Filip Timotija at The Hill reports a Federal Judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s Administration from nixing bargaining rights for thousands of Federal Workers through an Executive Order Trump signed last month. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled Trump’s order is unlawful, handing a short-term win to the National Treasury more»

Kristin Toussaint at Fast Company reports on Michelle Eisen, a 15-year Starbucks veteran, who is a Barista for the coffee chain at a location in Buffalo, New York - the first Starbucks store to Unionize back in December 2021. But on a Tuesday in March, Eisen was at a Pittsburgh Starbucks to participate in what Starbucks Workers United Members have dubbed more»

Construction is one of the most dangerous jobs in New York City and shoddy work puts Construction Crews, pedestrians and residents at risk. CBS News’ New York's Housing Reporter Ali Bauman has an exclusive look at new ways the City is trying to crack down on unsafe job sites. There are 1.1 million buildings in New York City and 40,000 of those are more»

(GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK) - Nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) at Nathan Littauer Hospital held an informational picket late last week (on Thursday, April 24th) to demand management return to the bargaining table and settle a fair contract with Safe Staffing Standards and a real plan to recruit and retain Nurses for safe more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Ten Stage and Wardrobe Professionals from Chicago Razzle Dazzle II LLC’s production of Chicago the Musical have won voluntary recognition of their Union and will soon be welcomed into the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees’ Associated Crafts and Technicians (ACT) Local, which covers Touring Theatrical more»

New Jersey Business Magazine reports the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board has approved the creation of the $9.7 million Apprenticeship Training Centers Construction Grant Program to support the construction of Workforce Training Facilities in the State’s overburdened communities. The program aims to support the establishment of more»

Filip Timotija at The Hill reports The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest Union representing the Federal Workforce, is slashing more than half its Staff around the country, pinning the blame on President Donald Trump and his executive actions. AFGE is expected to lay off more than 200 Employees, going from 355 Workers down to more»

(PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) - As Federal Workers faced attacks and layoff threats from the Trump Administration, Julie Zaebst heard an idea from a neighbor about helping Federal Workers support each other. Zaebst, an Adult and Teen Librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia, contacted her neighbor to figure out how the library could support his idea more»

United University Professions (UUP) President Frederick Kowal, Professional Staff Congress (PSC)/City University of New York (CUNY) President James Davis and Roberta Elins - a New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Board of Directors Member representing the State University of New York’s (SUNY) Community Colleges, are calling on SUNY Chancellor John more»

(WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) – Mechanics employed at Lakeshore Recycling Services (LRS) in West Chicago, Illinois have joined Teamsters Local 673. This is the third unit of LRS Workers to Unionize with the Teamsters since the start of 2025. They follow more than 50 Drivers and Heavy Equipment Operators in Arkansas and Illinois who joined the Teamsters more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Workers are dying and being injured on the job and the Trump Administration and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are putting them at greater risk by enacting policies that will create deplorable working conditions, according to a new report released by the National AFL-CIO. Ahead of Workers Memorial Day, the National AFL-CIO more»

Unsafe staffing levels in New York’s Hospitals undermine the quality of care patients receive. All New Yorkers - from patients, community members, Health Care Workers and their Unions to Legislators and regulators - have a stake in ensuring the laws and regulations meant to protect patient safety are working well. New York took a major step forward more»

The State of Colorado has approved an Associate of Applied Science Degree for Apprentices to be offered at Emily Griffith Technical College in Denver. The Apprenticeship Degree provides Registered Apprentices with the opportunity to earn a degree from the college while "earning and learning" on the job. Emily Griffith Technical College is leading the Nation more»

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 517M President Greg Merricle, an Environmental Quality Specialist for the State of Michigan, has penned an interesting Labor Perspective in The Detroit News, which reads in part: Union Workers across the United States are feeling the impact of the Trump Administration's Anti-Worker, Anti-Union agenda. Campaign more»

Robert Gehrke at The Salt Lake Tribune reports Labor Groups have submitted more than 320,000 signatures - more than double the number required, in their effort to repeal an Anti-Union Bill passed by the Republican-led Utah State Legislature this year. The overwhelming number makes the Unions’ Protect Utah Workers Campaign the largest more»

Transit Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 has successfully organized three dozen Workers employed at the New York Transit Museum through a Voluntary Recognition Agreement with management. Workers cited several key issues that drove their decision to Unionize: Low wages; the reassignment of some full-time Employees to part-time status; and a loss of benefits more»

