Tim Tooten at WBAL-TV reports as the economy rebounds both in Maryland and across the Nation, there's a need for more skilled Workers, which includes the field of voice-data-video. Workers in Baltimore City are being trained through a popular Job Apprenticeship Program. It turns out the program helps to meet the needs for Workers with slightly more more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Health Care Workers represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Locals 1133 and 1168 have announced its Members who are employed at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo have voted overwhelmingly - by more than 90% - to authorize a Strike if Catholic Health refuses to agree to a fair contract. The vote comes as negotiations more»

Workers at the Mountain Cement Company Plant in Laramie, Wyoming have voted to join the Boilermakers and the local Labor Movement is celebrating this Union victory in a Right-To-Work (for less) State. While the facility has been considered a cornerstone of the town’s economy for almost a century, Workers say over the past decade management’s more»

Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African-American Labor Official in history, is the Secretary-Treasurer of the National AFL-CIO, the Nation’s largest Labor Federation representing 63 Unions and nearly 15 million Workers. He recently penned a Labor Perspective that was published on BlackPressUSA that read, in part: Throughout our history, the Labor more»

Grant Ashley at Buffalo Toronto Public Media reports New York State’s Labor Board will have wider powers to intervene in labor disputes thanks to a new Bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul signed over the weekend. It allows the state’s Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to intervene in Private Sector labor disputes if the National more»

Patrick O’Donnell for The 74 reports that hoping to promote the growth of career training and apprenticeships, a coalition including five Governors and major Labor Unions has come together to align career training and push for national policy change. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) - the Nation's second-largest Teachers Union, and CareerWise more»

The National AFL-CIO released the following statement after the Trump Administration released the August Jobs Report: The Labor Movement has been warning that the Trump Administration’s policies are bad for Working Families and today’s jobs report shows those policies continue to weigh down the job market. Job creation has slowed, and there more»

(LOS ANGELES & SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA) - Workers employed at the Los Angeles and Santa Monica locations of Sugared + Bronzed - a salon chain offering spray tanning and sugaring hair removal services, voted to Unionize with Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9505 - forming the first Salon Chain Union in the United States. And just weeks more»

Kristie Keleshian at CBS New York reports thousands of Workers and Union Members marched along Fifth Avenue for New York City's Labor Day Parade on Saturday (September 6th). More than 200 Unions were represented at the event, which is the oldest and largest Labor Day Parade in the United States. This year's grand marshals were Hotel and Gaming Trades more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – About three-quarters of New York City’s Municipal Workforce, pre-Medicare Retirees and their dependents will have expanded access to Doctors and other Clinicians, according to a tentative, cost-saving agreement the City and Union Officials have reached with two major insurance firms. The plan, jointly run by EmblemHealth and more»

(ATLANTA, GEORGIA) – The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM) have announced a successful organizing victory of 90 Alstom Workers who operate and maintain the Plane Train at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The Alstom Employees are responsible for the safe more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports the Trump administration is planning to cut the pay of some of America’s lowest-paid Workers: The Nation’s 4.348 million Home Health Care Workers. The pay cut, dragging wages back to levels of more than a decade ago, comes in planned Federal rules Trump’s Labor Department (USDOL) published at more»

Michael Berkowitz at People’s World reports that on September 30th, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) will screen its excellent new film: Hard Hat Riot, a memorable entry in the award-winning American Experience series. This PBS series has been television’s most-watched history series, winning 30 Emmy Awards and virtually every other major more»

(SYRACUSE, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, is expressing major concerns over a State University of New York (SUNY) austerity plan for the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse - a plan that if fully implemented would result in course reductions, funding cuts more»

Contractor reports investments in Pre-Apprenticeship Programs have helped Women and People of Color become the two fastest-growing demographic segments within Illinois’ construction workforce, according to new research by the non-partisan Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) and the Project for Middle Class Renewal (PMCR) at the University of more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler reports Workers nationwide are asking her: “Why is my future being ripped away?” Her answer is billionaires and corporations totally control the government and move to exert total control over every aspect of U.S. life - and that their leading instrument is Donald Trump. And, that the more»

