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NYC Construction Workers Increase Push for New Law Holding Contractors Liable for Wage Theft
New York, NY – In the summer of 2016, a 30-year-old Bronx construction worker with the temerity to inquire about two weeks of unpaid wages
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NYC Construction Workers Increase Push for New Law Holding Contractors Liable for Wage Theft
Under Pressure From Worker Advocates, Cuomo Signs NY HERO Act Into Law
Landmark Win for Safe Staffing Act Advocates
NYC Building Trades Tell Schumer: Get the PRO Act Passed!
APWU Hopes Biden Nominees Will Help Restore the Postal Service; Calls for DeJoy’s Ouster
NYS Legislature to Vote on Safe Staffing Act
How Will the Show Go On in the Age of COVID?
Stagehands Challenge Metropolitan Opera’s Anti-Union Outsourcing; Rally Set for May 13
Workers’ Memorial Week Slips Away While Gov. Cuomo Continues to Sit on HERO Act
Some Gave All: Essential Workers Need More Than ‘Applause’ and ‘Hashtags’
Ohio College-Student Workers Go on Historic Strike for Union Recognition
Teamsters Strike to Win Contract at City’s Biggest Fuel Company; Three Are Fired
Call for Immediate Action As 4 Million New Yorkers Face Loss of Healthcare
Toxic Culture at Work? Here are a Few Tips
Michigan Moms Try to Revive ‘Gutted’ Sick-Leave Law
Senseless Attacks on Asian-Americans are Attacks on Us All
Teamsters Rally in Queens After UPS Cans 10 – Including Pregnant Women
Raphaelson & Levine: Fighting for Injured Construction Workers
Despite Healthy Terminals Act, Contractors Deny Health Care to Airport Workers
Worker Advocates Press Cuomo to Sign the NY HERO Act Now; Call it a Model for the Nation
Labor Leaders Hail Chauvin Guilty Verdict; Call for Transformational Change
Supportive Mental Health Services Offer an Unbeatable Return on Investment
Under Pressure From Worker Advocates, Cuomo Signs NY HERO Act Into Law
New York, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo finally signed the NY HERO Act into law on May 5, just weeks before the state is set
Landmark Win for Safe Staffing Act Advocates
ALBANY, N.Y.—After more than 20 years of pressure from health-care workers, the state Legislature on May 4 overwhelmingly passed a pair of bills intended to
NYC Building Trades Tell Schumer: Get the PRO Act Passed!
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Well over 100 people rallied in front of Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s Manhattan offices on Saturday, May 1, part of a week
APWU Hopes Biden Nominees Will Help Restore the Postal Service; Calls for DeJoy’s Ouster
New York, NY – From COVID-19 to Postmaster Louis DeJoy purposely slowing down mail delivery — postal workers were hit hard on several fronts this past
NYS Legislature to Vote on Safe Staffing Act
ALBANY, N.Y.—Two bills intended to reduce understaffing in hospitals and nursing homes are nearing a vote in the state Legislature. One of the two measures
How Will the Show Go On in the Age of COVID?
New York, NY – COVID forced the shutdown of Broadway theaters on March 12, 2020. They’ve been shuttered ever since. Now, however, the Broadway League,
Stagehands Challenge Metropolitan Opera’s Anti-Union Outsourcing; Rally Set for May 13
New York, NY –There hasn’t been a live performance at the Metropolitan Opera House since March 12, of 2020 when the Met ordered all backstage
Workers’ Memorial Week Slips Away While Gov. Cuomo Continues to Sit on HERO Act
New York, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo, once celebrated by corporate-owned media outlets for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, is letting Workers Memorial Week
Some Gave All: Essential Workers Need More Than ‘Applause’ and ‘Hashtags’
New York, NY – Labor leaders, workers, and elected officials gathered on Wednesday, April 28, across the street from Elmhurst Hospital in Queens — once the
Ohio College-Student Workers Go on Historic Strike for Union Recognition
GAMBIER, Ohio—At least 140 student workers at Kenyon College in Ohio joined a walkout on Apr. 27, the second day of what the Kenyon Student
Teamsters Strike to Win Contract at City’s Biggest Fuel Company; Three Are Fired
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a statement we received from UMEC owner John Catsimatidis after the original article was published April
Call for Immediate Action As 4 Million New Yorkers Face Loss of Healthcare
New York, NY – Union leaders, law makers and health experts are rallying this week against predatory hospital pricing and the looming threat of four
Toxic Culture at Work? Here are a Few Tips
New York, NY – Certain workplace problems go unsaid because of who they affect. But there is no denying the corrosive influence of things like
Michigan Moms Try to Revive ‘Gutted’ Sick-Leave Law
DETROIT, Mich.—A coalition of working mothers and restaurant workers are mounting a campaign to get Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to reverse the Republican legislators’
Senseless Attacks on Asian-Americans are Attacks on Us All
New York, NY – Clerical Administrative Local 1549 DC 37 recently issued a statement condemning violence directed at Asian Americans. The statement was written by
Teamsters Rally in Queens After UPS Cans 10 – Including Pregnant Women
New York, NY – Teamsters Local 804, the union that represents UPS workers in the Big Apple, rallied on Thursday morning, April 22, outside the
Raphaelson & Levine: Fighting for Injured Construction Workers
New York, NY: The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the landscape of the New York City construction industry. In January 2021, the Real Estate Board
Despite Healthy Terminals Act, Contractors Deny Health Care to Airport Workers
