Missing Taxi Driver Feared Fifth Suicide
Steve Wishnia
May 22, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—New York taxi drivers fear that a man missing for 11 days may have been the fifth cabbie to commit suicide in the last six months.
Category: New York
Meet John Dunlevy: LP Outstanding Apprentice Of The Year
Silver Krieger
May 22, 2018
John “Jack” Dunlevy may be in the midst of one of the most demanding apprenticeship programs out there, but he has nothing but praise for the opportunity and everything he
Meet Dean Cribbin: LP Outstanding Apprentice of the Year
Steve Wishnia
May 22, 2018
International Union of Elevator Constructors Local One training director calls Richard Loeb calls apprentice Dean Cribbin “an all-around rock star.”
Workers Unite Film Festival Says ‘#CountUsIn’
Steve Wishnia
May 21, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—New York is far from the only place where profit-driven haste costs construction workers their lives. The Cost of Construction, a 2016 documentary shown at the seventh annual
NYU Workers Demand Justice at NYU Langone!
Reprinted 1199.org
May 18, 2018
New York, NY – Langone’s Abrupt Withdrawal from City-Wide Bargaining Threatens Stable Jobs and Patient Care for New Yorkers.
Ultra-Posh Buildings Built On A Foundation Of Stolen Wages!
Steve Wishnia
May 17, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Several luxury apartment buildings and hotels recently erected in Manhattan were literally built on a foundation of stolen wages, District Attorney Cyrus Vance charged May 16.
NYSUT Members Elected to School Boards
Stephanie West
May 17, 2018
ALBANY, NY — Voters put their trust in educators to help run their local public schools, newly electing at least 29 members of New York State United Teachers to school boards
New York Remains on the Forefront of the Labor Movement
Ed Murphy
May 17, 2018
New York, NY – New York is union strong. The quality of the building trades union work comes from their classroom and on-the-job paid training of apprentices. Think of the
Building Trades Back Hochul for Lt. Gov.
Steve Wishnia
May 16, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York formally endorsed Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul for re-election May 15.
Subway Woes? Don’t Blame Workers
Laura Gabby, Carpenters Local 157
May 16, 2018
Reprinted: Labor Notes “Dirty, delayed, and dangerous.” That’s the slogan of a new ad campaign that blames New York City’s subway woes on construction unions.