Poor People’s Campaign Comes to Wall Street
Bob Hennelly
April 11, 2022
New York, NY – The Rev. Dr. William Barber will lead labor and social justice activists from throughout New York State and New England for
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The Great Resignation and the Need for Systemic Change
Ben Kimmel
April 11, 2022
New York, NY – After all of the changes we have seen in the last two years due to Covid-19, it’s clear just how much
We Will Never Forget the Union Members Who Protected Us in the Aftermath of 9/11
Michael Barasch
April 8, 2022
New York, NY – Thousands of lives were saved on 9/11 by union members – the first responders who helped people to safety and initiated
Peggy Browning Fund’s 25th Anniversary Awards Reception Coming in May
Silver Krieger
April 7, 2022
New York, NY – The Peggy Browning Fund will hold its 25th Anniversary Awards Reception at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel on May
SEIU Leader Mary Kay Henry Tells LaborPress: ‘Unionized Workers Know They’re More Powerful Than Any Billionaire CEO or Union-Busting Corp.’
Neal Tepel
April 5, 2022
New York, NY – When Farmingville, L.I. Starbucks worker Sam Cornetta told their manager she may have been exposed to someone with Covid-19 during a
Outstanding Apprentice Brodie Besemer: From US Marine to Local 14 Heavy Equipment Operator
Silver Krieger
March 31, 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
Listen: AFL-CIO Wins CDC Study of Occupational Health Impact on Essential Workers; Triangle Factory Fire Remembered
Bob Hennelly
March 28, 2022
New York, NY – Labor Press’s Stuck Nation Radio broadcast live from Washington D.C. this week, covering the American Federation of Government Employees annual legislative
‘My Father Saw the Triangle Fire’
Judith Wishnia
March 25, 2022
Editor’s Note: Judith Wishnia, a retired professor of history and women’s studies at Stony Brook University, is former editor of United University Professions’ The Active
Call in and Share Your Thoughts About the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and More with Stuck Nation Radio
Bob Hennelly
March 25, 2022
New York, NY – With war raging in the Ukraine and in other places off the corporate media’s radar, it’s all too easy to ignore
Amazon Labor Union Rallies Ahead of Staten Island Vote
Ralph Palladino
March 24, 2022
New York, NY – Staten Island, like the rest of NYC, is a union town — and if the independent Amazon Labor Union [ALU] has its
