Gearing Up For June 20th’s Pay Parity March & Rally
New York, NY – Early Childhood Education Teachers tasked with putting Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature Universal PreK program into action later this fall, will be marching on City Hall
New York, NY – Early Childhood Education Teachers tasked with putting Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature Universal PreK program into action later this fall, will be marching on City Hall
MONTREAL, Quebec—Canadian Pacific Rail’s more than 3,000 train operators went on strike on the night of late May 29, affecting intercity passenger and freight service from Montreal to Vancouver. The
OAXACA, Mexico—Thousands of teachers in Oaxaca occupied the city’s zócalo central plaza May 28, the first day of a strike union leaders said would continue indefinitely. An estimated 20,000 teachers
NEW YORK, N.Y.—About 50 nurses and supporters demonstrated outside Staten Island University Hospital June 10, calling on the state legislature to pass the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act. The
WASHINGTON—The federal prevailing wage, intended to ensure that workers on public construction projects are paid decent wages, is as low as $7.25 an hour in some areas because the Department
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – School bus drivers and monitors who work at Durham School Services voted to join Teamsters Local 327. The 269 workers will join thousands of other Durham employees nationwide
WASHINGTON—The workers’ compensation system that covers an estimated 129 million people “is failing workers—especially low-wage workers in dangerous industries,” Deborah Berkowitz, head of the National Employment Law Project’s worker health
More than 40% of New York adults suffer from a chronic disease such as heart disease, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and arthritis. Chronic diseases are responsible for most of our
According to the latest in labor statistics from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH), 464 workers died in construction-related accidents in New York State in the
New York, NY – “One of my goals is to get everybody together; a lot of people think the unions are hard to get into,” Ironworkers Local 197 Apprentice Erick