WASHINGTON—The Congressional joint committee assigned to address collapsing multiemployer pension funds will be cochaired by Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
WASHINGTON— The National Labor Relations Board announced Feb. 26 that it was voiding its December ruling narrowing when companies can be considered a “joint employer” because of a conflict of
ROXBURY, MA – Serving the community for almost 100 years, the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts has helped thousands of area residents start their careers and get the skills and
New York, NY – Workers in Florida have made the Miami Office of Planned Parenthood only the second Planned Parenthood in the nation to organize this week, after voting overwhelmingly
Washington, D.C. — Minimum Wage Workers’ Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how many additional days into the new year a minimum-wage worker must work to earn the same
SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – After a three-year fight for representation, drivers and monitors with Massachusetts’s North River Collaborative have officially gained recognition as members of Teamsters Local 653 in South
On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, Staten Island mom Sanela Djencic talks about the 11-month-old strike against Charter/Spectrum and what the corporate fat cats are doing to working families
CHARLESTON, W. Va.—A two-day teachers’ strike over pay and benefits closed schools in all 55 of West Virginia’s counties Feb. 22. The walkout, already planned, came the morning after Gov.
PEWAUKEE, Wisconsin – The International Union of Operating Engineers Locals 139 and 420 filed a federal lawsuit seeking to invalidate Wisconsin’s infamous Act 10, a law passed in 2011 that drastically restricted the bargaining
WASHINGTON—Under marble Greek columns and gold-fringed maroon curtains, the Supreme Court heard arguments Feb. 26 on whether government workers who are not union members can be required to pay “agency
