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‘A Win for Working People Nationwide:’ Virginia AFL-CIO ‘Celebrates Passage’ Of Redistricting Referendum
Published Thursday, April 30, 2026
Organized Labor Joins With Performers & Lawmakers To ‘Condemn’ Paramount’s $110 Billion Mega-Merger With Warner-Discovery
Published Wednesday, April 29, 2026
The International Association Of Machinists Files An Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Apple ‘Over Discriminatory Treatment of Unionized Workers’ At Apple’s ‘First Unionized Store In The U.S.’
Published Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Auto Workers Employed At Tesla, BMW & More ‘Move To Join The UAW’ - Union Campaigns ‘Increase To Involve Employees At 13 Non-Union’ Automakers
Teamster-Represented Costco Workers ‘Vote To Authorize Nationwide Strike Over Fair Wages & Benefits’ In A New Contract
After A Three-Week Strike, JBS ‘Concedes’ To Meatpacking Workers – Company ‘Gives In To Nearly Every Demand,’ Plus A $1.50 An Hour Wage Increase & ‘Ground-Breaking’ Policy On Personal Protective Equipment
Federal Employee Unions ‘Sue To Block ‘FLRA’s ‘Political Seizure’ Of Union Elections - ‘Warn Fast-Track Changes With The Agency’s Political Appointees Will Bog Down, Rather Than Streamline,’ The Election Process
AFA-CWA Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement With United Airlines, ‘Winning Boarding & Sit Pay’
‘Republican Attacks On Working People,’ Part One: President Trump ‘Yanks Dollars From Minnesota Unless It Kills’ Project Labor Agreements
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Labor News From Washington, D.C.
From The National AFL-CIO: The U.S. Supreme Court Ruling On The Voting Right Act Is An ‘Outright Attack on the Fundamental Rights of Working People’
Published Thursday, April 30, 2026
From The IAM: Save Spirit Airlines By ‘Protecting’ Worker Paychecks & Customer Affordability, ‘Not’ Executive Pay
Published Wednesday, April 29, 2026
The National AFL-CIO’s 2026 ‘Death On The Job-The Toll Of Neglect’ Report: Workplace Hazards ‘Kill 140,000 Workers Each Year In The U.S., More Than 380 Workers Each Day’
Published Tuesday, April 28, 2026
National Council For Occupational Safety & Health’s Annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ Report: ‘Every 104 Minutes Corporate Neglect Kills Another Worker’
“Nothing Funny About It!” - Indiana Democratic Congressman ‘Scolds’ Commerce Secretary Lutnick ‘For Laughing At Union Job Losses’
An ‘America First’ President? - ‘Backlash Over’ Trump’s ‘Decision To Use Foreign’ Steel To Build His Proposed White House Ballroom
The National AFL-CIO On The Resignation Of U.S. Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer: “We Need A Labor Secretary Who Understands Working People And Will Work To Make Our Lives Better - Not Just Be A Rubber Stamp For Corporations’ Wish Lists”
National Nurses United’s ‘Red Alert: Save Our Hospitals’ Bus Tour: Nurses ‘Across The Country Are Coming Out & Speaking Up To Protect Our Communities From Federal Health Care Cuts’
Via The Economic Policy Institute: ‘Misclassifying Workers As Independent Contractors Is Costly For Workers & Social Insurance Systems’
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Via WNYCOSH: The 2026 Buffalo Labor Council/WNYALF's Workers Memorial Ceremony
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Via WNYCOSH: The 2026 Buffalo Labor Council/WNYALF's Workers Memorial Ceremony
'Powerhouse' - UUP Calls On NYS 'To Clear Multi-Million-Dollar Deficits At 4 Financially-Stressed' SUNY Campuses
New York State Labor Video News
'Powerhouse' - UUP Calls On NYS 'To Clear Multi-Million-Dollar Deficits At 4 Financially-Stressed' SUNY Campuses
'Fix Tier 6' Albany News Conference
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'Fix Tier 6' Albany News Conference
NYSUT's '1 IN 5' Film On 'Confronting Child Poverty In New York'
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NYSUT's '1 IN 5' Film On 'Confronting Child Poverty In New York'
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‘In Stark Contrast’ To What The Trump Administration ‘Is Doing,’ United University Professions ‘Has & Is Embracing’ DEI ‘While Looking To Grow The Statewide Union’s Leadership & Membership In The Months To Come’
Published Thursday, April 30, 2026
AFSCME Local 1095 Membership ‘Overwhelmingly Ratifies New’ Five-Year Agreement With Erie County - ‘Features Pay Raises In Each Year’ Of The Contract
Published Tuesday, April 14, 2026
America’s ‘2026 Construction Gap’- ‘Building Faster Than Training’
Published Tuesday, April 7, 2026
United University Professions ‘Condemns’ President Trump For The ‘Unprovoked And On-Going’ War With Iran - UUP President Kowal ‘Questions Why’ Trump ‘Plunged’ The U.S. Into An ‘Unnecessary And Illegal’ War
More Than 17,000 Teamsters ‘Avert Nationwide Strike’ At First Student, Reach Tentative Agreement On A Contract That ‘Delivers Key Improvements’
Annual Variety Club Telethon Raises More Than $1 Million, Including More Than $75,000 From Organized Labor Across Western New York - Donations Support Buffalo’s Golisano Children's Hospital & Other Area Children's Charities
From WGRZ-TV: Mental Health In Construction - SMART Local 71’s Business Manager ‘Chimes In On The Bills Stadium Project That Highlights Need For On-Site Support’
“$16 Million ‘Is A Pittance For The Next Generation’” - UUP Rallies With Buffalo State Students, Labor Leaders & Community Representatives To Call On NYS To Provide The ‘Cash-Strapped Campus With Aid To Clear Its Deficit & Save 160 Jobs In The Proces
