Elijah Decious at The Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gazette reports after 75 years of holding her torch high, Cedar Rapids’ replica Lady Liberty is getting a helping hand. The City’s first public statue was installed in 1950 by the Boy Scouts of America in a Strengthening the Arm of Liberty Campaign that placed about 200 Statue of Liberty replicas around more»

Viktoria Hallikaar at Spectrum News reports that when you’re facing a medical emergency, time is of the essence - but in the Emergency Room (ER), wait times can often be hours long. Despite many getting into the medical field to help people, some say they face issues that impede that work. New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented more»

Eric Boehm at Reason reports when U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (Republican-Missouri) recently clashed with a Boeing attorney at a committee hearing, he was clearly picking sides in an ongoing fight between the company and thousands of striking Workers at a Missouri Factory. But Hawley wasn't just borrowing the Labor Union's rhetoric as he criticized Boeing's more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Beyond securing job protections and negotiating contracts, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council (DC) 37 invests in its Members by building pathways to better careers with higher earning potential. That’s why Workers employed in the New York City Parks Department are encouraged to more»

Andrea Hsu and Stephen Fowler at NPR (National Public Radio) report the Trump Administration has paused work on only a small share of the roughly 4,000 mass layoffs announced since October 1st in order to comply with a Federal Court order. That includes more than 400 Department of Housing and Urban Development Employees, 465 Education Department Staff and more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports some of the largest Labor Unions in the United States were involved in organizing the highly-successful No Kings protests on Saturday (October 18th), with more than 2,600 demonstrations taking place across all 50 States that drew a combined and estimated seven million people who participated. The Service Employees more»

Unionized Broadway Actors have reached a tentative contract agreement to avert a Strike that would shut down 32 stage productions as theater attendance approaches its peak season. Actors' Equity, which represents more than 51,000 Actors and Stage Managers, announced the tentative, three-year agreement with The Broadway League, the Trade Association that more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – While Actors’ Equity, a Union that represents more than 51,000 Actors and Stage Managers, has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Broadway League - the Trade Association that represents theater owners, producers and operators, the Broadway League still must reach a contract agreement with American Federation of more»

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) employed at the Citadel Bourbonnais Nursing Home in Bourbonnais, Illinois have joined Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union-United Food & Commercial Workers (RWDSU/UFCW) Local 578 over their concerns about insufficient wages, staffing shortages and inconsistent schedules. The only way to make real change was more»

Anna Del Savio at The Northwest Labor Press reports Starbucks fired three Portland-area Baristas last month. Their crime? Writing on the sidewalk outside their store. Aspen Maxwell and Hannah Zimmerman used chalk to draw “Workers Deserve A Fair Contract,” “Union Strong” and other slogans outside their Hillsboro Starbucks in more»

McKenna Schueler at Tampa Creative Loafing reports the Walt Disney Company has blocked what could have been a historic Labor Strike by Food Service Workers at Disney World’s Epcot in Orlando, thereby forcing Workers to take a different approach to leverage their demands for a new Union contract. Restaurant workers at Epcot’s Italy Pavilion - more»

Ian Russell at KARE-TV 11 reports from Minnesota that St. Paul Public School (SPPS) students are learning about heavy machinery, including how to operate it. The School District is working on making the sandbox inside the classroom much larger, including training students on how to operate the real-world counterparts of their remote-controlled versions. more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – A new four-year contract covering more than 2,800 Members of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Locals 1133 and 1168 at area Catholic Health Facilities has been ratified, Local 1133 President Brian Magner tells WNYLaborToday.com. The contract came not too soon after the Locals announced during the first week of September more»

The National AFL-CIO has launched the Workers First Initiative on AI - the first comprehensive Labor Movement agenda establishing principles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology. The initiative provides a blueprint for how employers and Elected Officials should advance AI implementation in the workplace to the benefit of America’s Working People more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) - An overwhelming majority of Los Angeles Times Journalists have voted to authorize their Union’s Leaders to call a Strike if such a step is necessary to reach a new contract. The Union announced 85% of the Los Angeles Times Guild, which represents Reporters, Editors, Designers, Photographers and other Journalists at the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Hundreds of New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses who are employed at 12 Private Sector Facilities across New York City - which combine to represent 20,000 Members, recently came together to announce a coordinated campaign to care for New York through winning a fair contract. They took part in a full-day strategy more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal is standing with New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who was recently indicted on a Federal bank fraud charge - less than a month after the sitting U.S. President publicly pressured U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his political enemies. UUP President Fred more»

