May 4, Webinar for NYCHA Workers Exposed to 9/11 Toxins
Michael Barasch
May 3, 2022
New York, NY – Among the half a million people exposed to Ground Zero toxins in Lower Manhattan on and after 9/11 were hundreds of
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Stuck Nation Radio May Day Edition!
Bob Hennelly
May 2, 2022
New York, NY – On this special edition of Stuck Nation Radio we talk to AFA-CWA President Sara Nelson, Teamsters Local 808 Secretary-Treasurer Chris Silvera,
Amazon Labor Union Loses LDJ5 Sorting Ctr. Election on Staten Island
Steve Wishnia
May 2, 2022
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Amazon Labor Union lost its bid to organize a second Amazon facility on Staten Island, as workers at the company’s LDJ5 sorting
May is Mental Health Awareness Month: Time to Refocus on the Inner Lives of Working People
Ben Kimmel
May 2, 2022
New York, NY – May is Mental Health Awareness Month. May 1, was International Bereaved Mother’s Day, acknowledging mothers who have lost children. On
Workers’ Memorial Day: ‘Remember the Dead and Protect Everybody’
Steve Wishnia
April 29, 2022
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Francisco Villalba, 29, deliverista. Aidan Shaw, 37, Con Ed gas inspector. Fire Lieutenant Joseph Maiello, 53. Salah Uddin Bablu, 51, deliverista. Police
Outstanding Apprentice Kodi Foust: Born to Run (and Get the Job Done)
Silver Krieger
April 28, 2022
Editor’s Note: LaborPress is proud to present the 2022 Outstanding Apprentice of the Year Awards for Long Island and New York City on Thursday, June
Building Trades Protest Nonunion ‘Affordable Housing’ on Staten Island
Steve Wishnia
April 28, 2022
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Building-trades workers protested against one of the city’s main “affordable housing” developers in Staten Island Apr. 26, demanding that it use union labor
Death on the Job: Hundreds of Workers Are Dying Daily – And That’s Not Counting Covid
Bob Hennelly
April 28, 2022
New York, NY – A half-century after the enactment of federal occupational health protections for workers, hundreds of workers are still dying “each day from
Transit Workers Speak Out About Ongoing Threats to Personal Safety
Silver Krieger
April 27, 2022
New York, NY – Straphangers continue to be a little bit wary about resuming their regular commutes following April 12’s shooting in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, in
Union Members Were Exposed to Ground Zero Toxins Beyond Lower Manhattan
Michael Barasch
April 27, 2022
New York, NY – Half a million responders and people working, living, and studying in Lower Manhattan on and after 9/11 were exposed to Ground
