NSBCTC President Calls Anti-Mask Crowd ‘Sinful’ – Champions Smart Safety Protocols
Long Island, NY - Last spring, Long Island was a hotbed of COVID-19, and although cases are once again spiking in New York, efforts to curtail the virus resulted in
Confronting Our Historic Failure on Racism
Editor’s Note: Larry Moskowitz's first picket line was in 1964 demanding federal intervention when Civil Rights activists Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney went missing, but before their bodies were found. He
2020 Heroes of Labor: Andy Ansbro, Uniformed Firefighters Association Local 94 President
Editor’s Note: On Thursday, November 19, LaborPress and Emblem Health bring you the second half of the 9th
NEW YORK NEWS

Unionized Contractors Are Setting the Bar on Job Site Safety
New York, NY – Once again, the benefits of working with unionized contractors have proven to go beyond the typical safety protocols in the building

Magazine Staffers Flex Their Union Muscles in Face of Inequities
New York, NY – Last week, nearly 100 staffers at The New Yorker walked off the job citing years of low wages, increasing duties and

Instacart Looks to Reap Billions as it Fires Frontline Workers This Spring
New York, NY – Frontline workers on the job throughout the pandemic as supermarket shoppers for Instacart expect to lose their jobs this spring. The

Alleged Fraudster Collects Nearly $2M Meant to Aide Workers and Small Businesses
New York, NY – As thousands of entrepreneurs across the country froze or cut wages, reduced workers’ hours, eliminated bonuses and furloughed or fired employees

Legalizing Cannabis = 30K New Jobs for New York State, Union Says
ALBANY, N.Y.—The union representing workers in New York’s medical-cannabis industry sees a possible 30,000 new jobs if the state legalizes marijuana sales to adults
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NATIONAL HEADLINES
Magazine Staffers Flex Their Union Muscles in Face of Inequities
New York, NY - Last week, nearly 100 staffers at The New Yorker walked off the job citing years of low wages, increasing duties and a growing list of exiting
Instacart Looks to Reap Billions as it Fires Frontline Workers This Spring
New York, NY - Frontline workers on the job throughout the pandemic as supermarket shoppers for Instacart expect to lose their jobs this spring. The anticipated firings come as the
Legalizing Cannabis = 30K New Jobs for New York State, Union Says
The United Food and Commercial Workers, the RWDSU’s parent union, was the first to organize in the cannabis industry, beginning in California’s medical-marijuana program in
‘We fought This Battle for the Rest of the Working People of This Country’ – Hunts Pt. Market Teamsters Settle Strike; Win 10% Raise
NEW YORK, N.Y.—After a week of cold-night picketing warmed by oil-drum fires, workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx on Jan. 23 overwhelmingly ratified a contract that
EMILY’s List Employees Join OPEIU Local 2
New York, NY – EMILY’s List, an organization that seeks to put women into office to help make significant contributions to education, health care, voting rights, and economic equality, has
NY HERO Act Reaches State Senate Floor with ‘Moral Imperative’
ALBANY, N.Y.—The state Senate Labor Committee voted 10-1 to send a landmark COVID-safety bill to the floor Jan. 19—not a moment too soon, says the coalition advocating it. The measure,