Claire Kirch & Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly reports United Auto Workers (AW) Local 2110 has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to allow Workers employed at Abrams Books in New York City to vote on whether to Unionize. Employees who would be eligible include Editors, Publicists, Marketers, Production Managers, Designers and Managing more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unions, Labor Advocate Groups and Community Organizations have sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul calling on New York State to increase funding at the Department of Labor in anticipation of Federal cuts that could threaten Workforce Development and Job Training Programs. A 19-member Coalition of Unions and Advocate Groups urged Hochul more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A majority of over 300 Technology Workers employed at The Washington Post have announced the formation of The Washington Post Tech Guild and are seeking voluntary recognition from the company. The Guild released the following statement: We are taking this step in order to build a more equitable, transparent and sustainable future for more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - 125 Production Crew Members at the Juilliard School have achieved Union Representation from the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Election. The results revealed near unanimous support for the Union, with over 95% of votes cast in favor. The group consists of Full-Time more»

Contractor Magazine reports from Norwalk, Connecticut that HomeServe has announced the winners of its first ever Apprentice and Training Grant Program, an initiative designed to support workforce development in the Skilled Trades Industry. The grants, totaling $50,000, were awarded to the top 20 applicants, all of whom are contractor companies that are a more»

(MOUNT MORRIS, NEW YORK) – As we turn the page to Spring, the Winter is nothing but a memory as New Yorkers welcome the warm change in weather for several months to come. But at American Rock Salt (ARS) in Livingston County where the United Steelworkers (USW) represent 250 Workers at the largest Rock Salt Mine in the country, the coming months will more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – It seems these days that the only time you hear about Registered Nurses in the news is when they are standing up for themselves during a contract fight at a local hospital or battling for measures that make their workplaces safer so they can take care of the needs of the patients that they are also standing up for. That’s more»

Erich Wagner at Government Executive reports the Trump Administration has apparently ceased collecting Federal Workers’ Union Dues via voluntary payroll deduction at agencies targeted by a recent Executive Order seeking to strip Employees of their Collective Bargaining Rights without notice, leaving Labor Unions in financial upheaval. Last month, more»

Nurses across California are applauding the vote taken by the State of California’s Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee to advance S.B. 632 - authored by Senator Jesse Arreguín and sponsored by California Nurses Association (CNA). If passed, the Bill would ensure Nurses and other Health Care Workers are automatically more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) – Following a wave of successful organizing drives among Cultural Institutions throughout Los Angeles, Workers employed at two world-famous museums are coming together to form one Union. Workers at the Natural History Museum and La Brea Tar Pits are forming a Union through American Federation of State, County & Municipal more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Public Service Workers are under assault and need their Elected Representatives in Washington, D.C. to step up and protect them. That’s why the National AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Service Employees International Union more»

Natascha Elena Uhlmann at LaborNotes reports 10 National Unions and dozens of Locals representing more than three million Members have issued a joint statement demanding the release of Immigrant Workers recently snatched by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The statement names: Farm Worker Union Leader Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez, who was more»

Patrick Deaville at Lake Charles, Louisiana’s KPLC reports SOWELA Technical Community College has now received approval for Louisiana’s first-ever Aviation Maintenance Apprenticeship Program. SOWELA’s paid Apprenticeship Program with Citadel Completions will allow students to get their foot in the door for Aviation Maintenance Technician more»

Dan La Botz at New Politics has penned an interesting and provocative Labor Perspective, one that is informative and may be hard for some Unions, their Leaders and their Members to read. In part, Botz writes: President Donald Trump has launched a vicious, multi-faceted attack on American Workers of all sorts and Workers are beginning to respond, but both more»

Jessica Kutz at 19th News has written an interesting story on the uphill battle to bring more Women into construction jobs now that Donald Trump is President. Kutz writes: For decades, Women have worked diligently to carve out a space in the Construction Workforce, where discrimination and sexual harassment have kept the predominantly male industry, well, more»

(THE BRONX, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association-represented (NYSNA) Home Health Care Nurses employed at non-profit CenterLight long-term home health care in the Bronx have delivered an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike Notice to management. Nurses voted overwhelmingly to authorize a Strike after CenterLight unlawfully refused to continue the more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person has issued statements on the New York State Education Department’s stand against a Federal Anti-Inclusion certification requirement involving President Donald Trump’s Executive Order to dismantle the U.S. Department Of Education, as well as the State more»

