The Gender Pay Gap: New York City’s Enduring Shame
Bob Hennelly
March 16, 2022
New York, NY – Scores of labor activists stood on the steps of City Hall March 15 for New York’s Equal Pay Day, the annual
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LP Audio: COBA VP & Whistleblowing Sound Engineer Talk About the Threats to Women’s Safety on the Job
Bob Hennelly
March 14, 2022
New York, NY – Editor’s Note: LaborPress’s Bob Hennelly is marking Women’s History Month on WBAI with conversations with female change agents that are helping revive
REI SoHo Workers: Starbucks, Amazon Bros. and Sisters Helped Inspire Us to Victory!
Silver Krieger
March 11, 2022
New York, NY – Workers at the REI store in SoHo overwhelmingly voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union [RWDSU] on March
FDNY Top Doc Rules Out COVID in Tragic Deaths of Four Firefighters; Questions and Concerns Remain
Bob Hennelly
March 10, 2022
From the City Hall desk of LaborPress’s Bob Hennelly New York, NY – In an internal video released to the FDNY rank and file workforce,
Staffing Crisis? Upstate Nursing Home Workers Say Better Pay Would Solve It
Steve Wishnia
March 10, 2022
LEWISTON, N.Y.— Demanding better pay and improved staffing, more than 150 workers at a nursing home near Buffalo began a 24-hour strike March 9. “We
How the Dumb Response to Covid Put NYC Bus Operators in Danger – An MTA Veteran Speaks Out
Silver Krieger
March 9, 2022
New York, NY – Local 1056 Bus Operator Bernadine Kamwanya has been on the job for almost fifteen years. She drives the Q43 in Queens. Before
Without Power There Is No Dignity
Building Trades for Workers Democracy
March 7, 2022
New York, NY – On Valentine’s Day, hundreds of immigrant rights organizations throughout the country called for a “day without immigrants” to remind the federal
Judge Blocks City’s Bid to Slap Monthly Penalty on Retirees Opting Out of Medicare Advantage; UFT Backs Off on Supporting Switch
Neal Tepel
March 4, 2022
New York, NY – Municipal retirees who’ve often spent huge chunks of their lives working for the City of New York are urging Mayor Eric
Home-Care Organizers Call 1199 Back-Pay Settlement a ‘Historic Low for Women in the Labor Movement’
Steve Wishnia
March 3, 2022
NEW YORK, N.Y—A group organizing home health-care workers denounced the arbitrated settlement in which 1199SEIU will receive $30 million to reimburse workers who put in
REI SoHO Win Cheered as Part of a ‘New Wave of Unionization Sweeping the Nation’
Silver Krieger
March 3, 2022
New York, NY — Workers at the REI SoHo store have overwhelming voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), bringing a