Julia Burdelski at Trib Total Media reports a dozen Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Police Commanders are Unionizing. Commanders are among the Police Bureau’s most powerful Supervisors, just under the rank of Assistant Chief. The Commanders unanimously voted to form a Union with the Teamsters, separate from the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1 more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports the National Education Association (NEA), the Nation’s largest Union, is lobbying lawmakers against big looming cuts in Federal education aid - and a massive health insurance premium hike that would hit more than 21 million people directly, but many more who have any form of health insurance on January more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) – Tens of thousands of Front-Line Kaiser Permanente Registered Nurses (RNs) and Health Care Professionals represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) are on Strike across California and Hawaii to protect the future of patient care. Kaiser Employees launched a more»

Jake Kroesen at The Missouri Times reports on the Laborers and Contractors Training Center, a 225-acre campus where Missouri’s next generation of Builders learn their craft - and their calling. The facility is one of three facilities that serve as the cornerstone of skills development for Union Laborers across the States of Missouri and Kansas more»

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain recently laid out four priorities he says should form the nucleus of a Workers’ Political Program - and he said that a broad Strike in May 2028 is one way to fight for those priorities. Fain spoke at the release of a new report by the Center for Working-Class Politics, Jacobin, and allied groups. The more»

(JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN) – United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 95 Unit 14 Members employed at Mercyhealth’s East Clinic have reached a major milestone - 100 days on strike. Since July 2nd, the Health Care Workers have been standing up not just for themselves, but for their patients. They’re fighting to restore quality care and fair jobs at more»

Ari Paul at Jacobin reports the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), the Union that represents 30,000 Faculty and Staff at the City University of New York (CUNY), spent much of the Summer battling against the rise of Right-Wing McCarthyist assaults on American Universities, including specific attacks against Members and academic freedom at CUNY. In July, more»

(EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK) - Under the leadership of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Mary E. Sullivan, CSEA’s Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) Unit recently became its own Union Local. The decision to transform the Unit into a Local was viewed as a logical move because the hospital became a Public Benefit Corporation in more»

Forbes Senior Contributor Janice Gassam Asare, Ph.D. reports California just became the second State, after Massachusetts, to allow Drivers at ride-hailing companies to Unionize. Governor Gavin Newsom just signed new legislation that will allow Drivers at companies like Uber and Lyft to join a Union and bargain for better wages and benefits. California has more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), whose Members are prime victims of President Donald Trump’s shutdown, furloughs and looming firings, are striking back: They’re asking Members and supporters to join the next round of No Kings Day protests, which are scheduled for Saturday (October 18th). Since AFGE more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports the chants from thrilled Home Care Workers, in a sea of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) purple, echoed through the streets of Downtown Detroit, culminating in a victory rally outside SEIU Healthcare’s Michigan offices. The rally’s message was simple - but powerful: “We got our more»

Paul Sisson at The San Diego Union-Tribune says a 2022 report concluded San Diego County faces a mental health care staffing crisis and needs 18,500 more Mental Health Care Workers by 2027 to catch up with chronic understaffing. While it will not cover the whole gap, a new program is making a $75 million investment that’s intended to grow local more»

(CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK) - International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 4 will host the seventh annual Western & Central New York Glass and Glazing Forum on Thursday (October 17th) at the Building Trades Union’s Training Center, located on Aero Drive in the Buffalo Suburb of Cheektowaga. This free, community and more»

Colin Kalmbacher at Law & Crime reports the Union representing NASA Workers has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy in a Washington, D.C. Federal Court over an Executive Order stripping Collective Bargaining Rights from Federal Employees. On August 28th, Trump issued Executive Order 14343, entitled: more»

(HOUSTON, TEXAS) - The first Hotel Strike in Texas History has come to an end after Strikers voted to ratify a new contract with Hilton Americas-Houston on Friday (October 10th). The 40-day strike, which was the first Hotel Strike led by Union Members in the State of Texas, has brought significant gains raising the standard for Hotel Workers in the City. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - A coalition of Council Members, Labor Unions and advocates are warning New Yorkers about the misleading language and negative impacts of Mayor Eric Adams’ Ballot Proposals 2, 3 and 4 in the upcoming election. The proposals would change who has the power to make decisions about development in New York City, shifting voting power from more»

Ryan Zunner at Buffalo Toronto Public Media reports the 2021 Starbucks Unionization effort in Buffalo that led to a nationwide effort at more than 650 stores is getting the Silver Screen treatment. Baristas vs. Billionaires premiered at the Buffalo International Film Festival on Friday (October 10th). The successful Union vote in December of 2021 was a more»

(PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) - Temple University’s Resident Assistants (RAs) and Peer Mentors (PMs) have voted by 100% to Unionize with Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153, following in the footsteps of RAs at 12 other Universities and Colleges, including Penn, Drexel, Swarthmore, Bucknell and more. Local 153 Lead more»

Josh Bivens at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) reports it is often under-recognized how much population aging is currently reducing the growth rate of the U.S. Labor Force - and will continue to pull it down in coming decades. The share of the population that is over the age of 65 (when Labor Force participation tends to take a steep fall on average) is more»

Rebecca Gvozden, Brianna Leonard & Blake Sammann at KKTV 11 in Colorado report hundreds of Union-represented Teachers from Colorado Springs’ largest School District are on Strike and are picketing outside District 11 Schools. Teachers, students, parents and grandparents gathered outside Palmer High School at 7 a.m. on Wednesday (October 8th) with more»

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced $30 million in awards benefiting 70 Apprenticeship Programs and more than 11,000 Apprentices, earning an average of $50.29 per hour, in Non-Traditional Sectors, including health care, education and advanced manufacturing. This is the third round of Apprenticeship Innovation Funding (AIF) through more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1168-represented Health Care Workers joined with members of the Buffalo Community today (Thursday, October 9th) outside the Kaleida Health Family Planning Clinic on Main Street to demand an immediate halt to the planned closure of what they described as this vital Clinic, as well as more»

The Chicago News Guild-Communications Workers of America (TNG-CWA) Local 34017 and National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA) Local 41 have joined a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over excessive violence targeting reporters covering protests at an ICE more»

David Wright at Ocean State Media reports the Rhode Island AFL-CIO and a coalition of homeowners, solar energy companies and non-profits are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its termination of $7 billion in grants meant to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels. The suit concerns the Solar for All Program, which more»

Suzanne Blake at Newsweek reports New Yorkers facing unemployment will now be able to receive up to $365 more in benefits per week, as Governor Kathy Hochul announced the new rules in which the maximum weekly figure will increase from $504 to $869. In addition to general economic uncertainty throughout the U.S., the Federal Government shutdown has impacted more»

(WAYNE COUNTY, NEW YORK) - Despite an arbitrator’s sanction of a Collective Bargaining Agreement covering Workers employed at an Upstate Apple Farm, the company has refused to institute its provisions. The deadlock led Workers at Wafler Farms in Wayne County to publicize their frustrations at having to work according to the company’s terms more»

At Kraton’s Belpre, Ohio Facility, long-time Worker Brandon Burnfield reached out to the United Steelworkers (USW) Union after enduring a decade of mounting challenges at the Polymer Supplier. The final blow came when the company froze pensions and eliminated Sunday premiums and double-time pay. “That was the straw that broke the camel’s more»

Cory Sharber at WHYY Philadelphia 250 reports Strikes have begun at two Center City Philadelphia Hotels as Workers demand better workplace protections and fair wages ahead of next year’s celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary. Union contracts at nine hotels in the City have expired, according to UNITE HERE Local 274, which represents more more»

Vermont Business Magazine reports the Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB) has announced the graduation of a new class of Broadband Technicians who were trained at the latest session of the Broadband Technician Apprenticeship/Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program. This training was for an entry-level Broadband Network Technicians. The three-week course more»

(RANSOMVILLE, NEW YORK) – The tradition continued in 2025. In one of the most unique Labor-sponsored fundraisers in Western New York Union History, the Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council’s 2025 Labor’s Night At The Races to benefit the United Way of Greater Niagara raised more than $23,000 - bringing the 16-year total of this more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The largest Federal Worker Union in the Nation has sued the Trump-Vance Administration for forcing Civil Servants at the U.S. Department of Education to engage in partisan political rhetoric during the current Federal shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) - the largest Federal Employee Union that more»

For several decades, both major parties - bankrolled by Big Business, watched as deindustrialization, mass layoffs and a changing tech-driven economy hollowed out the former Industrial Heartland. Working-Class Communities, feeling betrayed by a Democratic Party that embraced neo-liberalism and a Republican Party that offers only false populism and a more»

Katie Campione at Deadline reports many of the major talent agencies across New York and Los Angeles have been sent a letter asking agents and their clients to boycott the Surrey Hotel in New York City, at least for now. The Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, the Union that represents about 40,000 Hotel and Gaming Workers across New York and New Jersey, sent more»