Coalition ‘Urges’ NYS Leaders ‘To Allocate $2 Billion In Health Care Funding In State Budget To Prevent Further’ Hospital, Clinic & Nursing Home ‘Closures’
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“Like Nailing Jell-O To A Wall” - ‘Why Unions Are Struggling To Protect Journalists’ Rights In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence’
Published Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Hachette Book Group Employees ‘Announce Largest Unionization Campaign In Trade Publisher History’ With The NewsGuild-CWA
Published Tuesday, April 28, 2026
St. John’s Faculty Unions ‘Take Legal Action Against The Administration’ - AAUP & FA ‘File Multiple ULP Charges After University Leadership Ignores’ Unions
Published Monday, April 27, 2026
Unions Meet With Mamdani Team Over Protest ‘Buffer Zone’ Bill
Unions ‘Urge’ Governor Hochul ‘To Tax The Rich’ - Letter Signed By DC37, HTC & More ‘Pushes For Several Revenue-Raising Initiatives’
Scientific American Editorial Workers ‘Go Union’ With Writers Guild Of America East
Strike Averted: 32BJ SEIU-Represented New York City Doormen, Porters & Maintenance Workers Reach Tentative Contract Agreement With Building Owners, ‘New Four-Year Deal Would Give Doormen Yearly Wage Increases’
32BJ SEIU Members Authorize Strike Of 34,000 New York City Residential Building Service Workers
SAG-AFTRA Leaders Join New York City & Federal Officials At 'Rock The City' Celebration
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New York State Labor News
A Memorial Day ‘Call To Action’ From CSEA President Mary Sullivan: “When CSEA Members Raise Our Voices Together, We Make Workplaces Safer For Everyone”
Published Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Organized Labor ‘Celebrates’ New York City Mayor Mamdani’s ‘Veto Of A Buffer Zone Bill That Was Opposed’ By Unions
Published Tuesday, April 28, 2026
‘Inside The Long Retreat’ Of Workers’ Compensation In New York State: 160,000 Injured New Yorkers ‘Seek Workers’ Compensation Each Year - But In Recent Years, Regulators Have Tilted The Scales Towards Employers & Insurers’
Published Monday, April 27, 2026
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli: ‘Despite Third Straight Year Of State Workforce Expansion, OT Costs Increased By $1.6 Billion’ In 2025 - Department Of Corrections ‘Accounted For Over 87% Of Total Increase’ In OT Earnings
From NYSUT: Schools ‘Work To Meet New Drinking Water Standards’
LanguageLine Interpreters Unionization Push Backed By New York City Lawmakers - Interpreters ‘Cite Low Pay, High Stress & Deteriorating Service Conditions’
New York City ‘Touts Nation-Leading’ Hotel Worker & Consumer Protections
The Amherst Compact: United University Professions ‘Joins A Coalition Of More Than 50 Higher Ed Unions To Back First-Ever Higher Ed Union Contract Bargaining Priorities Pact’
Syracuse University Professors & Researchers ‘Aim To Make’ SU ‘A Union Campus’ - ‘If’ They Vote To Unionize, ‘They Could Add Another 350 Union-Represented Workers To 4,000 Others Who Have Already Unionized’
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Organizing News From Across The U.S.A.
Mid-Continent Public Library Staff Are Unionizing & ‘They Could Make Missouri History’
Published Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Mid-Continent Public Library Staff Announce Organizing Effort With The CWA
Published Monday, April 27, 2026
Clean Water Action Staff ‘Across The Country Join Together To Form A Union And Seek Recognition’ As The Clean Water Guild
Published Friday, April 24, 2026
Lush Cosmetics Workers In Maryland ‘Go Union,’ Vote ‘Unanimously’ to Join The UFCW
Make-Up & Hair Workers At ESPN Vendor ‘Go Union’ With IATSE
Cleveland’s MetroHealth Doctors & Nurses ‘Push To Unionize’ Over Workload & Patient Care ‘Concerns’
Nurses At Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center Look To Form A Union
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Mechanics In New Jersey ‘Go Union,’ Vote To Join the Transit Workers Union
Workers At Two Michigan Auto Supply Chains ‘Go Union,’ Join The UAW
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Apprenticeship & Training News
Jefferson Community College ‘Highlights’ State University Of New York Apprenticeship Program
Published Wednesday, April 29, 2026
In Maryland, Workers Receive IBEW Training Through Voice-Data-Video Apprenticeship Program
Published Monday, April 27, 2026
North America’s Building Trades Unions & Microsoft ‘Expand Nationwide Initiative To Strengthen AI Training & Career Pathways Across The Skilled Trades’
Published Friday, April 24, 2026
In Reno, Nevada: Laborers Local 169 Is Preparing Workers For A New Solar Project “That Will Bolster The Local Economy”
Union & Apprenticeship Fair Held At The Brooklyn Navy Yard Provided Access To Skilled Trades Training & Jobs
California Announces Apprenticeship Grant Opportunity For Youth
In Rhode Island, IBEW Training Director Robert Cruz ‘Is Devoted To His Job’ That He Says “Changes Lives - Every Day”
In Seattle, Reach University & The Training Fund ‘Launch The Nation’s First Apprenticeship College of Health to Address National Health Care Workforce Shortages’
Walstrom Marine & Northwest Michigan Works! ‘Launch’ USDOL Registered Marine Services Technician Apprenticeship
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