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The article reports on the teamwork between managers at General Motors Corp.'s Packard Electric Division and Local 717 of the International Union of Electronic Workers (IUE) to combat cheap foreign labor in Warren, Ohio. It mentions that the teamwork discussed an agreement that all new workers will receive only 4.50 dollars per hour in wages and 1.50 dollars worth of benefits. It expects that a union ratification vote on what is called the final-assembly option (FAO) will be close.

The article discusses changing industry trends and how they affect labor unions in the U.S. as of May 1954. It states that businesses usually have an idea of wage levels by May 1, but that things have changed due to the softening economy. As a result, it claims that though unions are still pushing for higher wages, they know they can't push too far, as industry can only afford so much. It reports that in lieu of higher wages, those like the International Union of Electrical Workers are pushing for benefits such as health care and retirement benefits.

In this article, the author focuses on the electrical manufacturing sector in the U.S. as of September 2013. He informs that General Electric Co. (GE) has planned to invest 30 million U.S. dollars and add 150 jobs in manufacturing operations for GE Energy-Efficient Soft White light bulbs and the retail firm Wal-Mart Sore Inc. will invest 50 billion U.S. dollars in U.S.-made products. He mentions that U.S. lighting industry cheap labors, flexible machines and tax credits.

Reports on a decision by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' local chapter in Saint Louis, Missouri, to voluntarily accept a wage cut for electrical workers in the interest of its employers. Level of decline in the workers' wages; Union officer Frank W. Jacobs' explanation of the reasons behind the union's decision.

The article presents information related to the U.S. economy and industries as of November 15, 1937. One highlights October 1937 farm wages whose day rates averaged 1.83 U.S. dollars an hour for the entire country. Another is 1.70 U.S. dollars per hour union scale for journeymen electrician. Another one is the 20 billion U.S. dollars paid out by life insurance companies to policyholders and beneficiaries during the depression.

The article reports on a wage scale adjustment made by members of the Electrical Workers' Union and the Electrical Guild of Cleveland in Ohio in October 1932 to suit the current conditions in the industry.

The article offers information on a study conducted by the National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association (NEMRA) which evaluates representatives compensations and point-of-sale (POS) data of electrical industry in 2014. Topics discussed includes development of processes for data handling, impact of gaps in POS data policy on compensations, distribution concerns regarding POS data, lack of trust between manufacturers and distributors and need of point-of-transfer (POT) reports.

The article presents information on the top 10 high-salary blue collar jobs in the United States in 2018. It states that nuclear power reactor operators make an annual mean wage of 94,350 dollars a year. It mentions electrical and electronics workers salaries were up to 77,770 dollars annually. It comments that signal and track switch repairers were the ninth-highest paid and saw a 4.84 percent increase in earnings to have an annual mean wage of 65,750 dollars.

The article presents a profile of the career field for electronics technicians (ETs). It provides an outline of the education and skills necessary for individuals to have in order to become ETs, presents forecasts regarding the job market and pay structure for trained ETs, discusses certification for ETs, and highlights the various industries often associated as places where ETs are employed.

The article reports that the telecommunications company AT&T and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), a labor union of workers in electric industry of the U.S. have worked out two tentative agreements covering DirecTV employees. It mentions that the new agreements with the IBEW-represented workers focus on a series of issues including wages, health care, pension, and work rules. It states that for AT&T it is important to work with the union representing DirecTV unit.

Discusses how benefit managers at Detroit Edison and MichCon combined the benefit programs of both electric companies after they merged in 1999. Information on the task force formed by the companies; Mission of the benefit managers; Key objectives of the task force.

An inquest committee, meanwhile, recommended last month that prosecutors indict former Tepco chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and two other executives over claims of professional negligence leading to the disaster. In the latest suit, the lawyer Hirota said that although the individuals were not directly employed by Tepco, the utility should be held responsible for labor conditions as it is the operator of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant. [Extracted from the article]

In this article, the author discusses the issues of human rights related to suicides of young Chinese men and women working at Foxconn Technology Group in China. He states that workers in Foxconn experienced low wage rates, isolation from the community and friends, and forced labor contracts which affects their human rights. He mentions that the labor rates should not be affected in the increased costs in China for electronic manufacturing.

Focuses on the increase in pay granted to members of the Electrical Workers' Union effective January 1, 1929.

Statistics are given regarding U.S. electric industries including industrial market, construction rate and employment wages and price statistics of electrical contractors in U.S.

The article offers information on the National Electrical Code's (NEC) Annex H article which suggests several duties of the Electrical Board of the State regarding selection of their members, their service terms and compensation.

A chart is presented depicting construction taking place in different categories, employment wage and industrial market for electric industry.

A chart is presented listing electric contractors' hourly wages, total public construction which include public safety, health care, and residential, and total private construction in the U.S.

Three tables are presented related to the U.S. electric and lighting industries as of September 2013 including investments in construction in sectors such as commercial, educational, health care, wage of electrical contractors and shipments of electrical manufacturers.

The article focuses on the call of Balfour Beatty and Gratte Brothers, two of 8 electrical contractors which proposed changes to workers' pay and conditions, to the union Unite to step back from a strike ballot of its electricians during protests outside the Shard and Blackfriars Station.

The article focuses on the possible impact of the budget change on composite companies in Great Britain on the wages of electric industry workers. More than 300 workers employed through agency BMS are considering cabining-up in protest against Chancellor Gordon Brown's move to kill off composite companies. The chancellor effectively outlawed composite companies in last month's budget.

The article reports that eighty electricians at the News International development at Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire, England are in a dispute with subcontractor Daletech over holiday pay. Skanska is completing works at the site for main contractor Carillion. Skanska subcontractor Daletech has been setting aside between £ 50 and £ 60 per week from all its 80 workers' wages to cover holiday pay entitlements, a process known as rolling up.

Provides information on a compensation survey for the electric power industry sponsored by "Power Engineering" magazine and conducted by Abbott, Langer & Associates. Number of job categories included in the survey; Median incomes of presidents and managing directors; Average compensations in different power sectors.

Reports that according to a report by William M Mercer Incorporated of New York City, pay schemes with risk and reward emphasis is affecting the electric utility industry's executive compensation. Impact of this on the direct total compensation (DTC); Comments made by Mercer consultant Charles M Cumming.