The Indianapolis Public Library board of trustees named chief public information officer Jack Helling as interim CEO during a regular board meeting Monday. The board will conduct a national search for a CEO.

After being praised as essential during the pandemic, Kokomo Schools service employees are pushing for improved working conditions and higher pay.

More than 100 drivers at a Pepsi bottling facility in northwest Indiana have been on strike for over two weeks now, fighting against a proposed increase in health care costs.

The decision signals government support for a classic labor protest symbol, known by many as Scabby the Rat.

Unionized health care workers in northwest Indiana demanded better pay and pushed lawmakers to mandate a $15 an hour minimum wage as they rallied outside their union hall in Merrillville.

Three central Indiana teachers unions are suing the state over a new law they say violates teachers’ constitutional rights to free speech. Senate Enrolled Act 251 requires teachers to opt in every school year via a consent form and then again by email to have union dues automatically deducted.

School employees in Kokomo are fighting to organize a union after the school corporation voted not to recognize it earlier this year.

A former northwest Indiana union official was recently sentenced to more than four years in prison for extortion after an assault on non-union workers. It started when members of a local union found out work was being done without union workers in their area.

The legislation mandates that school districts have to get permission from teachers each year before deducting union dues from their paycheck.

Senate Bill 251 would have teachers opt in to union membership every year while being informed of their right to not join the Indiana State Teachers Association. School districts would have to confirm their decision by email.