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- National Labor Spotlight On Striking USW-Represented ATI Workers, Who Are ‘Holding The Line For Premium/Free’ Health Insurance
- Alabama’s Coal Miners ‘Are Striking For Their Lives’ – More Than 1,000 Miners At Warrior Met Coal Have Been On Strike Now For Over Two Months Now & ‘The Conflict Is Only Heating Up’
- Amazon's ‘Labor Exploitation Is A Return To The 1920s’ And ‘Unions Are Our Best Hope Out’ - The Teamsters ‘Represents More North American Logistics Workers Than Any Other Union & Amazon Is Enemy No. 1’
- UFCW Inks National Cannabis Deal - Historic Agreement Is ‘First; National Cannabis & CBD Contract
- California City ‘Becomes First In Nation To Use American Rescue Plan Funds For Grocery Worker COVID Pay’ - UFCW Applauds Oxnard City Council, Calls On Local Leaders Nationwide ‘To Support Similar Measures’ For Front Line Workers
- ‘Take This Job And Shove It’ - American Workers ‘Quit At Record Levels’ With Nearly Four Million People Walking Away From Their Jobs In April
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- Ransomware Attack Hit Teamsters In 2019, But They ‘Refused To Pay’ - FBI Advised The Union To "Just Pay" The Ransom, According To Sources, But The Teamsters ‘Instead Chose To Rebuild’ Their Computer Network
- The Fight To Unionize Amazon Workers ‘Excited’ The Labor Movement, ‘But What Does Their Loss Mean For Union Organizing In 2021?’
- OSHA Issues Emergency COVID Standard For Fire & EMS Agencies
- “You Heard Rhetoric From The Last Administration. This Administration Has Stood With Unions Every Step Of The Way.” - National Building Trades Unions Back President Biden’s Full Infrastructure Plan
- Labor Perspective From AFGE National President Everett Kelley: ‘Strong’ Unions ‘Make For Better’ Workplaces - Biden Is ‘Doing More To Strengthen Worker Rights Inside The Federal Government Than Any President In A Generation’
- Reflecting On Organized Labor's ‘Efforts To Defend’ Democracy
Buffalo and Western New York Labor News
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- In ‘What May Have Been The Most Memorable’ Annual WNY Area Labor Federation Meeting, ‘Ever’ - Area Unionists ‘Gather Outdoors, Without Masks, To Celebrate The Passing Of Leadership’ From Richard Lipsitz To Peter DeJesus
- Amid Bankruptcy, Health Care Workers At Eastern Niagara Hospital In Lockport ‘Unanimously Vote To Ratify’ Two-Year Contract - ‘But The Future Remains Uncertain For Community Caregivers As Catholic Health Plans To Build A New Hospital’
- “We Needed More Nurses - Yesterday!” - NYSNA Tells Olean General Hospital ‘More Nursing Staff, Equipment Are Needed To Ensure The Safety’ Of Patients During A Rally To Highlight Problems At The Southern Tier City’s Medical Center
- Labor Perspective From WNY AFL-CIO Area Labor Federation President Emeritus Richard Lipsitz: COVID-19 & The Working-Class Movement
- Short-Staffed Gasport Nursing Home Workers Hold Informational Picket, Demand Competitive Wages & Benefits - Niagara County Workers Leave Talks After New Owner ‘Refuses To Pay Beleaguered Caregivers An Additional 35 Cents’ An Hour
- “Honored” To Be Re-Elected To Represent Buffalo’s Public School Teachers, BTF President Phil Rumore Embarks On His 21st ‘Consecutive’ Two-Year Term, ‘Vowing To Continue The Fight For Both’ Teachers & Schoolchildren
New York City Labor News
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- NYC Construction Workers Hold Protest As Wage-Theft Bills ‘Are Delayed’
- New York City PBA ‘Sued For Inflammatory’ Comments - A Shake Shack Employee Sues The Union After They ‘Falsely Tweeted He Poisoned Three Officers’
- Billionaires ‘Pay No Taxes’ While ‘Workers Get No’ Raises
- Confronting Power With Power…
- In The Wake Of Three Recent Construction Worker Deaths In Separate Work-Related Incidents, New York City Will Conduct ‘Zero Tolerance’ Sweeps At Construction Sites
- “We Are The Delivery Workers Who Kept Many Businesses Afloat. We Think We Deserve Essential Protections.” - New York City Deliveristas Rally For ‘Better Pay & The Right To Use Toilets’
New York State Labor News
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- Juneteenth, Observed On June 19th, Is Now ‘An Official’ NYS Holiday - As Well As A Federal Holiday After President Biden Signs The Juneteenth Bill, Creating The First New Federal Holiday In Decades
- Walmart To Pay $410,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit – Management At Geneva, NY Store ‘Allowed’ Associate To ‘Subject Female Employees To A Hostile Work Environment Based On Sex For Years,’ Federal Agency Charges
- “We Have To Pay More” - U.S. Restaurants Are ‘Tackling’ Staff Shortages As Some Employers Are ‘Upending The Industry Standards By Paying Their Employees Better And Offering Stronger Benefits’
- Following 50 Years Of Construction, New York City’s Giant Water Tunnel Begins Work On Its Final Shafts - ‘Union Sandhogs Go Underground To Carve Out’ The Tunnel’s Various Sections
- “Where Do You Go When You Don’t Have Health Care? You Pray.” - The Chair Of NYSNA’s Single Payer Committee ‘Helps Lead The Drive’ For The NY Health Act
- A Plan To ‘Tame’ Labor Unions For Uber &Lyft ‘Has Been Scrapped’ In New York State - Bill ‘Would Have Given’ Gig Workers ‘Limited’ Collective Bargaining Rights ‘Without’ A Minimum Wage
Organizing News From Across The U.S.A.
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- Newsroom Staffers At The Atlantic Announce Formation Of A Union, Win Voluntary Recognition
- AFA-CWA & Norse Atlantic Airways ‘Agree To Groundbreaking Pre-Hire’ Agreement For U.S.-Based Flight Attendant Jobs
- Digital Producers At Gannett Unionize With The NewsGuild Of New York
- ‘Fed Up With’ Uber & Lyft, Workers Start The ‘Drivers Cooperative’ To Compete With The ‘Two Corporate Behemoths’
- “In The Midst Of This Pandemic, Workers See The Value In Belonging To A Union” - CVS Workers In Spring Valley, California ‘Go Union’ With The UFCW ‘For A Safer Workplace’ Amidst COVID-19
- 42 Binghamton, New York American Red Cross Workers ‘Overwhelmingly Vote To Go Union’ With The Communications Workers Of America
Apprenticeship & Training News
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- ARZIONA@WORK Joins National Tech Worker Apprenticeship Initiative - Program ‘Aims To Expand & Diversify The Tech Workforce In Arizona And Across America’
- Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Opens New Apprentice Training School In Central Pennsylvania
- Interesting: French Concessions & Construction Company VINCI ‘Pledges To Promote’ Apprenticeships Through A Partnership With JobIRL - 2,000 Young People Recruited By VINCI ‘Every Year’ On Apprenticeship Or Professional Training Contracts
- Dell ‘Reboots’ IT Apprenticeship Program For OKC Students After Pandemic Pause
- Philly Shipyard ‘Brings In A New Generation’ Of Apprentices
- Pre-Apprenticeship Program ‘Launched To Help Aspiring’ Diversified Vegetable Farmers
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