Staff at the University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network Home Health & Hospice have voted overwhelmingly in favor of forming a Union with AFT (American Federation of Teachers) Vermont. Members of Hospice United perform a number of essential duties related to palliative and end-of-life care for patients with terminal illnesses. Despite a powerful 88% of more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153 Members employed at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York - the only Buffalo-based Health Insurer with Union Members in its workforce, has overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract. The agreement is in effect through May 22nd, 2028. more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above (from left to right): Local 46 Business Agent Jonathan Perna; Business Manager Anthony Valenti, Jr.; and Training Director Tim Ventress show off the Rochester Building Trades Local’s newest training tool - a heat pump trainer that features an inverter compressor and refrigerant. Local 46 has not more»

Hannah Knowles at The Washington Post reports the leaders of two influential Labor Unions have left the Democratic National Committee (DNC), with one of them citing disagreements with Chair Ken Martin. American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Lee more»

Mark Gruenberg and Cameron Harrison at People’s World report dwarfing President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. parade, at least five million people, including tens of thousands of Unionists, turned out for massive No Kings Day protests that were held nationwide over the weekend in response to what many deem as Trump’s drive to destroy more»

Tim Thomas at Jacobin reports that for good or for ill, there is without a doubt more Magic (The Gathering) in the world than ever before: More Magic sets released each year; more forums for crafting decks; more tournaments; more card drops; an ever-present opponent to play against thanks to the digital version of the game, Magic: The Gathering Arena; and more»

Dahlia Bazzaz at The Seattle Times reports from Port Townsend that above the ruckus of the ferry’s car deck, the chattering of passengers pressed up against windows and the thrum of engines, Adam Knutsen watched the sea unfold from a place few ever get to stand. The “bridge,” where the Ferry’s Captain and other High-Ranking Officers more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Health Care Workers represented by Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1168 and 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Workers East who are employed at Western New York’s largest employer - Kaleida Health, have agreed to a second contract extension through June 24th. The second extension of more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is denouncing provisions of the U.S. Senate’s Reconciliation Bill that would undermine Federal Employees’ Workplace Rights and the ability of Labor Unions to represent their Members. U.S. Senator Rand Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental more»

(DALLAS, TEXAS) – Route Service Representatives employed at Vestis have voted to join Teamsters Local 745, marking the Local’s first organizing win in the Laundry Industry in nearly 20 years. Workers voted for representation to improve pay, working conditions and job security. “Most of us have bent over backwards for this company to make more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Members of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Teamsters Union, have ratified a new five-year contract with CSX Transportation, which governs nearly 3,500 Workers. The agreement was ratified by a 53.6% majority of those who returned ballots. BLET National President Mark Wallace said: more»

Erik Hayden at The Hollywood Reporter reports that after nearly a year on Strike against major Video Game Companies, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has worked out the details of a suspension agreement to allow its Performers to return to work for the major studios as its negotiating team readies the terms more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council has announced Central Labor Council President Vincent Alvarez will be stepping down effective July 1st after 14 years leading the Nation’s largest Regional Labor Federation. Since taking office in 2011 as the Central Labor Council’s first full-time President and first Latino more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Union-represented Health Care Workers from the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Communication Workers of America (CWA) - whose Members work throughout NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) Health System, held a speak out earlier this week against NYP’s recent cuts to more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, John Batson - the Western New York Regional Director for the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), attended the commemoration events marking the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Alabama and marched over the famed Edmund Pettis Bridge that connects Montgomery to Selma, which is steeped in Civil more»

Patrick O’Donnell at The 74 reports a coalition - including five Governors and major labor Unions have come together to promote the growth of career training and Apprenticeships, as well as align career training and push for national policy change. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the Nation’s second-largest Teachers Union, and more»

Brandon Chew at People’s World reports the NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA) is calling for investigations into Law Enforcement Officers they say have illegally targeted Journalists with “less-lethal rounds and tear gas” amid ongoing protests in Los Angeles against Federal immigration raids. The Union, which represents more»

Sid Garcia at KABC-TV reports Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeted Workers employed on produce farms in Ventura County earlier this week in one of the latest raids in Southern California. The raids come as the Federal Government ramps up local immigration enforcement. Video posted on-line showed ICE agents chasing after some of the Workers as more»

(HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK) – Earlier this week, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at the Northwell Health/Huntington Hospital spoke out about safe staffing and their fight for a fair contract. The Nurses, who officially joined NYSNA in November 2024, have been negotiating with Northwell Health management for a fair more»

(TUCZON, ARIZONA) - Fifteen Production Employees employed at the Arizona Theatre Company’s (ATC) Tucson Branch have voted unanimously to be represented by International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 415. This organizing victory brings practically all theatrical production roles under Union representation, including Carpenters, more»

Verity Stevenson at CBC News reports that while much of the national attention on ICE raids and the protests against them have been focused on the City of Los Angeles, several other major rallies also occurred in Cities across the U.S. this week. On Monday, demonstrations - organized in part by Labor Unions, were held in at least 13 Cities, including: more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - After a lengthy investigation, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has issued a record $375,000 in fines to Albany Medical Center for failing to safely staff the Hospital. This is the largest fine issued to a hospital for breaking the State Staffing Law to date that the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) is aware more»

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) has received approval from the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees to establish the Mississippi Center for Apprenticeships and Residency in Education (MCARE) - whose purpose is to provide accessible pathways and career advancement in education. This will be accomplished by more»

(CASSADAGA, NEW YORK) – Unionized Job Corps Center Instructors represented by the Cassadaga Guardians Of The Hill - a Local of the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), and former students came together Monday (June 9th) to call on Elected Officials - including U.S. Congressman Nick Langworthy, to save the Cassadaga Job Corps Center and the Job more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) have reached agreement on a new three-year tentative contract, APWU President and Lead Negotiator Mark Dimondstein announced. The deal runs retro-actively from September 21st, 2024, through September 20th, 2027. In accordance with the APWU Constitution, it was more»

Enduring almost three hours full of evasive answers, Democrats on the House Education and the Workforce Committee jumped on GOP President Donald Trump’s Labor Secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, about the President’s planned huge cuts in both money and people enforcing laws against wage theft. Chavez-DeRemer vowed to enforce Anti-Wage Theft Laws, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Metropolitan Opera and the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) - the Union of the Met Chorus, Soloists, Dancers, Full-Time Actors, Stage Managers, Stage Directors and Choreographers, have reached a tentative agreement on a new one-year contract, subject to a ratification vote by its Members that will be completed later this more»

UUP Editor’s Note: On June 6th, Federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agents arrested David Huerta, the President of Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW) and SEIU California, during protests over an ICE immigration raid in Downtown Los Angeles. Huerta was roughly pushed to the ground by Agents more»

(THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT) – Reporters, Photographers, Editors and Digital Producers working for Connecticut’s largest Print/Digital News Organization have voted overwhelmingly to form a Union with The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA), joining newsrooms around the country by claiming a voice in decisions about their working more»

Benjamin Sachs, Professor of Labor and Industry at the Harvard Law School and a leading expert in the field of Labor Law and Labor Relations, recently penned an interesting Labor Perspective that appeared in OnLabor. It read, in part: When President Trump removed Gwynne Wilcox from her seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), he left the Board more»

Columnist Anita Chabria at The Los Angeles Times reports: Unions in California are different from those in other places. More than any State in our troubled country, their ranks are filled with People of Color and Immigrants. While Unions have always been tied closely with the struggles of Civil Rights, that has become even more pronounced in the years more»

Wisconsin Building Trades Council Executive Director Emily Pritzkow recently penned a Labor Perspective that was published in The Daily (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Reporter. It read, in part: Apprenticeships are critical training operations that don’t get the attention they deserve for boosting the American economy and helping so many Wisconsinites find more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports according to the 2025 Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union Confederation, the largest Trade Union Federation in the world, Workers’ rights across every continent in the world are in a “freefall.” The index noted Workers’ rights and Democracy around the world are often more»