(SYRACUSE, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, held an Earth Day celebration in Syracuse to defend the ground-breaking scientific and environmental research taking place at State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry - and reject the new more»

About 19 Workers who are employed in the Product Release and Component Labs Division of the American Red Cross in Tulsa, Oklahoma have joined United Food & Commerical Workers (UFCW) Local 1000. The Workers are responsible for processing blood products after the units have been received from donors and packing and shipping blood products and samples for more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2104’s Trevor Ganshaw and United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 686’s Nicole Printup were recently recognized and publicly honored during the United Way of Greater Niagara’s Annual Awards Breakfast for their and their Unions’ more»

(SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA) – In a major win for Amazon Teamsters, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 20 has issued a complaint against the company over its illegal refusal to bargain. The NLRB is seeking a bargaining order to force the company to the negotiating table after Workers at the DCK6 warehouse in San Francisco joined the Union more»

Isabella Gallo at The Long Island Press reports that after months of uncertainty, Union-represented National Grid Workers officially have a new contract. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1049, which represents 1,200 National Grid Employees who work in Long Island’s Natural Gas and Power Plants, have voted 590-to-90 to more»

WHAM in Rochester reports on the turbulent labor times that are continuing at the University of Rochester where Graduate Workers started their indefinite Strike on Monday (April 21st), claiming the school has refused to allow a fair process for them to vote on forming a Union. “These bad faith actors are scared to even look us in the eye and tell us more»

Carl Smith at Governing reports the number of Men and Women participating in Construction Apprenticeship Programs in the State Wisconsin increased for the fourth year in a row in 2024. This trajectory needs to be repeated in State after State to get within shouting distance of the nearly 440,000 more Workers the industry will need this year to meet demand more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports: To paraphrase Daniel Webster’s description of Dartmouth College, the Labor Department’s Women’s Bureau “is a small agency, sir, and yet there are those who love it.” The Women’s Bureau has existed for more than a century and it promotes Working Women and their equality on more»

(DENVER, COLORADO) - During the 11-day Strike that took place at 79 King Soopers Stores during February, Union Workers raised serious concerns about King Sooper’s behavior that were reflected in the Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) alleged by the workers. The Strike was a hardship to all parties - the Union and Workers, the employer, and the shoppers, more»

Catherine Graugard at UAW Region9A News reports Service Technicians employed at Mercedes Benz Manhattan recently rallied with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 259 to put pressure on the dealership’s owner to agree to a first Collective Bargaining Agreement. Workers voted to Unionize in May (2024) and the new Union Members say management has done more»

Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110 rallied outside the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to protest the abrupt layoffs of 20 Staffers, including 14 Union Members, without prior notice or Union representation. The museum's decision, which marks its third round of layoffs in five years, violates Members' contract and represents a refusal to bargain in more»

(LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) - Forty-six Production Crew Members employed at Spiegelworld’s Atomic Saloon Show have Unionized with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 720 and ratified their first contract. Following a successful National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Election in April 2023, the Bargaining Unit - consisting of more»

Union Press Associates reports in People’s World that a coalition of corporate chieftains and lobbies, including the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, wants to roll back Labor Law by putting unilateral power to revoke everything, including the existence of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in the hands of more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports Stellantis, the Global Auto Giant and maker of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep brands, is making headlines again - and again for the wrong reasons. While thousands of Auto Workers have been laid off or face new layoffs, the company is funneling billions into stock buybacks and dividends for its shareholders. The more»

Members of the Laundry, Distribution, and Food Service Joint Board, Workers United/Service Employees International Union (LDFS-SEIU) have won their Strike this week against Manhattan Beer and Beverage Distributors after just two days on the picket lines. About 600 Delivery Drivers and Warehouse Employees walked off the job on Tuesday (April 15th) after the more»

This week the Trump Administration ordered an immediate halt to construction on Empire Wind 1 - the fully funded, fully permitted 810-megawatt Offshore Wind Farm that was expected to power 500,000 New York homes by 2027. The project, which began construction last year, was already employing hundreds of New Yorkers including more than 1,000 Union jobs. more»

