AFGE Gains E-Dues Members
Stephanie West
May 20, 2025
AFGE District 14’s organizing drive gained 171 members on AFGE E-Dues. The two-week organizing campaign ended with 88 new AFGE members and 83 current members
Category: Construction & Trades
Local 3 IBEW & Building Trades Unions Lobby for Metropolitan Park Construction Project
CLC, AFL-CIO
May 18, 2025
New York NY – Members of Local 3, IBEW and unions affiliated with the Building and Construction Trades Council traveled up to Albany on May
DSNY’s Head Nespoli Retires
Stephanie
May 12, 2025
After 55 years on the job, Harry Nespoli, president of the Teamsters Local 831, the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association. retired on May 6, 2025. He had
Fighting Medicaid Reductions by a Republican Congress
Neal Tepel LaborPress Publisher
May 12, 2025
Local union members throughout the USA, are contacting their congressional legislators with a simple message – don’t cut Medicaid. Americans, regardless where they live, are
Construction Industry & Suicide
Stephanie West
May 12, 2025
With one of the highest suicide rates of any profession, the construction industry faces a mental health crisis. Men working in construction are specially at
IAM Rejects Pratt and Whitney’s Offer & Negotiations Continue
Stephanie West
May 6, 2025
Hartford Conn – Approximately 3,000 members at IAM Union Locals 700 and 1746 in the greater Hartford, Conn., area have rejected the offer by Pratt and Whitney. “Our
Remembering Those that Died on the Job
Neal Tepel LaborPress Publisher
May 5, 2025
On Wednesday 30, 2025 over one-thousand construction workers gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to remember their fellow tradesman and woman that died or were injured
Unionized Building Trades Apprentice Programs Develop a Highly Skilled Workforce
President Sean McGarvey, President NABTU
May 4, 2025
Washington, D.C. – “On National Apprenticeship Day, April 30, 2025, we celebrate the life-changing power of Registered Apprenticeships. As the data confirms — and the Trump
The Trump budget Continues to Tank the Economy
Governor Kathy Hochul
May 3, 2025
Albany NY – “President Trump unveiled a budget that doubles down on his mission to tank the economy and hike costs for everyday Americans. This
Labor Leaders Urge Salvadoran Government to Release Union Member Garcia
Stephanie West
May 2, 2025
Washington, D.C.— On International Workers’ Day May 1st, President of the AFL-CIO Liz Shuler called on the Salvadoran government to release illegally deported union member Kilmar Abrego