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NYC Welcomes the Return of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
New York, NY – One of the most beloved shows of the holiday season has returned to Radio City Music Hall with all the trimmings
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NYC Welcomes the Return of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Tools & Tiaras Silent Auction Helps Power Next Generation of Union Tradeswomen
Mental Health Crisis Counseling and ‘9-8-8’
Effective Organizing on the Mean Streets of New York City
DC9 Turkey Donations Help Struggling Families This Holiday Season
Scranton Teachers Strike Ends with New Six-Year Contract
Labor-Peace Bill for Shops, Restaurants in City-Aided Projects Sails Through NYC Council
NYC Carpenters, Laborers Cheer City Council Support of Controversial Blood Ctr. Redevelopment
Build Back Better Act Creates Tougher Fines for Union-Busting
L.I. Federation of Labor Leader John Durso to be Honored with Mackell Award
United Steelworkers’ Tom Conway Talks Infrastructure, Build Back Better
#TakeItBack Campaign Holds Big Money Financiers Accountable for Abuses in Construction Industry
Fatigue and Workplace Injuries
A Few Words of Thanks This Holiday Season…
National Support for Fighting Times Workers
Bloomberg’s Strikebreaking Continues to Haunt City’s School Bus System
1199SEIU Nursing Home Workers Still Searching for Contract After Going Through Covid Nightmare
New Union-Busting Tracker Debuts Online
New York Times Blasted as Anti-Union; Workers Prepare for Black Friday Strike
NYC’s Largest Municipal Union Teams Up with MSK for Lung Cancer Awareness Month
How Protections in the NY HERO Act Cover Covid-19
Striking Union Coal Miners: Caught Between a [Black]Rock and a Hard Place
Tools & Tiaras Silent Auction Helps Power Next Generation of Union Tradeswomen
New York, NY – Tools & Tiaras Inc. is the pioneering nonprofit founded in 2017 by Judaline Cassidy, self-described feminist plumber, tradeswoman activist, speaker and
Mental Health Crisis Counseling and ‘9-8-8’
New York, NY – Dialing or texting “9-8-8” is the new way to quickly connect to suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors. “New York and
Effective Organizing on the Mean Streets of New York City
NEW YORK, NY – Cement and Concrete Workers District Council 16 numbers anywhere between 2,200 and 2,600 members. Joe Scopo is head organizer. The union
DC9 Turkey Donations Help Struggling Families This Holiday Season
LONG ISLAND, NY – Thanksgiving is traditionally the time when American families join together to feast on turkey and thoughtfully prepared side dishes. But many
Scranton Teachers Strike Ends with New Six-Year Contract
SCRANTON, Pa.—Members of the Scranton Federation of Teachers approved a six-year contract agreement on Nov. 23, ending a strike that began Nov. 3. The union
Labor-Peace Bill for Shops, Restaurants in City-Aided Projects Sails Through NYC Council
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The City Council overwhelmingly passed a bill Nov. 23 to require restaurants and shops in future city-aided developments to sign “labor-peace agreements” with
NYC Carpenters, Laborers Cheer City Council Support of Controversial Blood Ctr. Redevelopment
New York, NY – Members of the unionized Building Trades are applauding the City Council’s approval of a highly contentious plan to expand the New
Build Back Better Act Creates Tougher Fines for Union-Busting
Washington, DC — “What’s Disgusting…Union-Busting!” The Build Back Better Act, passed by the House Nov. 19 by a 220-213 party-line vote, would sharply increase fines
L.I. Federation of Labor Leader John Durso to be Honored with Mackell Award
Editor’s Note: Charles Hamilton is president of the Association of Benefit Administrators. New York, NY – The Association of Benefit Administrators was founded 60 years
United Steelworkers’ Tom Conway Talks Infrastructure, Build Back Better
New York, NY – The United Steelworkers is the largest industrial union in North America, with 1.2 million members in the U.S., Canada and the
#TakeItBack Campaign Holds Big Money Financiers Accountable for Abuses in Construction Industry
New York, NY – The union coalition of bricklayers, carpenters, laborers and cement and concrete workers formed to fight back against NYC’s increasingly anti-worker construction
Fatigue and Workplace Injuries
New York, NY – Sleep is a key to good health, but most people don’t get enough of it. Not only is that bad for
A Few Words of Thanks This Holiday Season…
New York, NY – Since Thursday is Thanksgiving, I wanted to take a personal approach to my column and offer the readers of LaborPress a
National Support for Fighting Times Workers
New York, NY – The Old Gray Lady is fast becoming the biggest turkey of #StrikesGiving, 2021 thanks to the collective action three groups of
Bloomberg’s Strikebreaking Continues to Haunt City’s School Bus System
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Parents are complaining that New York City’s school-bus system is experiencing severe problems with lateness and a lack of drivers on routes that
1199SEIU Nursing Home Workers Still Searching for Contract After Going Through Covid Nightmare
New York, NY – Nursing home workers throughout the state went through hell and back during the pandemic — and now they can’t even get
New Union-Busting Tracker Debuts Online
Helena, MT.—On Nov. 6, a group of volunteers launched a Web page called the Union-Busting Tracker to post examples of union-busting. Eleven days later, they’d
New York Times Blasted as Anti-Union; Workers Prepare for Black Friday Strike
New York, NY – The old Gray Lady is a union-buster and New York City’s 1.3 labor union members aren’t gonna let her get away
