Workers employed at the Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital in the State of Oregon have overwhelmingly voted to form a Union with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 49, successfully securing fair representation for Staff at all Samaritan Facilities. The new Bargaining Unit covers roles like nutrition services, housekeeping and Certified more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Earlier this month, the Trump Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) issued new guidance regarding Registered Apprenticeship Programs. In response, SMART (Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation) General President Michael Coleman released the following statement: “I’ve said since January 2025 that more»

On February 11th (2026), the House of Representatives passed the SAVE Act by a vote of 218-to-213 after stripping the contents of a bipartisan Veterans Bill and using it as the vehicle for the legislation. The SAVE Act would require documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote or update voter registration - documents that an estimated more»

Bolarinwa Oladeji at The Grio reports a collaboration with Baptist Health System is bringing Tuskegee students early clinical experience and financial support, preparing them for successful careers in health care. Tuskegee University has made history as the first historically Black College or University (HBCU) in Alabama to offer a Nursing Apprenticeship more»

Latino Leaders, Labor Leaders and Elected Officials are voicing shock over “deeply troubling” sexual misconduct allegations against the late Cesar Chavez, one of the Latino Community’s most prominent Civil Rights Icons, as planned annual celebrations of the late Labor Leader have now been canceled and his legacy as a Labor Movement Hero is more»

The WNBA and its Players' Union have reached an agreement in principle on a transformational new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The deal comes 17 months after the Players opted out of their previous agreement and five months after the previous deal was initially set to expire, with talks often becoming contentious. A new salary cap will start at $7 more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports Workers at CBS News walked out for 24 hours after a new contract agreement was not reached following the expiration of the contract last week. About 60 Workers at the Streaming Service CBS News 24/7 are represented by the Writers Guild of America East. The Union is holding rallies and walkouts at the CBS News more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Carter Myers-Brown at The Chief reports Labor Leaders, Elected Officials and Community Advocates recently gathered on the steps of New York City Hall to launch the $30 For Our City Campaign, backing legislation that would gradually raise the City’s Minimum Wage to $30 an hour. The Bill would nearly double the City’s more»

Workers at WomanHaven, a prominent Domestic Violence Resource Center in the Imperial Valley of California, voted to organize with Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) Local 30. The new Union Members fill a broad range of Staff roles - from Mental Health Counselors to Thrift Store Clerks. The election was split into two voting groups to account for the more»

Andy Jeffrey at The Port Huron Times Herald reports on a unique and new installation at Algonac Junior/Senior High School in Clay Township that is giving Michigan students a closer look at Skilled Trades career and connecting them directly with Apprenticeship Programs across the State. The school recently installed a Conduit to the Trades Wall, an more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler has released the following statement regarding the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) February Jobs Report: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released the February jobs report. It provided more proof of exactly what Working People have been saying for more than a year: more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – President Donald Trump’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently opened a Federal investigation into Nike and its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives - alleging systemic discrimination against White Workers. This is the first time the EEOC has targeted a large private employer with a Federal more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Carter Myers-Brown at The Chief reports when Samantha Martin entered the Construction Industry at the age of 21, she was stepping into a world where Women were still a rarity on most job sites. The path from Apprentice Carpenter to Union Leader would require long days, physical labor and the confidence to prove she belonged in a field more»

Amir Khafagy at Documented reports a Westchester contractor, exposed by Documented for continuing to operate his construction business despite a conviction for stealing thousands from Immigrant Workers, has been arrested again on new wage theft charges. Artemio Fuerte, 40, was arrested for allegedly stealing $51,720 in wages from five Employees between 2022 more»

In a significant victory by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) Organizing Department, 174 Non-Professional Employees at the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada and Eastern California have successfully organized under the IAM. “We are extremely motivated to bring Union representation to more and more Federal Workers in the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The American Federation of Government Employees National Veterans Affairs Council (AFGE/NVAC), the largest Union representing more than 320,000 Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, is celebrating Judge Melissa DuBose’s decision granting the Union’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Judge DuBose ordered the more»

MS NOW Editor’s Note: Everett Kelley is the National President of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest Union representing Federal and Washington, D.C. Government Employees. Kelley recently authored a Labor Perspective that appeared on MS NOW, which reads - in part: In the most recent pay period, many TSA more»

Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Democrat-Illinois) recently joined U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy (Republican-Montana), Elissa Slotkin (Democrat-Michigan) and Kevin Cramer (Republican-North Dakota) in leading a bipartisan push to increase access to Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for Veterans pursuing Apprenticeships. The Senators’ Reducing more»

(ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK) - A new approach to Worker well-being is gaining attention at the construction site of the new stadium for the National Football League Buffalo Bills, where organizers say mental health support is becoming just as important as physical safety. Last week the Anti‑Stigma Coalition held a discussion about the mental health challenges more»

Two top Federal Worker Unions - the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), are vowing to fight on for their Collective Bargaining Agreements and rights despite a pro-Trump Federal Appeals Court ruling tossing most of those contracts out. But AFGE, led by President Everett Kelley, and NTEU, headed more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports 3,800 Workers employed at JBS USA, the world’s largest meat producer, are set to begin an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike Monday (March 16th) in Greeley, Colorado - in what will be the first Labor Strike in the industry in decades. The walkout threatens to put further strain on U.S. meat prices - ground beef more»

