When labor leaders gathered at the Labor Press-organized “High-Speed Rail Construction” conference Sept. 5 to discuss expanding the future of rail on a national scale,
Washington—AFT President Randi Weingarten and Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper respond to the continued lies and political vitriol directed at the Haitian community
Freelancers are generally unrecognized workers; their labor is under-the-radar, yet they number in the hundreds of thousands in New York State alone. According to Eric
Fifth Avenue in Manhattan flowed with thousands of workers on Sept. 7 as the city’s union workforce celebrated the 142nd Annual Labor Day Parade. Workers
When one thinks about the Audubon Society, most imagine an organization working diligently for the crucial cause of conservation. But what about the workers who
SAG-AFTRA, which represents about 160,000 entertainment and media professionals, has just scored a win, not just for the union, but for the 80 games that
At a press conference September 2, 2024, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander discussed procedures that now track employer violations. “When companies steal their workers’
With the start of what advocates hope is a new era of high-speed rail in the U.S., the Transport Workers Union has a lot of
With momentum building for high-speed rail in the U.S., organized labor has taken on a key role in pushing forward planning of projects in various
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
