Alexander Hamilton at Newswire.Net reports Union jobs are seeing a resurgence among young Workers, a shift that signals changing attitudes about job security, workplace protections and economic stability. Historically, Unions were associated with older generations in industries such as manufacturing and public service, but Gen Z is now showing increased more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Actors’ Equity Association, the National Union representing more than 51,000 Professional Performers and Stage Managers working in live theatre, is applauding the reintroduction of the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA) in the U.S. Senate by Senator Mark Warner (Democrat-Virginia) and Senator Thom Tillis more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) – A super-majority of User Research Workers at Activision have voted in favor of Union Representation with Communications Workers of America (CWA), either by signing a Union Authorization Card or indicating that they wanted representation via an on-line portal. The Workers will be Members of CWA Local 9400 in Los Angeles. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is calling a new Executive Order from the Trump Administration stripping Collective Bargaining and Union Rights from Workers across the Federal Government as the “very definition of Union-Busting.” According to The Hill, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said Thursday more»

Philadelphia’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 is celebrating its third annual graduating class of Rosie’s Girls, the Building Trades Union’s innovative Pre-Apprenticeship Program that recruits and trains high school girls for careers as Union Electricians. Graduates of the program - named after the iconic more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is responding to the Trump Administration’s decimation of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), including closing field offices and drastically cutting the Agency’s Mediators and other Staff. The Federal News Network reports the Trump Administration is cutting more»

(SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA) - The 16-day Regional Transit Strike - which involved 1,500 Members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265, who are employed by the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), is over after Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel Nishigaya granted an injunction ordering striking VTA Employees back to work. The Strike was the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Labor Advocates, Union Members and families gathered at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place on Tuesday (March 25th) to honor the 146 Workers who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire 114 years ago. The Workers, who were predominantly Italian and Jewish Immigrants, were remembered during a ceremony held by the Remember more»

(UTICA, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS)/Wynn Hospital have reached a tentative contract agreement that covers 650 Nurses. The agreement, which is being voted on by Nurses, includes stronger safe staffing enforcement, break coverage to ensure safe staffing at all more»

(NEW YORK & WASHINGTON, D.C.) - COURIER and the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) have announced voluntary recognition of COURIER’s Staff Union. Since the beginning of this process, COURIER and WGAE have engaged in productive and positive conversations for voluntary recognition, reflecting our shared commitment to fostering a collaborative and more»

Public Services International reports as it becomes increasingly clear what a second Trump Presidency means, America's Labor Movement has positioned itself as Democracy's strongest, most important and best organized line of defense against a sweeping authoritarian agenda. The Unions forming our workforce's backbone - from Teachers to Nurses, Service Workers more»

Jordan Valinsky at CNN reports the State of Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire Undocumented Immigrants, but that presented a problem for businesses that are desperate for Workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs. Now, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and the State Legislature have a potential solution: more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Editorial Workers at CNET and ZDNet are joining The NewsGuild of New York as Members of the Ziff Davis Creators Guild (ZDCG). Late last year, Ziff Davis acquired both websites - which cover technology, reviews and beyond. CNET and ZDNet Workers will be covered under ZDCG’s current contract, ratified last Summer. Under the more»

Flight Attendants and allies recently picketed at nearly 20 airports worldwide to demand United Airlines management remove concessions and deliver the industry-leading contract they’ve earned. The New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council joined their Union - the Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America (AFA-CWA), at more»

Ivy Fowler at News Channel 3 reports from Kalamazoo, Michigan that programs supporting career training are getting $1.9 million in grant funding. In partnership with the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO), Governor Gretchen Whitmer has awarded $1.9 million in State Apprenticeship Expansion Grant funding into Workforce Development more»

Thousands of Workers across the country hit the streets over the weekend to say Hell No! to dismantling the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) organized rallies in cities across the U.S. in response to threats from the Trump Administration to privatize the USPS. NALC President Brian Renfroe declared the moves by more»

From 2019 to 2024, Low-wage Workers experienced historically fast real wage growth - a tremendous 15.3%. Yet, pay started at such a low point, they continue to suffer from wages grossly inadequate to sustain families. Between 2019 and 2024, there has been a notable reversal of long-term trends in wage growth. Low-wage Workers experienced historically more»