Tony Burke at People’s World reports the British Columbia Labour Relations Board (BCLRB) in Canada has certified the 250,000-Member United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW-Canada) will be recognized for collective bargaining for more than 500 Uber Drivers in British Columbia’s Capital City, Victoria. And, the BCLRB issued another decision which more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Freedom Plaza, the bold $11.1 billion civic and cultural vision for Manhattan’s East Side, shared an overview of the project’s comprehensive housing and traffic plan during its first public hearing of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC). The plan will feature 513 units of housing that Working Families can afford, nearly more»

Organized Labor has taken center stage in the 2020s, with Workers leading successful organizing drives at Amazon, Starbucks, Apple, and across a range of industries from health care to higher education. Public approval of Unions has reached its highest level in decades, and a new generation of Workers is stepping forward as leaders in the movement. The City more»

More than 450 Game Developers behind the popular video game series Diablo have voted in favor of Union Representation with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), either by signing a Union Authorization Card or indicating that they wanted Union Representation via an on-line portal. As the latest wave in Video Game Organizing, the Workers will be more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - President Donald Trump celebrated in the lead-up to Labor Day by busting Union contracts at seven Federal Agencies, bringing to 1.3 million the number of Workers whose voices he has snuffed out. The historic attack on Unions by President Reagan, when he killed the Union Rights of 14,000 Air Traffic Controllers, pales in comparison with more»

Callum Sutherland at Time Magazine reports protests took place across the United States on Labor Day, with activists, concerned voters and Democratic leaders rallying against the policies and actions of President Donald Trump and his Administration. Some, including Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, used the opportunity to take a stand against Trump’s more»

(HONOLULU, HAWAII) —The Hawaii Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund (HCATF) has announced a new training offering for its Members of the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters (HRCC), as well as its signatory contractors, which utilizes mass timber, a material that can help to reduce construction time. Mass timber is a durable material more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1133 Executive Vice President Kevonna Neely and President Brian Magner are less than pleased with the state of new contract negotiations at Buffalo’s Catholic Health. The CWA held a news conference on Tuesday (September 2nd) in front of South Buffalo more»

In honor of Labor Day, New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Board Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga announced settlement agreements with four fast food companies - including Chipotle, to provide more than 2,430 Workers with more than $3 million in restitution to resolve violations of the City’s Fair Workweek Law. The more»

Workers employed at the International Rescue Committee and represented by IRC Workers Unite-Office and Professional Employees International Union (IRC-OPEIU) were joined by Members of OPEIU Local 153 last week during a rally that was held outside the organization’s U.S. Headquarters in New York City as part of a three-day marathon bargaining session. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The National Federation of Federal Employees-International Association of Machinists (NFFE-IAM) has announced Workers employed at Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks have elected the NFFE to serve as their Union representative. With more than 97% voting in favor at both locations, Interpretive Park Rangers, more»

Melissa Buckley at Fort Leonard Wood’s Public Affairs Department in Missouri reports Soldiers there are on the path to becoming Interior Electricians for the U.S. Army and are being wired for success during six weeks of training at Fort Leonard Wood’s Brown Hall. Following basic combat training, Soldiers with the Military Occupational Specialty more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Denise Szymura recently retired as President of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 815, which represents 5,200 Public Employees across Erie County. A 44-year Member of CSEA, Szymura is being both hailed and praised as an “amazing” Labor Leader who not only fought for the best more»

Megan Brenan at Gallup reports as Americans celebrate Labor Day, 68% of U.S. adults approve of Labor Unions, essentially unchanged from last year’s reading. This is the fifth consecutive year that approval of Organized Labor has been in the 67% to 71% range, a level last reached in the late 1950s and early 1960s. When Gallup first measured more»

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten has penned an excellent Labor Day Perspective, which appears as such. As we observe Labor Day, it’s not just about picnics and parades. It’s about standing up for what all Working People deserve: Dignity, a life they can afford and real opportunity. That’s what we do in more»

Sisters, Brothers and Friends, Labor Day Weekend is our chance to celebrate the people who built New York City and continue to keep it running every day. It is also a moment to recommit ourselves to the values that have always guided the Labor Movement: Solidarity and dignity for all who work. Working People have often been told that our goals were out more»

Maddie Evans at the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) reports on back-to-school season: In classrooms across the country, students will learn everything from math to music to health to personal finance, but how do young people learn about Unions and collective power? Some kids learn about Workers’ Rights because more»

