Vincent Ricciardo, 77, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for his role in a shakedown of a high-ranking Queens construction official. Ricciardo’s nickname was
In a special election, Tom Suozzi was elected as House Representative for NY Congressional District 3. Labor support among many powerful unions had a lot
It took Anthony Charbonier years of building construction elevators on unsafe jobs before he got a shot at joining a union. Now with a stable
Over $16.4 Billion from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will repair and replace critical rail infrastructure along Northeast Corridor. The funding will also create 100, 000 construction
Leah Rambo’s career in construction trades started by intersecting with a little-known labor program aimed at supporting women getting into the construction trades. Now it’s
On Friday, Feb. 2, Juan Jose Coc, a construction worker, married and with a child, fell to his death in Jersey City. Jersey City Mayor
A new report from the National Partnership for Women and Families (NPWF) has shown that Black and Latina women are responsible for some of the
Though Rashad Merchant-Bey grew up in what was “definitely a union household” in Harlem, he had to find his own path into the trades. It
Libbi Urban’s co-workers broke into applause at the union hall last year when they learned that their new contract with Cleveland-Cliffs not only increased wages by a
One of the most famous photos ever, “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” taken in 1932 and showing 11 ironworkers having their midday meal high above the
