On last night’s broadcast, we were truly pleased to discuss a safety program that is jointly managed by labor and management at Stockton Steel, a subsidiary of Herrick Corporation, and
LORDSTOWN, Ohio—Next month, General Motors’ Lordstown Complex will no longer have two separate United Auto Workers locals. The UAW announced in September that Local 1714, which represents fabrication workers, would
FOND DU LAC, Wisc.—Workers at the Mercury Marine marine-engine plant here voted Nov. 11 to reject revising their contract. The tentative revised agreement between Mercury and International Association of Machinists
WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s nominee to be a federal appeals-court judge covering Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi has come under fire for statements mocking the idea that women face discrimination in the workplace.
OLATHE, Kan.—Truck drivers at the giant Sysco food-service company’s Olathe, Kan., distribution center went on strike at 4 a.m. Nov. 16 “after management allegedly threatened reprisals for the workers’ union
ALBANY, N.Y.—After going five years without a contract, New York State Thruway workers have reached a tentative deal. Members of Teamsters Local 72, which represents about 2,500 toll collectors, maintenance
HOUSTON, Tex.—With much of the work cleaning up debris from Hurricane Harvey being done by undocumented immigrants, wage theft has spiked since the late-August storm flooded the area.
New York, NY – This week’s episode of Blue Collar Buzz finds Democratic-Socialist Lee Carter going in depth about how he defied conventional expectations and won a seat in Virginia’s House
RALEIGH, N.C.—North Carolina’s Farm Labor Organizing Committee filed a suit Nov. 15 challenging a state law that sharply restricts union activity in agriculture.
WASHINGTON—A bill introduced in Congress Nov. 16 would attempt to salvage the country’s floundering multiemployer pension plans thorough a combination of federal loans and insurance.
