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Build Up Justice NYC To ‘Voluntarily Recognize’ Staff Union

By LaborForce Media / 01/20/2026

Brooklyn, NY – Build Up Justice NYC has agreed to voluntarily recognize the BUJ Staff Union. The staff of BUJ will be joining  the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (ALAA)-United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2325 in early January (2026). Workers there aim to establish a wall-to-wall Union to secure sustainable workloads, dignified pay and benefits, and increased organizational transparency to ensure Staff well-being. In 2018, Staff sought Union Recognition, but the…

NYSNA Nurses Continue Strike

By LaborForce Media / 01/14/2026

New York NY –  NYSNA Nurses continue to strike with management refusing to negotiate core issues. Nurses had hoped to make progress at the bargaining table and avert a strike, but management at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, Montefiore, and NewYork-Presbyterian would not negotiate contracts that improve safe staffing, fully fund health benefits for nurses and protect nurses from workplace violence.…

Denver Public Library Workers File to Form Union

By LaborForce Media / 01/09/2026

One day after a new Public Sector Bargaining Law took effect, Workers employed at the Denver Public Library, submitted union authorization cards. From a super-majority of eligible Staff to form Denver Public Library workers united (DPLWU)/Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7799. In November, Denver voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure expanding Union Rights to around 7,000 more Public Workers beginning…

Staffing Could Have Prevented a Tragedy

By LaborForce Media / 01/02/2026

St. Louis University Hospital – Signs sit on a table alongside swag from the National Nurses United/National Nurses Organizing Committee. On Tuesday, union members called for increased safety measures at SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital. Union nurses say inadequate staffing at SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital is a safety issue. About a dozen…

UFCW Locals 655 & 88 Host Grocery Toy Drive

By LaborForce Media / 01/01/2026

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 655 and sister Local 88 held a grocery and toy drive for their members on Friday, Dec. 12. Combined, UFCW 655 and 88 represent most union workers at Schnucks, Dierbergs Markets and Straub’s. Their joint efforts allowed for their workers from either union to come to their union…

The Niagara-Orleans Labor Council & Its Member Unions ‘Adopt’ Families To Make Their Christmas Wishes Come True

By LaborForce Media / 01/01/2026

Niagara Falls, New Orleans – The Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council and its Affiliated Member Unions adopted a record 38 families for this Holiday Season. The program donated $20,000 in clothing, toys and daily necessities. The need for help has risen over the years and the Labor Council’s total of families helped has risen also – from more than 10 several…

BCTC & NYC Agreement for 7 Billion in Construction Projects to be Completed by Union Workers

By LaborForce Media / 01/01/2026

New York City – BCTC President Gary LaBarbera again has taken the lead to ensure NYC construction projects go union. BCTC President Gary LaBarbera and New York City Office of Talent and Workforce Development Executive Director Doug Lipari has announce $7 billion in City Capital Projects will be completed by the Unionized Construction Industry. This will ensure fair wages and…

Journalists at the Columbus Dispatch & The Newark Advocate Join News Guild

By LaborForce Media / 01/01/2026

Washington DC – Staff at The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch and The Newark (New Jersey) Advocate have joined The News Guild.. Under the name Dispatch News Guild – Reporters, Photo-Journalists, Videographers and Digital Producers across both publications are fighting for fair pay and the preservation of local journalism jobs. Members of both organizations have joined the CWA Local 1 News Guild. Both outlets share a newsroom and…

IAM Testifies Before U.S. Trade Representative, Urges Enforceable Labor Standards

By LaborForce Media / 12/19/2025

IAM Affairs Director Peter Greenberg testified before the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), calling for the implementation of urgent and enforceable labor standards in the upcoming review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The IAM Union warned that current shortcomings in the agreement continue to fuel outsourcing, weaken labor protections, and undermine the economic security of…

Amazon Workers in Queens Join Teamsters

By LaborForce Media / 12/19/2025

Woodside, Queens, – More than 200 Drivers employed at Amazon’s DBK1 Facility in Woodside, Queens have organized a Union with Teamsters Local 804. Workers marched on company management this to deliver the news and demand a union contract, becoming the latest to join nearly 10,000 Amazon workers across five states who have organized with the Teamsters. “Amazon already has some…