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Prominent unions and transit advocates put out a call to get behind an ambitious high-speed rail line proposal connecting New York City to Boston at the “High-Speed Rail Construction” conference Sept. 5. The event assembled a panel of politicians, union leaders and planners to share research and strategies for the high-speed rail line — with…

Bob Yaro is an urban and regional planner who has led a career spanning both the academic world and community and transportation planning for local entities across greater New England. For about the last 15 years, his path has kept coming back to an ambitious plan to build a new train corridor between Boston and…

The stories of assaults on transit workers have filled the news cycle for years now. And yet a proper response by the MTA has been lacking, even as the level and frequency of violence has increased. Now, the NYC School of Global Public Health has produced new research, detailing the statistics of the workers’ response…

Healthcare costs have risen dramatically in recent years, and are expected to increase as much as 8.5% in 2024. To sustain health benefits at the current level, some unions are exploring alternatives to the traditional provider network. Hospitals and health systems partner directly with Labor Increasingly in today’s market, we are seeing hospitals and health…

To be an exceptional millwright, you not only need a detailed mechanical knowledge of turbines and electric motors, but the problem solving skills to get a given job done in the most safe, efficient way possible. Sharif Mansour, of Millwright & Machinery Erectors Local Union 740, has proven that he has the persistence to learn…

“There is nothing greater, more important or more powerful than the members who make up New York State’s unionized workforce. These skilled men and women have dedicated their careers, their very lives, to ensuring New York is first in class in safely built and maintained infrastructure; critical work that allows every corner of our state…

The Teamsters have been opposed to self-driving trucks for years, even using examples of accidents among self-driving cars. The loss of jobs for the union members would be catastrophic; they number about 600,000 drivers. What the union wants is to require human drivers in the trucks to monitor the self-driving vehicles. But now, it seems,…

Local 100 is a local (or chapter) of the Transport Workers Union of America, a union that represents transportation workers in bus and subway lines, and several airlines nationwide. The Local primarily represents 41,000 workers and 26,000 retirees in the New York City public transportation system and at some private bus lines serving the New…

New York, NY — Robert “Bobby” Bartels, Jr., is the Business Manager of Steamfitters Local 638 UA, a union whose origins go back almost 150 years. Enterprise Association of Steamfitters Local 638 of the United Association was chartered in 1884 under the Knights of Labor as Enterprise Assembly #3189. In 1914 the Enterprise Assembly affiliated…

New York, NY — The Independent Drivers Guild/IAMAW is a driver-led and driver-powered advocacy group fighting for the rights of drivers across the country. Its primary mission is to unite drivers in the fight for the right to collectively bargain, which is the only way to stop driver exploitation by giving drivers the power to negotiate…