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National Labor News
- ‘Power In The Hands Of People’: Union Leaders ‘Push To Revive’ The U.S. Labor Movement, Organizers ‘Unveil New Drive To Reverse Decline’ In Union Membership ‘As Workers Seek To Combat Growing Wealth Inequality’
- Los Angeles School Strike ‘Averted’ - The Service Employees International Union & United Teachers Los Angeles Reach Tentative Contract Agreement With The L.A. Unified School District
- UFCW Local 7 & JBS Reach Tentative Contract Agreement For 3,800 Striking Union-Represented Workers Employed At The Company’s Northern Colorado Meatpacking Plant, Which ‘Processes As Much As 8% Of The Country’s Beef’
- CWA Members Employed At DirecTV ‘Authorize Strike If’ Contract Negotiations ‘Fail To Reach A Fair’ Agreement
- ‘After No Kings,’ Detroit Unions ‘Are Mobilizing For May Day’
- ‘Five Ways’ Trump’s Proposed Budget ‘Hurts’ The Working Class
Labor News From Washington, D.C.
- ‘Republican Attacks On Working People,’ Part Two: Defense Secretary Hegseth ‘Orders Termination Of Union Contracts’ - AFGE President ‘Decries’ Decision As ‘Cowardly’
- Amid Debate, The American Postal Workers Union To Launch A National TV Ad Campaign ‘Promoting’ Voting By Mail
- “It Puts Workers’ Lives In Danger - Plain And Simple” - The National AFL-CIO Says A ‘Dangerous New’ Trump Administration OSHA Directive ‘Abandons Workers Facing Extreme’ Heat
- AFSCME & The American Library Association ‘Prevail In Their Fight To Protect Libraries & Museums – Nationwide’
- This May Day, ‘Workers Will Take To The Streets Against MAGA’
- The USPS ‘Temporarily Suspends’ Pension Contributions Amid ‘Severe Financial Crisis’ - NALC President Responds: “It Is Time For Congress To Act On Common-Sense Policy Changes To Protect The Essential And Reliable Service We Provide To Every American”
Buffalo and Western New York Labor News
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- 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’
- The CWA’s 2026 E.J. Mays Awards Dinner: Holly & Brian Nowak Honored With The Mays Citizenship Award; The Memorial Award Goes To The Late Local 1122 Labor Leader Jan Borman; And 13 Area Students Provided With $1,500 Individual Scholarships
New York City Labor News
- 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
- The Bronx’s Budweiser Beer Sales Team ‘Goes Union,’ Joins UFCW Local 2D
- Workers Unionize At Top New York City Cocktail Bar – Employees At Attaboy ‘Hope’ To Succeed Where Other High-End Hospitality Drives Have Failed’
- ProPublica Union Launches 24-Hour ULP Walkout After AI Talks ‘Stymie’ Contract Talks
- Writers Guild Of America East Members At CBS News 24/7 Reach Tentative Agreement With CBS/Paramount Management On A New Three-Year Contract
New York State Labor News
- 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’
- Nation's ‘First Deliverista Hub’ Opens At New York City Hall
- Union-Represented Long Island Rail Road Workers Warn Of 'Disaster’ If They Go On Strike Next Month - Meanwhile, Unionized Subway & Bus Operators In New York City ‘Kick Off’ Negotiations On A New Contract
- NYSNA Nurses At Elizabethtown ‘Overwhelmingly Ratify’ Contract Agreement ‘That Delivers Good Health Benefits For Nurses’
- New York City District Council Of Carpenters Rally At Vanderbilt University Construction Site In Manhattan ‘To Put Pressure On’ Project Developer ‘To Ensure Workers Are Paid Standard Wages’
Organizing News From Across The U.S.A.
- 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
- University Of Michigan Student Research Assistants Win Their Union Election, ‘Adding More Than 2,000 Additional’ Members To The Bargaining Unit
- The Architecture World ‘Just Got Its Second’ Union: Sage & Coombe Architects Becomes The Second Firm In The U.S. To Unionize By ‘Unanimously Approving’ A Contract
- Discourse Coffee Workers In Milwaukee Vote To Unionize, Company Will Voluntarily Recognize Union
Apprenticeship & Training News
- 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
- The California State Association Of Electrical Workers ‘Opposes’ A State Bill That The Union Organization Says ‘Would Increase Job Site Safety Risks While Undermining California’s Long-Standing, Highly Effective’ Apprenticeship Training System
- Here Are 14 Blue-Collar Jobs ‘That Pay At Least $100,000 A Year’
- Expert Says We’re ‘Witnessing A Swinging Pendulum’ In Work Due To Artificial Intelligence Where A ‘Higher Value Is Now Being Placed On Blue-Collar Work’
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