(CLEVELAND, OHIO) -More than 50 Ramp Workers employed at Unifi Aviation in Cleveland have voted overwhelmingly to join the International Association of Machinists (IAM), following nearly a year of dedicated organizing efforts to address low wages and poor treatment by management. Ramp Workers at Unifi have faced many challenges, including excessive more»

(WESTERN NEW YORK) – Hundreds of Union-represented Nursing Home Workers employed at six long-term care facilities in Erie and Niagara Counties are picketing today (Monday, April 7th) and will again on Tuesday (April 8th) over unsafe staffing levels and a lack of progress in contract talks, 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) more»

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s announcement of new tariffs: The strategic use of tariffs can be an effective tool to support our industries and protect jobs at home, but they must be accompanied by policies that invest in our manufacturing base and a strong commitment to promoting more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler says the Labor Movement is applauding the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the House of Representatives to reverse the Trump Administration’s Executive Order that aimed to strip Collective Bargaining Rights from hundreds of thousands of Federal Workers. The bipartisan Protect more»

Katie Castellano at Madison WMTV reports Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, along with the State’s Department of Workforce Development, announced Wisconsin’s Apprenticeship Program has reached a new record for enrollment. More than 17,000 people are enrolled, which is a record high in the 112-year history of the program. The Badger State has more more»

Joe Davidson at The Washington Post reports now we may know why President Donald Trump has not reissued his three first-term, Anti-Union directives that sharply reduced the ability of Labor Leaders to represent Employees. Rather than hamstring Federal Labor Organizations, Trump wants to bust the Unions. In another move among many to vastly expand the power more»

Tobias Burns at The Hill reports on what President Donald Trump’s tariffs could mean for U.S. Workers, consumers and the American Economy. First off, Burns says it is likely prices will rise if the tariffs remain in place. Tariffs increase the costs of bringing goods to the market and some portion of that cost is likely to be passed on to consumers. more»

Crowds of protesters converged on Bryant Park in New York City on Saturday (April 5th) to call out President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's actions on government downsizing, the economy, immigration and human rights. The demonstration was just one of more than 1,200 Hands Off! events conducted by more than 150 groups - including Civil Rights more»

(ACROSS NEW YORK STATE) – Tens of thousands of Union Members came out in force across New York State over the weekend to participate in more than two dozen Hands Off! Demonstrations that were held Saturday (April 5th) to protest President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s attack on Federal Government programs and Democracy. more»

Faculty Members at Nevada State University have voted to join the Nevada Faculty Alliance, an Affiliate of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The Academic Workers voted to organize with a landslide vote of 104-to-8. This is the fourth Chapter of the Nevada Faculty Alliance. Having prevailed more»

Lindsay Bjerregaard at Aviation Week Network reports United Airlines, like other carriers in the U.S., is bracing for an impending wave of Aviation Maintenance Technician retirements. This has necessitated major hiring pushes to replace retiring Workers, leading to an industry-wide trend toward what Boeing has labeled “juniority across the more»

C.J. Atkins at People’s World reports what we’re witnessing in real-time is a struggle within the ruling class over what the future of U.S. capitalism - in fact, world capitalism - should look like. Representing those sectors of capital feeling the heat of competition on the world market (especially from China’s rapidly advancing firms), more»

Alice Speri at The Guardian reports Faculty at Harvard University are organizing amid anxiety that their University will capitulate to President Donald Trump, whose Administration could hold back on following through on billions of dollars in Federal contracts and grants to the school if it does not agree to his Anti-Semitism policies. Harvard President more»

Support Staff at Queens Defenders have officially announced their intent to join a pre-existing Attorney and Social Worker Union after years of working without Union protection, partnering with the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys-United Auto Workers Local 2325 (ALAA-UAW). Despite playing a crucial role in the firm's success, Support Staff have more»

Nick Lentz at CBS News affiliate reports nearly 1,000 University of Minnesota Doctors have filed for Union recognition with the country's largest Physicians Union - the Committee of Interns and Residents, a Local of the Service Employees International Union (CIR/SEIU). The Union represents more than 37,000 Interns, Residents and Fellows in 10 States and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - On March 31st (2025), the Trump Administration conceded in a court filing that it had mistakenly deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia - a legally protected Maryland resident, father and Member of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Union, to El Salvador “‘because of an more»

Michael Tanenbaum at the PhillyVoice reports Unionized Aramark Workers employed at Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with the Food Service Provider, striking a deal that will include raises up to $6 an hour and health care benefits that most will be more»

