The first new municipal union in New York in over 50 years just became the first legislative union in the city to ever ink a contract. ALE, the Association of
Labor leader D. Taylor stepped down from his post as president of UNITE HERE at the beginning of April. His 40-year career in organized labor has gone from building food
On Long Island, interest in union electrical trades is surging, increasingly with high schoolers interested in union training. For the incoming class of apprentices, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
The Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York signed the first-ever project labor agreement for an offshore wind project with the developer in charge of constructing a wind
The New York City District Council of Carpenters’ (NYCDCC) Golden Hammer Awards has grown beyond a morale booster to its graduating apprentices to being a recruitment tool for the next
Several months after advocates unveiled a permanent memorial to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the annual ceremony marking the date of one of the nation’s most deadly and consequential industrial
SUNY’s faculty and staff union bolstered the fight against a plan to reduce or potentially close and transfer services at the existing SUNY Downstate’s University Hospital in East Flatbush on
Though the recent wave of unionization has spurred investors to call on Starbucks and Amazon to respect workers’ rights, these attitudes have not always been popular. Amalgamated Bank, however, is
You often hear that workers find themselves in the construction trades because of a love of making things or working with one’s hands. For Racquel Hazlewood, it was her love
Four months after REI workers filed a nationwide complaint that the outdoors retailer had refused to bargain in good faith at its nine unionized stores, the REI union publicly outlined
