Overtime employee attendance payouts for members of Pennsylvania's Harrisburg Fire Bureau have steadily increased over the past three years, according to the Patriot-News.
Police union representatives are continuing talks with Florida administrators over a contract agreement that would save the state $70 million, NBC reports.
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into a time and attendance complaint filed by the United Public Service Employees Union in 2009 has determined that the New York town of Colonie improperly classified seven of its employees as exempt from overtime.
Tracey Edwards, regional president of the New York North West area for Verizon, recently denied claims that the company refused to give overtime payments to union workers.
New York's largest union of state employees recently voted to approve a contract agreement between union leaders and state Governor Andrew Cuomo that would freeze their wages and increase the cost of health benefits.
University of California nurses recently voted to ratify a 26-month labor agreement with the educational institution after prolonged disagreements over salary and retirement benefits, the Daily Californian reports.
A time and attendance dispute has erupted in the city of Tyler, Texas, after an employee of the Hospice of East Texas filed suit over unpaid overtime wages, the Southeast Texas Record reports.
The Alabama cities of Mobile and Jacksonville were recently prevented from applying a recently enacted state law regarding union employee payroll deductions after a preliminary injunction was granted by a federal judge.
According to recent analysis by the Wisconsin Reporter, the state of Wisconsin paid its employees almost $53 million in overtime last year - the equivalent of 1,200 workers making the average state salary.
State union officials were recently targeted by Republican lawmakers in Connecticut, who objected to paying union representatives to do union business on the job and argued that it should be done on state time, according to BusinessWeek.
It appears no state is immune to the union turmoil that began in Wisconsin and has since spread to many parts of the country.
Union members in Florida are expressing outrage at a member of the state House of Representatives for what they claim are contradictory statements, following the introduction of a bill that would limit union payroll processing.
An Alabama high court ruled on Friday that Alabama lawmakers could not prevent teachers in the state from paying dues into their association, the Huntsville Times reports.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett has asked teachers to consider a pay freeze, which he contends will save school districts more than $400 million, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
It appears the battle in Wisconsin is not over despite the recently passed bill restricting collective bargaining rights to unions.
