Workers’ Comp and Medical Evidence
Robert Grey
February 7, 2022
New York, NY – When someone is out of work because of an on-the-job injury their two top priorities are getting medical treatment and being
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Mental Health-Related Deaths Are More Deadly Than Omicron – Why Aren’t We Paying Attention?
Ben Kimmel
February 7, 2022
New York, NY – On January 30, many were struck by the tragic suicide of 30 year-old television correspondent and 2019 Miss USA, Cheslie Kryst.
Biden Orders Union Labor on Federal Construction Jobs
Steve Wishnia
February 4, 2022
WASHINGTON—President Joseph Biden signed an executive order Feb. 4 under which contractors on large federal construction projects will effectively have to build with union labor.
NYC Now Accepting Applications for Upcoming Civil Service Exams
LaborPress
February 4, 2022
New York, NY – The Department of Citywide Administrative Services [DCAS] is now accepting applications for nearly 20 different civil service exams. Available titles run the
GM Workers in Mexico Unionize with SINTTIA
Steve Wishnia
February 3, 2022
SILAO, Guanajuato, Mexico—Life is worth nothing in Guanajuato, according to Jose Alfredo Jimenez’s classic ballad. But an auto worker’s work in the state is likely
Amazon Dropbox Helped Trigger Union Revote in Bessemer – Why Is It Back Again?
Neal Tepel
February 2, 2022
New York, NY – The good news for workers struggling to become the first group of Amazon workers in the nation to successfully unionize is they’re getting
NY State Outreach to Workers with Covid
Robert Grey
February 2, 2022
New York, NY – This past spring, NYCOSH and Grey & Grey, LLP issued a report calling on “the Workers’ Compensation Board and other state
REI’s Customer Base Shows Support for Pro-Union Employees at Soho Store
Silver Krieger
February 2, 2022
New York, NY – More than one-hundred employees at REI in Soho are unionizing with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union [RWDSU] and have asked
Seattle Concrete Strike Underscores ‘Deaths of Despair’
Neal Tepel
January 31, 2022
Seattle, WA – January 20th’s disastrous mediation between striking concrete mixer truckers and the kingpins of Seattle’s sand and gravel industry had already hit a
AFL-CIO Challenges Lone Star State’s Poor Labor Stats
Steve Wishnia
January 31, 2022
AUSTIN, Tex.—Texas labor unions are not in as bad shape as the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics figures released last week made them out to
