WASHINGTON—President Joseph Biden signed an executive order Feb. 4 under which contractors on large federal construction projects will effectively have to build with union labor. The order requires all contractors
SILAO, Guanajuato, Mexico—Life is worth nothing in Guanajuato, according to Jose Alfredo Jimenez’s classic ballad. But an auto worker’s work in the state is likely to be worth a lot
AUSTIN, Tex.—Texas labor unions are not in as bad shape as the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics figures released last week made them out to be, the state AFL-CIO says.
WASHINGTON—Union membership in the United States fell to 10.3% of the workforce in 2021, according to statistics released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Jan. 20. The union share
WASHINGTON—The Service Employees International Union is joining with groups advocating socially responsible investment to prod corporations to live up to their public statements about racial equity and protecting American democracy,
NEW YORK, N.Y.— New York City’s health-care system is on the verge of collapse, nurses warned at a rally outside Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx January 12. After “decades of
WASHINGTON— The case could have been called OSHA v. COVID — and the Supreme Court ruled in favor of COVID. On Jan. 13, the Court ruled 6-3 to delay the
BUFFALO, N.Y.—New York State’s safe-staffing minimums for nursing homes, enacted last year, were supposed to go into effect Jan. 1, but were postponed until Jan. 30 by a last-minute executive
WASHINGTON—With the federal “emergency temporary standard” for COVID-19 workplace safety scheduled to begin on Jan. 10, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments January 7 on whether to issue a stay
WORCESTER, Mass.—Nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester voted almost unanimously Jan. 3 to ratify a contract and end their 301-day strike. The vote was 487-9 in favor, with three
