(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Every Union in the United States is dealing with a plethora of problems when it comes to providing health care for their Members and getting them to take advantage of it - but something is happening across the country that’s saving Unions and their Members a great deal of money when it comes to health care, and - in the process, more»

Eyal Press at The New Yorker reports in a recent exchange with reporters, Donald Trump insisted his policies to fight inflation are working “incredibly” and that America is on the cusp of a “golden age.” This sunny appraisal is not widely shared. Trump’s tariffs are broadly unpopular. So is his decision to go to war with Iran, more»

In Atlanta, Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports hundreds of mostly Black Trade Unionists from across the country packed the Hyatt Regency Downtown last week as the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) opened its 55th International Convention with a sober assessment: The Labor Movement is under its most severe attack in a generation and no more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Under a City Council resolution that was just passed, the Department of Education (DOE) would mark May as Labor History Month in public schools across New York City. The month of May includes International Workers Day, known as May Day, celebrated every May 1st, that honors the commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago. The more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Nearly 2,000 Unionists at the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Representative Assembly stood in sustained applause for United University Professions (UUP) Upstate Chapter President Mindy Health, who was honored for her tireless advocacy for two Unionists arrested by ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Created by more»

(MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS) - Jessie Castellano at Patch reports Assabet Valley students are getting a closer look at highway construction through a State-funded training program. A total of 18 Assabet juniors from six Trade Programs participated in the Massachusetts Pre-Apprenticeship and Vocational School Training Program at the Marlborough School. The more»

More than 2,100 Tech Workers employed at the University of California have voted to join University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE)-Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 9119. With the addition of these System Analysts, Database Administrators and other Information Technology (IT) Workers, UPTE-CWA has become the largest Tech Union in more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Declaring Government is broken and responds now to the rich, but not Working People, a group of several dozen protesters - many from the National Education Association (NEA) - gathered on Capitol Hill to urge massive structural reforms. Their point and their command: “No more business as usual.” No more half-measures, no more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Douglas Parker, President Joe Biden’s Occupational Safety and Health Administrator, is warning Congressional Republicans against massive cuts - which GOP President Donald Trump proposes - in job safety and health enforcement and in the research that backs it up. Parker raised those points at a House Sub-Committee hearing on job more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 37, Home Care Employees Local 389, Disability Advocates and Labor Allies rallied at City Hall Park to urge the New York City Council to reject Intro. 303, legislation that would jeopardize Workers’ jobs, benefits and care for thousands of more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person has released the following statement in response to reported fixes to Tier 6 in the State Budget: This Tier 6 agreement is proof that when Workers organize and stay united, change is possible. This is a victory for Public Workers across New York. Because Members more»

Sebastian Mansilla at MiBolsilloColumbia reports that for years, Americans were told that a college diploma was the safest path to financial success. But today’s labor market is rapidly changing, and many Blue-Collar careers are offering extraordinary salaries without requiring a traditional University education. Across industries like energy, health more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - The fourth anniversary of the horrific mass shooting at a Tops Grocery Store in Buffalo on May 14th was both solemn and joyful. During an afternoon ceremony, Governor Kathy Hochul, New York State Attorney General Letitia James, Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan and others addressed survivors, families and the media in a tent outside the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The U.S. House of Representatives has reached the 218 signatures needed on a discharge petition to advance the Faster Labor Contracts Act. The petition, filed by U.S. Representative Donald Norcross (Democrat-New Jersey), will force a vote on the Bill in the coming weeks. “Securing the support needed to move the Faster more»

Many U.S. employers hire Union Avoidance Consultants to keep their Workers from organizing and bargaining for better pay and working conditions. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and LaborLab estimate employers spend roughly $1.7 billion a year on Union Avoidance Consultants and law firms for this purpose, which has an undeniable impact on Workers’ more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The International Business Times reports Unionized Hotel Housekeepers in New York City will earn more than $100,000 annually under a groundbreaking and new contract reached between the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council (HTC) and the Hotel Industry of New York City, marking a significant victory for Workers grappling with the City's more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, has honored New York State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky with its Friend of UUP Award. Senator Stavisky, the first Woman from Queens County elected to the State Senate and the first Woman to chair the Senate Higher Ed Committee, was elected in 1999 and more»

(LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) – A group of 130 Front Desk Workers at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas have voted overwhelmingly to Unionize with Teamsters Local 986. The newly-organized Workers join more than 250 Teamsters in valet, horticulture, warehouse and call center positions. With this victory, the Teamsters now have wall-to-wall representation at more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Federation of Government Employees National Veterans Affairs Council (AFGE/NVAC), the largest Union representing more than 320,000 Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is celebrating the unanimous decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to uphold the reinstatement of the largest more»

Maura Curran at Iowa Public Radio reports on a new program in Central Iowa will train people for a Trade Apprenticeship and preserve low-income homes. Participants in the Work That Improves Housing Program will go through residential and commercial training in construction. They’ll spend four months doing tasks like repairing low-income homes and more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Teamsters with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and their Union Coalition have reached a tentative contract agreement with the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) to end the Carrier’s first Strike in more than three decades. The LIRR is the busiest Commuter Railroad in America, with 300,000 daily more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – More than 100 Faculty Members of the St. John’s University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Faculty Association (FA) - along with students, community members and Labor allies from PSC-CUNY (Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York) and Fordham Faculty United, gathered at more»

(DETROIT, MICHIGAN) - Workers employed at the Michigan Science Center (MI-SCI) voted 24-to-1 to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Election. The new Bargaining Unit includes Guest Relations Workers and Educators. MI-SCI Workers had approached the UAW about forming a Union at their workplace due to ongoing bullying more»

Robert Tait at The Guardian reports a Union Representative is concerned about the safety of Workers who are rushing to repaint Washington, D.C.’s Reflecting Pool blue for President Donald Trump’s 250th celebration of the United States. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) Business Development Director Herbert Zaldivar, who more»

(THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA) – More than 5,000 Faculty across Penn State University’s many campuses - including University Park and the Commonwealth Campuses, have Gone Union with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 668. The Penn State Faculty Alliance (PSFA) announced 2,510 Faculty Members voted yes and 847 no. Union Officials more»

Ana Altchek at Business Insider reports Judy Marks, the CEO of Elevator Giant Otis, says there is a growing demand for skilled Elevator Mechanics - around the world. Otis offers an Apprenticeship Program, starting at age 18, and tuition perks for Workers. Elevator Mechanics can earn wages up to just under $159,000, according to the Bureau of Labor more»

(THE STATE OF TEXAS) – A report on Union Density released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows the number of Texas Union Members is at the highest it’s been in 25 years. In 2025, the number of Texas Members of Unions reached 673,000 - marking a 70,000 Member jump from 2024 and continuing a four-year period of growth. Texas also now more»

(HOUSTON, TEXAS) - Labor Unions representing Construction Workers on the $1.6 billion LBJ Hospital expansion project are urging Harris County's Public Health Care Entity to address allegations of stolen wages and a fear of retaliation on the construction site. Union Officials say the issue could be negatively impacting potentially hundreds of Workers who more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Kickstarter United (Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153) Members and supporters gathered on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall to demand the immediate reinstatement of Union Leaders fired by Kickstarter in what the Union characterizes as illegal retaliation. The terminations came just months after Kickstarter more»

Staff at All Fired Up, a Washington, D.C. Paint-Your-Own Pottery Store, have won their National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Election to form a Union with Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) Workers United. Workers, under the name All Fired Up Workers United, voted unanimously to Unionize. Staff cited low wages and a lack of benefits as more»

(LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK) - After hours of last-minute negotiations, no agreement on wage increases was reached between a coalition of five unions and the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). The coalition of Unions has gone more than three years without raises throughout the process of bargaining for a new contract. This is the first Strike at the carrier in 32 more»

Keith Loria at Construction Dive reports North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and Bechtel have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at modernizing Apprenticeship Programs for nuclear construction projects, including both traditional reactors and small modular reactors. The initiative comes as nuclear construction activity accelerates more»

Sarah Jackson at CNBC reports nearly two-thirds of Workers have at some point avoided using Artificial Intelligence (AI) because of moral, environmental, privacy, accuracy or other concerns, according to CNBC and SurveyMonkey Quarterly AI and Jobs Survey. The survey polled 3,597 students and Workers across the U.S. Of the respondents, 3,365 said they were more»

