New Report Highlights Wage Inequities Among Workers
Silver Krieger
August 11, 2024
A report by the Center for New York City Affairs, on wages, has been released, and its focus is on the gender pay gap. Widespread
Category: Features
Northeast Travel Could Be Significantly Changed by High-Speed Rail
Silver Krieger
August 11, 2024
Sides are squaring off regarding the proposal for a new high-speed rail route between New York City and Boston. President Biden’s infrastructure act has brought
Fed Grant upgrades NYS Power
Neal Tepel LaborPress Publisher
August 11, 2024
The fed grant of $405 million will enhance the electrical transmission and distribution system across Long Island and the Rockaways. “We’re investing in a reliable,
Tired of Playing Games, SAG-AFTRA Members Go on Strike
Silver Krieger
July 31, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is creeping up on workers’ futures across the board. Everything from self-driving trucks, which need no driver and will devastate those who
Teamster President Plays Both Sides of the Aisle at GOP Convention
Silver Krieger
July 30, 2024
Sean O’Brien, Teamster President, is known as a fierce defender of unions, and the union’s members in particular. But his recent remarks at the GOP
‘The Cadillac of trains;’ NCFO’s Dean Devita discusses future of high-speed rail
Max Parrott
July 27, 2024
LaborPress recently sat down with Dean Devita, president emeritus of the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers (NCFO) to discuss the topic of high-speed rail
CUNY Managers Decry Stagnant Pay
Silver Krieger
July 24, 2024
The computer systems managers (CSM) who work for CUNY are raising their voices over a crucial matter: a lack of raises and pay inequities. Because
Teamsters, Along with Senators, Take Aim at Amazon
Silver Krieger
July 23, 2024
New York, NY — A bipartisan coalition of over 30 Senators, along with the Teamsters, are taking aim at Amazon’s treatment of workers within its
Immigrant Workers’ Fears Prompt Government Agencies to Call for Law Changes
Silver Krieger
July 22, 2024
Reporting unsafe workplaces, wage violations, and illegal working conditions often create fear among immigrant workers, some of whom are working “under the table”. Over two
Conservative SCOTUS Diminishing Workers’ Rights
Silver Krieger
July 22, 2024
Just as in its bombshell ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the now highly conservative Supreme Court, stacked as it is with three of Trump’s appointees,
