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Graduate Student Workers at Fordham University Begin Voting in Union Election

By LaborForce Media / 04/05/2022

NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 350 graduate-student workers at Fordham University will vote this week on being represented by the Fordham Graduate Student Workers union. The vote will take place Tuesday, Apr. 5 at the university’s Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan and Thursday, Apr. 7 at its main campus in the Bronx. It took only two…

Outstanding Apprentice Adis Malevic: From War-Torn Childhood to Secure Family Man with IUOE Local 94

By LaborForce Media / 04/01/2022

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…

Outstanding Apprentice Victor Gutierrez: Taking the Controls, Seizing the Future

By LaborForce Media / 04/01/2022

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…

Amazon Workers Win on Staten Island and Make History; Bessemer Vote Still Up for Grabs

By LaborForce Media / 04/01/2022

NEW YORK, N.Y.—Amazon workers in Staten Island have voted by a solid margin to join the homegrown Amazon Labor Union [ALU], while in Bessemer, Alabama, the vote was too close to call. The official count went narrowly against the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union [RWDSU], but enough ballots were challenged to make a difference…