It remains unclear if the $20 per hour raise, over the next two years, will end the lawyers ongoing work stoppage.

BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has approved a $20 hourly pay raise for public defenders in an effort to end their ...

Gov. Maura Healey has approved pay raises for private attorneys who represent indigent clients in a move aimed at ending a work stoppage that has allowed more than ...

Data shows many workers are receiving pay raises lower than inflation rates, fueling income and wealth gaps among co-workers.

More than 3,200 union members who assemble Boeing’s fighter jets in the St. Louis, Mo., area and Illinois went on strike on ...

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort ...