UNITE Here Heralds FairHotel Guide to Help Travelers Support Striking Casino Workers
New York, NY – Those traveling to Atlantic City, New Jersey this summer can help support thousands of striking hotel casino workers there with a new union-friendly guide from UNITE Here. More than 6,000 casino workers in Atlantic City went on strike earlier this month. As per the union: Hotel casino workers in Atlantic City…
Introducing New York City’s Next Generation of Union Carpenters
New York, NY – The New York City District Council of Carpenters graduated 169 apprentices on Friday, June 24. As per the NYCDCC: The graduating class hails from all five boroughs and the tri-state area and will now be journeypersons of 9 local unions comprised of Millwrights, Dockbuilders and Timbermen, Cabinetmakers, Floorcoverers, High Rise Concrete…
Stuck Nation Radio: The Indivisibility of Reproductive Rights and Labor Rights
New York, NY – On this episode of Stuck Nation radio we’re taking a deep dive into the rollback of Roe v. Wade and what the SCOTUS’ decision means for working people everywhere. We’re also looking at how nurses in Newark, NJ emerged victorious from their 31-day strike against America’s fastest growing for-profit hospital chain. …
Incoming ATU 1181-1061 Head Backs ‘School Bus Bill of Rights’, Calls for Job Protections
NEW YORK, N.Y.— With Michael Cordiello retiring this week after 13 years as president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181-1061, his successor, recording secretary Tomas Fret, says restoring job protections for city school-bus drivers is “absolutely” a priority. “We are in support of the School Bus Bill of Rights,” Fret, who will take over the…
Introducing New York City’s Next Generation of Union Carpenters
New York, NY – The New York City District Council of Carpenters graduated 169 apprentices on Friday, June 24. As per the NYCDCC: The graduating class hails from all five boroughs and the tri-state area and will now be journeypersons of 9 local unions comprised of Millwrights, Dockbuilders and Timbermen, Cabinetmakers, Floorcoverers, High Rise Concrete…
Can Jersey’s Governor Surf Labor’s Big Wave Into the Whitehouse?
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in NJ Insider Newark, NJ – The same week that Gov. Phil Murphy’s crew launched a “Stronger Fairer Forward” campaign designed to promote the term-limited Governor as a friend of working people, nurses at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark prevailed in their month long strike against the private for profit hospital.…
Can Jersey’s Governor Surf Labor’s Big Wave Into the Whitehouse?
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in NJ Insider Newark, NJ – The same week that Gov. Phil Murphy’s crew launched a “Stronger Fairer Forward” campaign designed to promote the term-limited Governor as a friend of working people, nurses at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark prevailed in their month long strike against the private for profit hospital.…
LaborPress Recognizes Apprenticeships for Their Success
Lake Success, NY—Over 400 people were in attendance to participate in LaborPress’s Annual Apprentice Awards ceremony at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Local 282 spacious union hall, demonstrating LaborPress’s commitment to proceeding with its awards events despite the pandemic. The honorees included 16 apprentices, including the honoring of a training director and an organizer.The apprentices…
Unions Rip Supreme Court’s ‘Vile and Discriminatory’ Abortion Ruling
WASHINGTON—American labor unions quickly and angrily reacted to the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to let states outlaw abortion. The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade “is a devastating blow to working women and families across this country. We strongly believe that everyone should have control over their own bodies, including decisions over their personal…
Arizona Teamsters Green Light Strike; Quarry Dispute Could Have National Impact
Phoenix, Arizona – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters [IBT] is reporting Local 14 mining vehicle operators have unanimously voted to authorize a strike against Vulcan Materials, demanding the company stop violating federal labor law and bargain in good faith. As per the Teamsters: America’s largest supplier of construction aggregates and a major producer of asphalt…