Reuters reports the United Auto Workers (UAW) has announced the Union has won a Unionization vote at a Ford Joint-Venture Plant in Kentucky, but believes 41 challenge ballots that are still pending to be “illegitimate.” The UAW released the following statement: BlueOval SK Workers won a majority of votes in an NLRB (National Labor Relations more»

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to a new Executive Order from President Donald Trump (an expansion of his March order) that rips away Collective Bargaining Rights from Workers who are employed at NASA, the International Trade Association, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Weather Service, the more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports from Orlando, Florida that the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA) have launched complementary campaigns against the Republican President Donald Trump regime’s threat to privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS). The NRLCA, the smaller of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Less than a week after Front of House Staff employed at the Rose Lane Bar and Restaurant inside the Park Lane Hotel filed to Unionize with Restaurant Workers United (RWU), hotel management fired every Worker in the nascent Union’s Bargaining Unit, an RWU official said. Workers with scheduled shifts on Monday (August 25th) at the more»

Union Leaders and Members turned out in large numbers earlier this week for the March on Wall Street, joining the National Action Network, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Lee Saunders, the Reverend Al Sharpton and other activists to demand economic and labor justice. Taking place on the anniversary of Dr. more»

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ (IBEW) electrical expertise has never been limited to construction or line work. It’s been critical in utilities, transportation, broadcasting and the Internet, among many other areas. A new program is designed to expand that expertise to employers and partners in manufacturing, which once more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler - who heads the Nation’s largest Labor Federation that represents 63 Unions and nearly 15 million Working People, gave the 2025 State of the Unions address on Wednesday (August 27th), highlighting the resilience and strength of Workers who are under constant threat from the Trump more»

Khaleda Rahman at Newsweek reports protests against President Donald Trump and his Administration - billed as Workers Over Billionaires - are set to take place across the country on Labor Day. The protests are to be the latest nationwide demonstrations against the Trump Administration. Nearly 1,000 events are planned in all 50 States and Washington, D.C. more»

(SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA) – Employees at Mission Local, the largest non-profit newsroom solely covering San Francisco, has announced the creation of the first Union at the organization, as a part of the Pacific Media Workers Guild Local 39521/The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA). The organizers, which include Development and more»

Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation (WNYALF) President Denise Abbott, Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1168 President Cori Gambini & Buffalo Teachers Federation (BTF) President Richard Nigro have made City & State’s list of most influential New York State’s Labor Leaders. From City & State New York, a media more»

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration ordering work to stop on the Revolution Wind Energy Project off the coast of Rhode Island, which has employed more than 1,000 Union Members to date: The stop-work order on Revolution Wind is an outrage. This project is fully permitted and already more»

Julie Johnsson at Bloomberg reports as Boeing works to end a Strike by its Workers in St. Louis, CEO Kelly Ortberg’s campaign to rebuild the company culture from the factory floor on up is being put to the test by a rise in Labor Activism not seen in decades. Ortberg has called for a return to civility, respect and openness as Boeing recovers from more»

(BELMONT & SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK) - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1430, whose Members service horse racing tracks’ communications systems at Belmont Park and at the Saratoga Racetrack, is moving to Unionize hundreds of Workers who care for the thoroughbred horses at those two New York tracks. “We always more»

(ONEIDA, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at Oneida Health Hospital have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract that includes wage increases and incentives to help recruit and retain Nurses, as well as no concessions on benefits. After months of fighting for a fair contract, the Unionized more»

Amy Yee at The Chicago Sun Times reports enrollment in Pre-Apprenticeship Training Programs in the State of Illinois since 2017 has led to a 95% and 202% jump in the number of Black and Female Apprentices, respectively, according to research by the non-partisan Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s more»

Julia Conley at Common Dreams reports on that detailing the widening gap between outrageously high CEO compensation and the median wages of Employees at some of the world's largest and most profitable companies, a Progressive Think Tank is warning executives will continue to enrich themselves at the expense of their lowest-paid Workers unless policies are more»

Suhauna Hussain at The Los Angeles Times reports Union Members and organizers formed in front of the classical-style arches of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, holding a banner with the colorful, iconic Olympic rings and ‘Fair Games’ printed across them. With the City of Los Angeles set to become a mega sporting events capital of the world - more»