How Higher Wages For U.S. Autoworkers Could Help You Get a Raise, Too

Cars are flying off U.S. dealer lots at the fastest pace since 2005, and after a decade of flat wages, the workers who make them are getting a raise, too. If such gains precede broader pay bumps in the labor market, Federal Reserve policy makers could have more evidence that the wage pressure they so desperately want to see is starting ... Read More »

Workers Walk Out Over Wages at Lear Corp. Plant in Indiana

HAMMOND, Ind. – Hundreds of workers demanding higher wages walked off the job Saturday at a Lear Corp. plant in northwest Indiana, beginning a strike that could affect a major Ford Motor Co. assembly plant in Chicago, reported The Wall Street Journal. The Lear plant, in Hammond, makes automotive seats and employs 760 workers making ... Read More »

As Wages Rise, Tough Choices