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 200 airport workers rallied at John F. Kennedy airport April 21, protesting their employers’ refusal to include mandated health-care coverage in
Worker Advocates Press Cuomo to Sign the NY HERO Act Now; Call it a Model for the Nation
New York, NY – Now that the NYS Legislature has finally approved the HERO Act, worker advocates are pushing Governor Andrew Cuomo to waste no
Labor Leaders Hail Chauvin Guilty Verdict; Call for Transformational Change
New York, NY – Many watched as Derek Chauvin was escorted out of a Minnesota courtroom on Tuesday, April 20, after a jury found him
Supportive Mental Health Services Offer an Unbeatable Return on Investment
New York, NY – The problem we often have approaching mental health is we tend to treat the “heart attack” after it happens. This is
Journalists’ Union Bid About So Much More Than Their Jobs
New York, NY – As destiny would have it, just days after Amazon used illegal tactics to derail a drive by warehouse workers in Bessemer,
Reporter’s Notebook: Texas Senate Votes to Pre-Empt Water Breaks for Construction Workers
AUSTIN, Texas—Last month, Georgia enacted a law making it illegal to give people waiting on line to vote anything to drink. Last week, the Texas
NY HERO Act Pending in the Assembly Needs Return Trip to Senate
New York, NY – The HERO Act is heading back to the New York State Senate. The measure — aimed at establishing enforceable workplace
46 Honored at COVID-Delayed FDNY Medal Day
New York, NY – Mayor Bill de Blasio joined Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro on Wednesday in saluting the valor of 46 firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, fire
NYSNA Nurse Reflects on Coronavirus: Past, Present, and Future Impact
New York, NY — The New York State Nurses Association [NYSNA] is a 42,000-strong union of frontline workers and the largest union and professional association
Unions on Systemic Racism and Police Shootings: ‘Now is Not the Time for Silence’
New York, NY – Police reform remains at the forefront on many union agendas following the recent police killing of Daunte Wright and the ongoing
Collective Bargaining And Romance Mix in the Pages of ‘Union Made’
New York, NY – Tim Sheard’s Hard Ball Press publishes numerous novels involving union activity, and Union Made, by Eric Lotke, is one of the
Local 2507 President: ‘It’s a Shame in a Country Like Ours We Can’t Take Care of Our Own’
New York, NY – Local 2507, Uniformed EMT’s, Paramedics, and Fire Inspectors FDNY, is a union with a little over 4,000 members. Their frontline work
The Art Of Remaining ‘Union Strong’
New York, NY – As a journalist, I have been taking note of the grumblings about of our unionized future. In fact, there is a
NY Legislature Eyes Three Wage Theft Bills As Workers Continue to be Vulnerable
ALBANY, N.Y.—Three bills to strengthen New York’s wage-theft laws are now pending in the state Legislature. The first, which the Assembly passed by a 123-27
COVID-19 Pandemic Has Left Orphans, ATU President Says
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, almost 5,000 of the Amalgamated Transit Union 200,000 members have been infected, more than 15,000 laid off, and
Local 813 Covid Survivor : ‘I Didn’t See My Fiancé and Son for a Few Months’
New York, NY – Doug Washington, 42, is a private sanitation worker with Teamsters Local 813 who has been on the job for 18 years.
Covid Leaves Lasting Impact on Assisted Living Worker
New York, NY – Evelyn Brown, 43, is a veteran health aide at an assisted living facility in the Bronx and a UFCW Local 2013
RWDSU Loses Amazon Vote; Alleges Illegal Interference
BESSEMER, Ala.—After an overwhelming defeat in the election at the Amazon warehouse here, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union [RWDSU] announced it would file
Six Years After Carlos Moncayo’s Death, Grief, Anger, Frustration And Fatalities Continue
New York, NY – “A Construction worker died here.” Earlier this week, New Yorkers flocked to the beautiful al fresco dining along 9th Avenue’s cobblestone
New Chief Heads Up FDNY Bureau of Investigations
New York, NY – Daniel E. Flynn officially took up the mantle of Chief Fire Marshal of Investigations at the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn this
Local 2013 Continues the Fight to Protect Workers After Suffering Tremendous Losses
New York, NY – The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has hit workers hard, no more so then the members of UFCW Local 2013, part of the
Reflections on the First Year of the Pandemic Shutdown
New York, NY – No one knew what to expect at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. There were reports about a new, unknown virus
Fired Workers on the Job When Asian Woman was Attacked Challenge Their Termination
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Manhattan doorman and concierge fired Apr. 6, after an Asian-American woman was brutally attacked on the sidewalk outside their building have filed
IBT Local 202 President: Winning Through Collective Action
New York, NY – Teamsters Local 202 President Daniel Kane has been helping to provide New Yorkers with fresh food for 30 years. He’s been
TWU Local 100’s Robert Kelley’s Life & Death Struggle with Covid-19
New York, NY – Robert Kelley, VP of Stations Department at TWU Local 100, is responsible for about 5,600 workers. When Covid-19 hit last year,
NABTU: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Critical for America
WASHINGTON, DC – President Biden’s infrastructure plan aims to create millions of jobs for construction workers across America. It must be applauded for its bold vision that is broad
New NY Marijuana Law Encourages Union Pot Shops
ALBANY, N.Y.—New York State’s new law legalizing the cultivation and sale of marijuana to adults contains some of the nation’s strongest protections for organized labor