Haley Daugherty at The Trib Live in Tarentum, Pennsylvania reports the United Steelworkers (USW) and ATI have reached a tentative contract agreement, which the Union texted to its Membership Tuesday (April 15th) evening. ATI confirmed it was a six-year agreement. The former contract, which the USW and ATI continued to operate under, had expired on February more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Labor Movement and its allies have announced the formation of Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network, a new project to connect Federal Workers whose rights have been violated by the Trump Administration with free legal support. The Legal Defense Network will mobilize and train thousands of lawyers to provide pro bono legal more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports Patriots will show up - once again, at Lexington Common in Massachusetts on Saturday (April 19th), just as they did 250 years ago to combat tyranny. But these Patriots will be peaceful, not armed and they’ll be facing the Trump Administration rather than British Redcoats, as their forbearers did there and more»

(THE BRONX, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Home Health Care Nurses employed at CenterLight Health in the Bronx have finalized a new contract, which has averted an announced Strike. The agreement, achieved with the help of a mediator, maintains strong Union health benefits, includes improvements to staffing to increase more»

After 58 days, the Alamo Drafthouse Strike is over after a new contract was reached. All Unionized Workers previously laid off at the Sony-owned theater chain's Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn locations will be reinstated, according to United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2179. The Union reached a deal with management over layoffs that the UAW had claimed more»

(HOUSTON, TEXAS) - Flight Dispatchers at Avelo Airlines have voted to join the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), increasing the Union’s footprint in representation of Flight Dispatchers across the country. “Our immediate next step is to win that all-important first contract that will significantly improve the quality of life for Avelo more»

Molly Sweeney at WCIA reports Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have awarded more than $2 million to four Pre-Apprenticeship Programs in Central Illinois. The goal of the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program, which began in 2021, is to increase diversity in Apprenticeship Programs, as more»

David DiMolfetta at Nextgov/FCW reports a user with a Russian IP address tried to log into National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Systems just minutes after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) moved to access and extract troves of sensitive data from inside the Agency, according to an extensive whistleblower disclosure. The more»

The National AFL-CIO and its affiliated Unions that represent Workers across Private and Public Sector Industries have sued the Trump Administration over its dismantling of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), including firing Mediators and Staff, and closing Field Offices across the country. The legal challenge was brought by the more»

Brandon Chew at People’s World reports United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain says while his Union supports some use of the tariffs in the auto and other industries - he opposes most of the Trump agenda for its harmfulness to Workers. He said the pain caused by Anti-Worker policies over the years was at least, in part, channeled into support more»

Ellen von zur Muehlen & Daniel Delgado at People’s World reports thousands of Academic Workers employed at California universities joined a nationwide day of action last week to protest the Trump Administration’s slashing of research and education funding. The cuts threaten deadly consequences for Working Class People. Hundreds of Members of more»

Tony Aiello at CBS New York reports 600 Beer Delivery Workers went on Strike Tuesday (April 15th) in a dispute with a major beer distributor serving New York City and the surrounding area. Their contract expired at midnight. Employees with the Laundry, Distribution, and Food Service Joint Board Workers United/SEIU, or LDFS Union, began their Strike at four more»

WHAM 13 ABC reports Graduate Workers at the University of Rochester held an informational picket on Tuesday (April 15th) to call attention to next week's Strike. They say the Strike is due to the University's refusal to allow a fair Union Election process for the Graduate Workers. The Strike will begin on Monday (April 21st). The group is looking to form a more»

Baristas, Shift Leads and Prep Cooks employed at Equator Coffees in Los Angeles, California – who were concerned about insufficient pay and scheduling and who also wanted a voice in the workplace, have Unionized with United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 770. “Our win is not only a contract, but a testimony on when you and your more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, United Steelworkers (USW) Local 135 President Josh Hall (on the left) and USW District 4 Staff Representative Jim Briggs stand outside the Union Hall - located down the road from the Sumitomo Tire Plant in Tonawanda, just outside Buffalo. The two USW Officials sat down with WNYLaborToday.com to discuss more»

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is celebrating 16 more graduates of its Central Valley Training Center (CVTC) Pre-Apprenticeship Program, surpassing 250 program graduates since it first began in 2020. The CVTC is a 10-week Pre-Apprenticeship Program located in the city of Selma, California that introduces students to 10 different more»

Leah Feiger & Steven Levy at WIRED report Dr. Mehmet Oz, the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), spent much of his first all-Staff meeting on last week promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the agency and praising Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again Initiative, sources tell more»

Nathan Bomey at Axios reports that according to new estimates, United Auto Workers (UAW)-represented Workers are poised to stomach thousands of dollars in reduced payments because of President Donald Trump's auto tariffs. UAW Workers get annual profit-sharing checks based on the North American profits of their employers. That's particularly problematic more»