(RICHMOND, VIRGINIA) - The Virginia Public Sector Labor Coalition, which collectively represents hundreds of thousands of Workers across the Commonwealth, issued the following joint statement in response to Governor Abigail Spanberger’s betrayal of half a million Virginia Public Service Workers - including Teachers, Firefighters, Home Care Workers, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - A group of Workers and Unions - including LiUNA Local 79, City University of New York’s Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY), St. John’s University’s Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (SJU-AAUP), and the New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, rallied against Worker mistreatment outside more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Nearly a year after voting to opt-in to New York’s Nation-leading Paid Family Leave (PFL) Program, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Nurses are still fighting for Hospital Management to implement the benefit. New York’s PFL Program - which was signed into law in 2016 more»

The National AFL-CIO has released new polling showing more than 90% of Working People favor job and privacy protections from Artificial Intelligence (AI) - and overwhelmingly trust Unions, over either political party, to deliver them. The research - conducted in collaboration with David Binder Research, focus groups and surveys from Data for Progress, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - United Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America (AFA-CWA), have voted by 82% to ratify a new contract that provides a 31% average wage increase for the nearly 30,000 Flight Attendants - plus boarding pay (additional 7%-8% compensation on average) this Summer, and $741 more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unionized Journalists employed at Sports Illustrated (SI) have won a new three-year contract that raises salary floors, saves on health care, protects remote work and enshrines protections on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Sports Illustrated Union, which represents 64 Journalists at the legendary Sports Media Organization, ratified the more»

Librarians at the University of Missouri (UM) have voted to join LiUNA Local 955, a Union that represents a number of Public Employees in the Mid-Missouri area. “We are hopeful that the UM System voluntarily recognizes our Union and bargains in good faith,” Engineering Librarian Noël Kopriva said in a press release that added the Workers more»

KSNT in Topeka, Kansas reports the State of Kansas is gaining national recognition for its growing Apprenticeship Programs after being selected as one of 10 States participating in a new workforce initiative aimed at expanding career training opportunities across the country. The Apprenticeship America Program aims to help States grow Registered more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is calling on FIFA leadership to keep Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration Agents, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), out of World Cup host cities. Shuler also pushed back on the Trump Administration’s use of the FBI background check database during the more»

The American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 - which represents more than 40,000 Workers employed in the University of California (UC) System, including 530 at UC Santa Cruz, is planning an open-ended strike starting Thursday (May 14th). The Union accuses the University of bad-faith bargaining. Workers are employed more»

(HOLLYWOOD, MARYLAND) - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has officially launched its Workers vs. Billionaires Campaign with a high-energy kickoff rally led by International President Brian Bryant at the William Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Maryland. The launch date coincided with the more»

(LANCASTER, TEXAS) – Teamsters Local 745 Members employed at United Natural Foods Incorporated (UNFI) in Lancaster, Texas have overwhelmingly ratified their first Teamsters contract that covers 300 Warehouse Workers and delivers a 23% wage increase, Teamsters health care, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan and strong job protections. “This contract more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 is playing a big role in New York City’s Solar Schools Program, where its highly-trained-and-skilled Members have completed installation of 130 solar rooftops on the City’s Public Schools since the passage of Local Law 99 a year and a half ago. New York City more»

(ACROSS NEW YORK STATE) - Standing with Labor Leaders and Advocates at Teamsters Local 118 in Rochester, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 43 in Syracuse and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) in Albany. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand urged the swift passage of the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which would require more»

Staff employed at Ocean State Media - Rhode Island’s NPR and PBS station, have announced their intention to form a Union with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). A majority of Workers - including Hosts, Reporters, And Digital, Audio and Video Producers, have signed a petition to Unionize. Ocean more»

Vermont Business Magazine reports aspiring Surgical Technologists have taken their first step into careers in Health Care during a celebration of an injection of Federal funding that will expand Health Care careers training across the State of Vermont. At the University of Vermont’s (UVM) Health’s IDX Campus in South Burlington, leaders from more»

Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik at People’s World report President Donald Trump is moving the business of preserving national forests from Washington, D.C. to Utah with the expectation is that those who would privatize public lands will be better able to rake in profits from the privatization. And - how dare Working People think that public forests and more»