The Trump administration’s brutal crackdown on workers in farms, hotels, and restaurants, in order to fulfill his promise of, as he promised in his Truth Social online forum, instituting the […]

Boston, Mass. – Teamsters across Massachusetts descended on Beacon Hill to demand lawmakers enact two critical bills to improve workplace safety. At the Massachusetts General Court’s Joint Committee on Labor […]

The Teamsters Union has a proud and historic record of fighting for equitable contracts that uplift millions of workers of all backgrounds into the middle class, supporting the recognition of […]

Milford, CT Local 944 members will receive $300,000 in backpay after discovering the city had been miscalculating overtime pay. The settlement agreement was approved by a U.S. District Court in […]

The unions filed a lawsuit on April 3, alleging that the Trump administration violated the law when it issued an executive order aimed at stripping more than a million federal workers of […]

Juneteenth is a pivotal moment in American history. On June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally heard news of their freedom—three years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Let’s not […]

New York, NY – CLC President Vincent Alvarez will be stepping down after 14 years leading the nation’s largest regional labor federation. I have first hand knowledge of Vinnie’s success […]

NewYork Presbyterian is planning to lay off 2% of its workers on its Columbia campus. The nonprofit hospital is moving to completely eliminate its palliative care unit working with end-of-life […]

Legislation calling for EMS workers in New York State to work with a partner at all times was passed by state lawmakers the week of June 7. It is named […]

San Francisco, CA – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 20 issued a complaint against Amazon over its illegal union-busting activity at the DCK6 facility in San Francisco. This […]

In yet another use of an Orwellian effort to confuse the public and spread propaganda, by manipulating our language to deceive the people by replacing truths with deliberate lies, Sen. […]

One of Trump’s attempts to sell the American public on his varied drastic changes to the country include his statements that a “golden age” of manufacturing is coming to the […]

Vincent Alvarez, who led the nation’s largest regional labor federation for 14 years as president of the New York City Central Labor Council, has stepped down from his post. Over […]

It started (at least in the public eye) with Trump designating Haiti as a “—-hole” nation, along with other countries whose population is overwhelmingly people of color. Ira Kurzban, a […]

In the ongoing battle to preserve the health insurance for city retirees that was promised to them decades ago, traditional Medicare, they have had to contend with politicians and unions […]

In Ventura County CA, ICE agents descended on farmworkers working on produce farms, on June 10th. The workers, who had already feared going to work, but had no choice, for […]

The Trump administration’s famous slogan “Make America Great Again” garnered him millions of votes. Now, some of those voters, veterans especially, may regret their choice. It is getting more and […]

Nurses at Albany Medical Center are fighting for the same fair conditions as nurses around the country have been doing for years. The main issue plaguing all these dedicated and […]

Our dedicated New York City retirees helped build and sustain this city.  These everyday heroes were promised specific healthcare benefits as part of their compensation package on the day they […]

David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union California (SEIU) sustained a head injury and was detained by federal agents when he was observing and documenting ICE operations on […]

Three Indonesian factory workers, all women, traveled to the United States to raise their voices and make people aware of the astonishingly low wages, lack of wage payments during COVID-19, […]

In the shadows of New York’s soaring skylines, a financial sleight of hand is silently eroding the foundation of fair competition in construction. While union contractors play by the rules—providing […]

The American Postal Workers Union and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement. The proposed union contract is three years in duration: September 21, 2024, through […]

Trenton, N.J. – Thousands of public sector and State workers gathered at the New Jersey State House Annex June 4, 2025 to deliver a message to state lawmakers to put […]

Governor Kathy Hochul has issued a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune outlining the potentially disastrous impact that the House’s proposed budget would have on New Yorkers. If enacted, […]

The Teamsters have been fighting against the use of autonomous vehicles without a human operator since companies have been advocating for and using such technology. Currently, a California Teamsters-backed bill, […]

A crucial effort to protect retail workers which had been signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hocul last year is slated to go into effect this week, in response to […]

A Message From IAM Union for Juneteenth

Juneteenth is a pivotal moment in American history. On June 19, 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally heard news of their freedom—three years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Let’s not

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Amazon’s Illegal Union-Busting

San Francisco, CA – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 20 issued a complaint against Amazon over its illegal union-busting activity at the DCK6 facility in San Francisco.  This

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Elon Musk’s  Departure from DOGE

Elon Musk didn’t get rid of any waste, fraud or abuse—he and DOGE were the waste, fraud and abuse, and they actually ended up costing taxpayers some $135 billion while firing thousands of workers

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NY School of Visual Arts Unionize

The faculty at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City have formed a union, SVA Faculty United-UAW. Representing 1,200 instructors, the staff had concerns about workloads, pay,

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A Big, Ugly, Betrayal

Washington, DC — “A better name for this bill is the big, ugly betrayal. Passed in the dead of night, it is a direct attack on working people and the

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