‘Labor Must Defend the Rights of Women’: Unions Blast SCOTUS Draft Opinion Ending Federal Right to Access Abortion
New York, NY – In the draft Supreme Court majority opinion leaked to Politico, Justice Samuel Alito eviscerated the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision as well as the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey that reaffirmed a woman’s access to abortion was protected by the U.S. Constitution. Across the country, pro-choice activists turned out to…
At 22, Ambition Drives NYCDCC Local 157 Apprentice Eric Reynolds to Succeed
Editor’s Note: LaborPress is proud to present the 2022 Outstanding Apprentice of the Year Awards for Long Island and New York City on Thursday, June 16, hosted by Teamsters Local 282 in Lake Success, NY. Today, we continue our ongoing series leading up to this year’s gala event introducing each of those fascinating and inspiring award-winners to…
Sexual Harassment Increased for Tipped Workers During the Pandemic; Will Hochul Really Stand Up For Women?
New York, NY – This week, Governor Kathy Hochul pledged to protect abortion rights for women across the state. What she has not done, however, is take action to protect them from workplace sexual harassment and abuse that comes from having to rely on tips to survive. Eight years ago, activists rallied outside of City…
TWU Pushes Back On NYS Climate Action Draft Plan
Progressive wing stressed by gas debate New York, NY – Hundreds of rank & file members of Transport Workers Union Local 101, employed by the National Grid utility, rallied outside the site of the May 3 New York State Climate Action Council public hearing in Brooklyn to protest its draft plan as a “job killing…
May 4, Webinar for NYCHA Workers Exposed to 9/11 Toxins
New York, NY – Among the half a million people exposed to Ground Zero toxins in Lower Manhattan on and after 9/11 were hundreds of union members who worked at three New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites near the East River – less than a mile from the World Trade Center site. Michael Barasch.…
Tommy Zultko, IBT Local 282 Director of Job Trainings: The Marine Who Found a Home with the Teamsters
By Silver Krieger Editor’s Note: LaborPress is proud to present the 2022 Outstanding Apprentice of the Year Awards for Long Island and New York City on Thursday, June 16, hosted by Teamsters Local 282 in Lake Success, NY. Today, we continue our ongoing series leading up to this year’s gala event introducing each of those fascinating and…
Amazon Labor Union Loses LDJ5 Sorting Ctr. Election on Staten Island
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Amazon Labor Union lost its bid to organize a second Amazon facility on Staten Island, as workers at the company’s LDJ5 sorting center voted 618-380 against the union. The National Labor Relations Board announced the results May 2, after counting the ballots cast Apr. 25-29. “The count has finished. The election has…
Stuck Nation Radio May Day Edition!
New York, NY – On this special edition of Stuck Nation Radio we talk to AFA-CWA President Sara Nelson, Teamsters Local 808 Secretary-Treasurer Chris Silvera, Civil Service Watchdog publisher Nelson Flores, and FDNY Lt. James McCarthy. Part 1: Sara Nelson, AFA-CWA interview. Amazon Labor Union update plus a wide ranging interview with Chris Silvera, long time…
Workers’ Memorial Day: ‘Remember the Dead and Protect Everybody’
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Francisco Villalba, 29, deliverista. Aidan Shaw, 37, Con Ed gas inspector. Fire Lieutenant Joseph Maiello, 53. Salah Uddin Bablu, 51, deliverista. Police Officer Jason Rivera, 22. Those were some of the names intoned Apr. 28 at the Workers’ Memorial Day commemoration on Broadway near City Hall, with a red or white carnation…
Building Trades Protest Nonunion ‘Affordable Housing’ on Staten Island
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Building-trades workers protested against one of the city’s main “affordable housing” developers in Staten Island Apr. 26, demanding that it use union labor on a largely publicly financed project. The developer, BFC Partners, “always builds nonunion,” Joe Scopo, head organizer for Cement and Concrete Workers District Council 16, told LaborPress. BFC has “a…