NYC’s Largest Municipal Union Teams Up with MSK for Lung Cancer Awareness Month
New York, NY – November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and DC 37, the largest municipal union in New York City, is partnering with MSK
How Protections in the NY HERO Act Cover Covid-19
New York, NY – The New York Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act was signed into law on May 5, 2021 and expanded to include Covid-19
Striking Union Coal Miners: Caught Between a [Black]Rock and a Hard Place
New York, NY – Steve Zimmerman, stepped off a chartered bus full of West Virginia coal miners in front of the 59th Street and 5th
How to be a Lifesaver Inside or Outside the Workplace
New York, NY – As a columnist, this one is very personal to me. Substance abuse is an uncomfortable topic. But drug overdoses are on
Teamster Warns: ‘Soon, We’ll All Be Working for Amazon’
New York, NY – Soon, we’ll all be working for Amazon. That’s the sobering message DHL driver and Teamsters Local 295 member Anthony Castellena helped
Organizing Spotlight on RWDSU with President Stuart Appelbaum
NEW YORK, NY – The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union [RWDSU] represents in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail,
NYC Council Passes Bill to Regulate ‘Body Shops’
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The City Council on Nov. 10 overwhelmingly passed a bill to regulate so-called “body shops,” labor brokers who supply low-wage workers to nonunion
SEIU Workers Threatening Job Action Celebrate New Contract Victory Instead
New York, NY – Strong Memorial Hospital and University of Rochester Campus staffers who had been headed to the picket line and a another possible
How New York’s Expanded Paid Family Leave Applies to You
New York, NY – Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill that expands New York State’s Paid Family Leave legislation to allow caring for siblings.
Workers Confronting Seasonal Depression and the Holiday Blues
New York, NY – Now that November is underway, the foliage in the Hudson Valley and the tree-lined mountains in the Upstate counties have all
1-Year Window to Take Advantage of Death Benefits Associated with New Diesel Exhaust Measure
New York, NY – On October 29, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill [drafted by myself, Grey & Grey Managing Partner Robert Grey, and prioritized
Voices of Striking Coal Miners Reverberate Along NYC’s Concrete Canyons
New York, NY – At 30, West Virginian Skyler Yocum has already spent 10 years of his life digging coal out of the unforgiving earth
Striking Hospital Workers in Buffalo Reach Tentative Deal; Others in Healthcare Continue the Fight
BUFFALO, N.Y.—Striking workers at Mercy Hospital here have reached a tentative deal to end their five-week-old strike, the Communications Workers of America [CWA] and Catholic
Unvaccinated Workers Can Take Unpaid Leave in November
New York, NY – The largest public employees union in town says it has reached an agreement with the de Blasio administration allowing workers who
After Suicides and Hunger Strikes, Underwater Cabbies Win Loan Guarantees from City
New York, NY – At 4:03 in the afternoon on Nov. 3, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance [NYTWA] posted a brief but exultant message on
Striking Scranton Teachers: ‘We’ve Run Out of Patience’
SCRANTON, Pa.—Fed up after working more than four years without a raise and being under a state-imposed austerity regime that eliminated pre-kindergarten, some 800 teachers
Teamster Center Services to Host 27th Annual Health & Benefits Expo
New York, NY – Teamster Center Services will host its 27th annual Health & Benefits Expo on November 19, at the Sheraton New York Times
Teachers in Scranton, PA to Strike November 3
Scranton, PA. – The Scranton Federation of Teachers said today that bargaining has failed to reach a tentative contract agreement and teachers and support staff
The Latest Data on Workers’ Compensation
New York, NY – The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board is an association of insurance companies that collects data about the workers’ compensation system,
Buffalo Hospital Cuts Strikers’ Health Insurance After Talks Break Down
Buffalo, NY – A possible hospital strike in Rochester was averted Oct. 29 when two SEIU unions reached a tentative contract deal, but the month-old
Worker Safety Committees Become Law in NYS
New York, NY – Workers now have the ability to form their own safety committees in the workplace thanks to a provision in the recently enacted
U.S. Labor Dept. Awards $1.6M to Combat Opioid Crisis in Connecticut
New York, NY – The opiate epidemic is another crisis that will not go away. According to data released by the CDC, overdose deaths reached
What You Need to Know About Workers’ Comp and Virtual Hearings
New York, NY – In early 2018 – two years before the COVID-19 pandemic and before anyone had heard of Zoom – the New York
Essential Workers Praise Vaccine Rules, As GOP States Try to Stop Them
Los Angeles, Calif.—The Biden administration’s proposed emergency workplace vaccine rules are essential to protect people from employers indifferent to their safety, three “essential workers” said
SEIU Poised to Hit the Picket Line In Rochester as Contract Talks Drag On
New York, NY – Workers at Strong Memorial Hospital and University of Rochester Campus are headed for the picket line in less than 10 days
LGBTQ Unionists: PRO Act Would Help Fight Discrimination
WASHINGTON—Passing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act would be a huge step toward reducing discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender workers, says the