Emily Davenport and Lloyd Mitchell at AMNY report two groups advocating for Women gathered in the City Hall Rotunda earlier this week, demanding the Big Apple finally find an equal "paying" field. Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1180 and the group PowHerNY assembled to call for the Adams Administration to amend and close loopholes in current more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – The recently reported clawback of Federal Public Health Grants and layoffs of more than 10,000 Workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also retroactively terminated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Health Disparities Grant, impacting important public health programs across New York more»

Maegan Godoy at New America reports across the country, Gen Z (ages 13-28) are struggling to land a good job. Currently, only about 24% - roughly 17 million Gen Zer's, work full time, but finding a job that’s up to the standards of Gen Z adults isn’t easy, especially for those who do not yet have work experience. For Gen Z, Apprenticeships can more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Hundreds of rallies, marches and protests from Alaska to Hawaii to Northern Maine to Southeast Florida to Buffalo, New York - plus four overseas - will bring hundreds of thousands of people into the streets on Saturday, April 5th to, as organizers put it: “Stop the MAGA Assault on our country and our Constitution.” In more»

Marissa Wenzke at CBS News in Los Angeles reports UCLA and UC Irvine are among the University of California Campuses where more than 20,000 Health Care, Research and Technical Employees have commenced an Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) Strike. The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America (UPTE-CWA) Local 9119 is leading more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will hire 300 additional Unionized Employees to renovate, upgrade and repair stations in the aging subway system, leadership of the MTA and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) announced. The proposed increase in Staff would be tasked with carrying out the state-of-good repair jobs laid out in more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – Fred Kowal, President of United University Professions (UUP) - America’s largest Higher Education Union, has released a statement on the Trump Administration’s targeting of students and academia in its deportation campaign. UUP stands in direct opposition to the Trump Administration’s continued targeting of more»

Dani Kington at The Athens County Independent reports nearly 800 Ohio University Faculty will soon be part of a Union, following a years-long Organizing Campaign and an election that saw more than 70% of participating Faculty vote to Unionize. Of 795 eligible Faculty, 642 cast ballots in the election, according to a ballot tally by the State Employee more»

The Guardian’s Labor Reporter Steven Greenhouse has penned an interesting Labor Perspective that just appeared in that publication. In part, it reads: In an era when many Workers are demanding respect, (President Donald) Trump keeps showing disrespect toward the country’s 2.3 million Federal Workers. He and (Billionaire Elon) Musk have more»

Matt Masterson & Heather Cherone at WTTW report the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has reached a tentative contract agreement with Chicago’s Public Schools (CPS), capping nearly a year of tense negotiations. The CTU is calling the four-year deal a “historic achievement” that represents the fulfillment of promises Mayor Brandon Johnson more»

Isabella Gallo at The Long Island Press reports that after months of ongoing contract negotiations, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1040 - which represents more than 1,200 National Grid Employees who work in natural gas and power plants, has reached its second tentative agreement in as many months, averting a potential Strike more»

Lisa Held at Civil Eats reports that on January 30th, President Trump’s announcement that his Administration would begin deporting Immigrants to Guantánamo Bay Prison made big news. But at an apple orchard in Upstate New York, Immigrant Farm Workers signed the first United Farm Workers (UFW) Union contract in the State, joining the legendary more»

Zee Johnson at McKnights Long-Term Care News reports two long-term care powerhouses are supporting an Apprenticeship Program aiming to prove Nursing Home Aides are as critical as any other Worker in a facility. The Moving Forward Coalition, along with the LeadingAge LTSS Center at UMass Boston, is backing a Federally-funded initiative to develop Certified more»

(NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK) – After management at Niagara Reworld - a Niagara Falls waste treatment company, reneged on their bonuses, Workers employed there decided it was time to Unionize. And they have - overcoming management’s individual Captive Audience Meetings that employed a Union-Busting mentality - and a snafu by a National Labor more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (Democrat-Minnesota) and Susan Collins (Republican-Maine) have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to Apprenticeships - the American Apprenticeship Act would provide States with tuition assistance funding to support Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Programs. Companion legislation in the more»

(DELANO, CALIFORNIA) - On Cesar Chavez Day, the United Farm Workers (UFW), the California Federation of Labor Unions and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California assembled more than 5,000 of their Members and fellow Workers to march in Delano, California - a place deeply rooted in movement history - in solidarity with Immigrant Workers to more»