22, 2008

Hillsborough County school officials are struggling with changes in transportation, school boundaries and class sizes next school year, hoping to avoid the chaos they experienced with bus transportation this year. ...more

September 25, 2008