Washington, DC — AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement regarding a Congressional bill that would gut Pell grants, damage the U.S. economy and saddle individual borrowers with thousands of
Washington, DC—On April 22, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction stating the Trump administration unlawfully shuttered the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
Trump Administration has halted congressionally approved funding for the Emergency Food Assistance Programs. Administrators for the Food Bank for New York City said 2.5 million pounds of food that was supposed
The New York State Legislature passed new legislation on June 8, the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act. It is aimed at reducing injuries to workers at Amazon and other operators
Five bills with the aim of helping EMS workers financially and otherwise have cleared the hurdle of the New York State Senate. They have yet to move out of committee
The Teamsters have been opposed to self-driving trucks for years, even using examples of accidents among self-driving cars. The loss of jobs for the union members would be catastrophic; they
The Sidney Hillman Foundation honored several pieces of exceptional labor reporting as part of its 74th annual journalism prize ceremony that it held on May 7th. The foundation, which was
LaborPress held its Labor Leadership Awards April 4 at the Teamsters Local 282 union hall in Lake Success, Long Island to honor six key figures in New York state for
The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) has announced that nurses at Staten Island University Hospital now have a tentative contract agreement with Northwell Health. The nurses were planning to
The She Wolf Bakery in Brooklyn, NY, has unionized with the RWDSU. The campaign was full of acrimony as the owner of the bakery sought to squelch the effort, employing