The Oregon House of Representatives has voted 33-to-23 to pass Senate Bill 916B, landmark legislation designed to extend Unemployment Benefit Eligibility to striking Workers. The Bill now goes back to the Oregon State Senate for a concurrence vote to approve amendments added in the House Committee on Labor and Workplace Standards. Alma McCarty at more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – Workers employed at The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn have announced their employer has recognized the Workers’ Union formed with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). A delegation of Workers representing a clear super-majority of Employees at The Center sought voluntary recognition of their Union more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) – A Community Advisory Board is recommending New York State invest nearly $1 billion to modernize Brooklyn’s State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Hospital, expand its Emergency Department and build a new Ambulatory Surgery Center on the campus, rather than closing the Medical Center as originally planned, The more»

WESA 90.5/Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station reports Unionized Nurses at one of Pittsburgh’s largest Labor and Delivery Centers have launched a Union Drive, citing concerns about staffing and quality of patient care. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Pennsylvania has filed a request for a Union Election with the National Labor more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: California Federation of Labor Unions Vice President and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California and SEIU-USWW President David Huerta has been released from the hospital, but remains in custody, according to his Union, which posted on its Facebook Page: “We all collectively have to object to his more»

Graig Graziosi at The Independent reports Labor Leader David Huerta was detained while observing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids taking place in Los Angeles. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California says that its President, David Huerta, was injured during the ICE raids and is calling for his release, NBC4 Los Angeles more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Tom Tucker, who’s Union Activism started in college and led him to leadership positions with United University Professions (UUP) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), has received the Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation’s (WNYALF) Lifetime Achievement Award. Tucker recently more»

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration cutting $3.7 billion in funding for energy projects: The Labor Movement condemns the Department of Energy’s decision to cut $3.7 billion in funding for new energy projects and take away tens of thousands of good Union jobs from more»

(PORTLAND, OREGON) - When a trio of Indonesian Factory Workers - who work for factories that produce Nike shoes, recently visited Nike’s Downtown Portland store, they recognized parts of shoes that they cut or stitched. Dedeh Nurhasanah examined a pair of Nike sneakers that cost more than her monthly salary of three million rupiah, or $184 (US). more»

Nakayla Conner (Contra Costa Youth Journalism) at The Bay City News reports despite the need for every household and business to hire an Electrician, Plumber, Welder or other Skilled Trade, these industries are seeing shortages of professionals able to handle the load. One Contra Costa County (California) Union is trying to make a dent in the dearth by more»

Rebecca Beitsch at The Hill reports the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) scored an initial victory in its challenge to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from stripping Collective Bargaining Rights from Employees at the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA). “Today’s court decision is a crucial victory for more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports Grocery Workers across the U.S., largely represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), are taking a stand against the Corporate Grocery Giants - Kroger and Albertsons, as coordinated negotiations gain more support and popularity among the Rank-and-File. Strike Authorization Votes are sweeping more»

Brooke Leigh Howard at The Atlanta Constitution reports a historical play based on a 19th Century Atlanta Women’s Labor Movement is traveling north for an off-Broadway run after making previous stops in the South and Midwest. The Wash, based on the Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike of 1881, centers around five Black Women who work as Laundresses. more»

Daniel Parra of CityLimits reports advocates are saying New York State’s latest $254 billion budget is a mixed bag for Blue Collar New Yorkers. The budget included several measures to address the State’s poverty and affordability crises - like increased tax credits for families and the creation of the first Statewide Housing Voucher Program for more»

(PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) - For Jacob Roman, a Shipboard Interpretation Coordinator at the Independence Seaport Museum (ISM) in Philadelphia, launching a new Union isn’t just a milestone - it’s a lifeline: “For many of us, the decision to Unionize came from a shared need to build a more secure, more productive workplace. We care about more»

(WESTERN NEW YORK) – Hundreds of 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Nursing Home Workers employed at four more area Nursing Homes have ratified three-year contracts over the last week. Workers at the Schofield Residence, Safire Rehabilitations of Northtowns, Williamsville Suburban Care Center and at the Comprehensive more»

LaToya Parker and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad at People’s World report the House’s passage of President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill will cut trillions in taxes for the ultra-wealthy while eviscerating Medicaid, SNAP and other services for Working Americans. The Bill, which has now moved to the Senate, has been called a massive transfer more»