(INDIO, CALIFORNIA) – In a significant victory for communities in the Low Desert, workers at the Indio Water Authority (IWA) have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 1932. These new IAW Teamsters play a critical role in delivering clean, reliable water to the residents and businesses of Indio. Their decision to stand together and Unionize more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Area Union Leaders, Representatives, Elected Officials and Friends of Labor gathered at United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 774’s Headquarters just outside Tonawanda’s General Motors Powertrain Plant over the weekend to attend the Western New York AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation’s (WNYALF) annual meeting. more»

Dozens of Unionized Workers employed at the Brooklyn Museum who were threatened with firing have avoided layoffs following agreements between the institution’s management, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 37 and United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2110. The deal will permit the workers to instead more»

Workers at two Gannett-owned newsrooms represented by the NewsGuild of New York (TNG-CWA (Communications Workers of America) Local 31003) have been fighting for fair wages. Gannett operates the USA Today network and controls hundreds of local newsrooms across the United States. Editorial Staff at The Bergen Record in Bergen, New Jersey have voted more»

WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News reports from Jackson, Tennessee that Helping Hands of Tennessee has unveiled a non-cost Dental Technician Apprenticeship Workshop at Jackson State Community College. The free 20-person cohort Dental Technician Apprenticeship is part of a State-funded grant. The 12-month Pre-Apprenticeship provides students with all the necessary more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured Above, National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 3 Executive Vice President Michael Levering (on the left) is joined by American Postal Workers (APWU) Buffalo President Frank Resetarits (in the middle) and NALC Branch 3 President David Grosskopf, Junior (on the right) during the APWU’s public more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Journalists, Federal Workers and their Unions have sued the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), its Acting Director Victor Morales, and Special Adviser Kari Lake to challenge the unlawful shuttering of the agency and silencing of global media. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, asserts the Agency failed to fulfill more»

Stephen Lerner, the architect of the Justice for Janitors campaign, is a Labor and Community Organizer and helped found the Bargaining for Common Good Network. He recently penned a Labor Perspective that appeared In These Times, which read - in part: Labor faces a contradictory, paradoxical moment. On one hand looms an existential threat, on the other an more»

After working under an expired seven-year-old contract, Unionized Faculty at Manhattan School of Music's Precollege Division have finally secured an agreement for a new contract. Members of ARTS/MSM/NYSUT (New York State United Teachers) Local 6498 's persistence paid off with an agreement to raise the wage floor minimum by 70% over the course of the more»

The New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, along with more than 50 Unions and community groups participated in a March To Stop The Cuts to vital government programs and the Federal workforce. Thousands of New Yorkers came together in response to President Trump, Congressional Republicans and unelected billionaire Elon Musk joining together to fire more»

(OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA) – Teamsters Local 2010 has won Union Representation for 320 University of California (UC) Financial Analysts, with the State Labor Board ruling the Workers were misclassified as Non-Union by their employer. “We are thrilled to welcome more than (300) Financial Analysts to our fast-growing Union,” said Jason more»

(LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA) – Career-seekers no longer have to decide between college or the Building Trades because now at the Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104 and Bay Area Industry Training Fund, they can complete a five-year Apprenticeship and earn an Associate Degree, thanks to a partnership with Foothill College - free of charge. Apprentices at more»

Justice Marbury at The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports Workers employed at the Abundance Co-op, a community-owned grocery store located in Rochester’s South Wedge Neighborhood, have announced they are Unionizing - marking the first Union effort in the co-op’s history. Workers filed for a Union Election on March 11th. Bailey Stevens, a more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced its plans to permanently allow U.S. Poultry and Pork Processing Plants to operate more quickly, which Labor Unions say will increase the risk of serious harm to Workers. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union-United Food & Commercial Workers (RWDSU-UFCW) President Stuart more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order that dismantled the U.S. Department of Education: Shuttering the Department of Education is a radical plan, ripped from the pages of Project 2025, that will close the doors of opportunity for America’s students. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - On a recent Tuesday night, the hottest show at the Alamo Drafthouse in Downtown Brooklyn wasn’t Bong Joon-ho’s new sci-fi flick Mickey 17 or the family-friendly Paddington in Peru - it was arguably the two dozen Alamo Workers on Strike outside, their voices extending a couple blocks down the Fulton Street Strip. “Hey more»

