Albany, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the dates and locations for the upcoming public hearings to address the possibility of ending minimum wage tip credits in New
FRANKFORT, KY.—A Kentucky judge on Jan. 24 dismissed a lawsuit by the state AFL-CIO and Teamsters Local 89 to strike down the state’s 2017 law banning the union shop. The
MONTREAL, Quebec—The AFL-CIO and Mexico’s leading labor federation filed a formal complaint against Mexico with the U.S. Labor Department Jan. 25, charging that amendments proposed to Mexico’s labor law would
New York, NY – Amazon, the giant tech company engages in labor practices that we have not seen in this country since the ‘sweatshop’ era. The company pays wages barely
This week, LaborPress’s Joe Maniscalco had the sad task of reporting the the first construction worker death of the year. With barely the first month of the new year gone,
New York, NY – Members of New York’s Congressional Delegation and immigrants rights advocates stood outside U.S. “Gestapo” headquarters at 26 Federal Plaza on Saturday, denouncing the Trump administration’s racist-fueled
National Report from Washington–A monthly Series by Robert Weiner and Ben Lasky When looking ahead at President Trump’s 2018 agenda, the easiest bill to pass is the one that it
NEW YORK — Subway riders here don’t need to read thick reports to know the whole system is falling apart — we see it every day. Delays are increasingly frequent
New York, NY – Wanna know how to improve bus service in this town? Better ask a bus driver. That’s what the union representing the city’s mass transit bus drivers
Albany, NY – The country’s leading contract plastics rotomolded product manufacturer Dutchland Plastics will expand its operations into a new 50,000 square-foot facility in the Village of Canastota in Madison