WHAM reports a Graduate Student Strike could soon happen at the University of Rochester. Graduate Workers who want to form a Union said the University has backed off from an election agreement. The group is looking to form the Union for collective bargaining, claiming some Graduate Employees make as little as $15,000 a year. For More On This Labor News more»

When it comes to job safety and health rules and enforcement, Republican Oligarch President Donald Trump may be very bad news, in terms of both rules and leaders, for Workers. But maybe Workers shouldn’t be surprised. In Trump’s first White House term, the unspoken directive to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports Republican President Donald Trump and his handler, multi-billionaire Elon Musk, are taking Musk’s chainsaw to Federal agencies, programs and Workers, Right Wing GOP Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee - who are part of the Senate’s GOP majority, are scheming to end Federal more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Workers employed at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) in New York City are forming a Union with Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1180. Members of the Union Organizing Committee have presented management with a request for voluntary recognition after an overwhelming majority of more»

(ONEIDA, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at Oneida Health Hospital held an informational picket on Wednesday (March 19th) to demand management negotiate in good faith and settle a fair contract with safe staffing and a real plan to retain Nurses for safe patient care. Oneida Hospital management has been more»

(NATIONWIDE) – In a historic development for Video Game Organizing, Workers across the U.S. and Canada are launching United Videogame Workers (UVW)-CWA Local 9433, a direct-join, industry-wide Video Game Union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in partnership with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). The launch will be formally more»

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College (UHMC) is offering a free, eight-week Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship Training (from March 24th to May 23rd). The tuition value is $6,000. The course includes six weeks of intensive training in carpentry fundamentals and basic tool use, construction math, basic print reading, metal framing, concrete formwork and drywall. more»

The Washington Post reported recently President Trump planned to fire the Governing Board of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and merge the agency with the Commerce Department, prompting the Board to seek legal counsel. A White House spokesperson later denied an Executive Order was in the works (though it would take an act of Congress to strip away the more»

Lenny Lamkin at People’s World reports bad pay and worse benefits are why 500 Northwestern University Dining Hall Workers are on Strike in Evanston, Illinois. The Workers, who are Members of Unite Here Local 1, voted to authorize the Strike in late February. The Employees are seeking a fair contract that includes a set schedule, as well as an more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – In the latest assault on First Amendment Rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, the President of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia Student Workers - one day before contract negotiations were set to open with the University. The shocking move is part of a wave of more»

Sherrod Brown, who served as a United States Senator from the State of Ohio from 2007 to 2025, has penned a Labor Perspective that recently appeared in The New Republic. It read, in part: There are two questions people have asked me since November: What are you going to do next? And, where do we go from here, as a party? The answers to both are the same. more»

Joe Maniscalco at Work-Bites reports arguably the most potent and powerful figure in the Labor Movement today has just declared American Workers - no matter what you do or what sector you’re in - now have “very few options but to join together to organize for a General Strike.” Association of Flight Attendants President Sara Nelson says: more»

Erik Bascome at The Staten Island Advance reports new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows there were 5,283 fatal work injuries across the U.S. in 2023, down roughly 3.7% from 5,486 in 2022. In New York City, 69 Workers lost their lives in 2023, down roughly 16.9% from the 83 recorded work-related fatalities in 2022. The data shows that Worker more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – United University Professions (UUP), the Nation’s largest Higher Education Union, is responding to the Trump Administration’s massive firing of Staff, which a lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen Democratic Attorneys General argues is an illegal overreach of the Administration’s authority because the move seeks to more»

(JESSUP, MARYLAND) – Bus Drivers, Van Drivers, Trainers and Attendants employed at Zum Transportation in Jessup have voted by a 4-to-1 margin to join Teamsters Local 570. These new Teamster Members provide essential student transportation services for Howard County Public Schools. “I voted to join the Teamsters because management has made more»

The Standard-Journal reports from New Berlin, Pennsylvania that representatives of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Locals 812 and 607 recently visited the SUN Area Technical Institute to speak to students. They told the Electrical Systems Technology and Electromechanical classes about opportunities available through the Union’s more»

Brandon Chew and Mark Gruenberg at People’s World report an estimated 65,000 people tuned in to an evening webinar held late last week where multiple Unions and their allies raised awareness on how Working Class People can help protect Public Services and Civil Servants in their communities fight back against the chainsaw cutting of jobs and programs more»