Dora Gao at The Columbia Spectator reports Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers (SWC-UAW) have voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a potential Strike following months of stalled contract negotiations with the University. Union Members voted 1,129-to-105 (more than 91%) in favor, according to the SWC-UAW, which represents 3,000 Graduate more»

Last week, the St. John’s University (SJU) American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter - along with students, allies in the Labor Movement including the New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, Political Candidates and Religious Leaders - kicked off the SJU’s Men’s Basketball Team’s participation in the Big East more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Editorial Workers employed at the Chemical & Engineering News, the independent magazine of the American Chemical Society, have overwhelmingly voted to Unionize with 96% of participants voting in favor of the Union of the Chemical & Engineering News Guild. The win is a historic victory for the Reporters, Designers, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) Members employed at CBS News 24/7 have delivered a Strike pledge to CBS/Paramount management demanding a fair contract. The pledge was signed by 95% of the 60-Member Bargaining Unit. The current CBS News 24/7 Union contract expired on March 9th. The Strike pledge addressed to management read: “We, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and AFM Local 802 held a solidarity rally with live music in Times Square this week, demonstrating a unified front as the second round of negotiations for the AFM's Sound Recording Labor Agreement resumed with Record Labels - including Sony, Universal, Hollywood Records and Warner. The more»

Workers employed at Current Affairs magazine have announced formation of a Union with the Chicago News Guild-Communications Workers of America Local 34071. The new Union Workers received immediate voluntary recognition from the Editor-in-Chief and Current Affairs’ Board of Directors. In an announcement, the Staff said: “Membership in the News more»

WNYLaborToday.com Editor’s Note: Pictured above, United University Professions (UUP) Statewide President Fred Kowal addresses a rally held outside Buffalo State University’s Rockwell Hall earlier this week that attracted hundreds of students, area Labor Leaders, Elected Officials and Community Activists, who came together to call on New York more»

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has announced more than $4.1 million in Schools-to-Work Grant Awards supporting 17 projects across the State. The Manufacturers’ Association was awarded $250,000 to expand its Applied Manufacturing Technology Registered Pre-Apprenticeship and strengthen school-to-work pathways that prepare high school more»

(LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) – March is Women’s History Month and right now thousands of Women who work for the State of Nevada are getting ready to make history as Administrative and Clerical Workers - a large majority of whom are Women, have filed to hold an election to vote for their new Union with American Federation of State, County & Municipal more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement: There are only a few things that mostly everyone can agree on these days - one of them is an overall pessimism about the current set of Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. According to Pew Research Center, only 17% of Americans now say they trust the Federal more»

The Guardian Editor’s Note: Jared Abbott is the Director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, while Dustin Guastella is a Research Associate at the Center for Working Class Politics and the Director of Operations for Teamsters Local 623. Abbott and Guastella wrote an interesting Labor Perspective that recently appeared in The Guardian, which more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Residential Building Service Workers have kicked off negotiations for a contract covering more than 34,000 Porters, Doorpersons, Superintendents, Handypersons and Resident Managers who maintain 600,000 households across 3,500 Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island Co-Ops, Condos and more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - In response to drastic cuts at The New School, University students, Faculty and Staff recently marched down West 12th Street to hand deliver a gigantic letter and petition addressed to University President Joel Towers that was signed by more than 1,650 people and read, in part: “While the President’s Office characterizes this more»

Ryan Hill at ABC 10 News in San Diego reports we live in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) world and it’s taking over many facets of life - including certain jobs. It’s also having effect on some Blue-Collar jobs while opening a pathway to more demand - like Electricians. "It all boils down to like me taking a leap of faith,” Shawn Barton more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Governor Kathy Hochul’s budget is on path to offset devastating U.S. Congressional Republican cuts to health care, but State Leaders must act now to provide critical investments, so says a coalition of Front-Line Health Care Workers, employers, Faith Leaders and Community Advocates who joined together to call on State more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports as bombs continue to fall and the death toll continues to mount from the U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran, a growing number of Labor Unions are demanding an immediate end to the unconstitutional and “reckless aggression,” pointing out the Working Class will bear the heaviest price for a war more»

For more than a century, Women Workers have been at the forefront of America’s Union Movement: At the bargaining table, on picket lines, in State Legislatures and in courtrooms and the streets, fighting for fair wages, quality benefits and Union recognition. Women of Color - in particular, have long spearheaded movements at the intersection of racial more»

Contract Faculty United-United Auto Workers (CFU-UAW)-represented Members employed at New York University (NYU) have set an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Strike deadline as negotiations with University Administration continue to stall. After more than a year of bargaining and repeated Labor Law violations by NYU - including refusal to negotiate over key more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – Governor Kathy Hochul joined an array of Labor Leaders and Public Sector Workers at MVP Arena in Albany on Sunday (March 8th) to push for changes to New York’s Tier 6 Pension System, saying reforms are needed to help recruit and retain Public Workers. Union Members and a variety of Public Workers participated in the rally - more»

The Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association (PWHLPA) has formally affiliated with the National AFL-CIO. The PWHLPA becomes the 10th Professional Sports Union to join the AFL-CIO Sports Council and the 65th Affiliate of the Nation’s largest labor Federation - a milestone in the fight for equity in Women’s Sports and fair more»

Daniel de Visé at USA TODAY reports you don't need a college degree to earn a good salary. Two in five Gen Zers are pursuing Blue-Collar Fields, rejecting the collegiate path and learning the Skilled Trades, according to a May 2025 survey of 1,434 young adults by Resume Builder. Vocational and Trade Programs are booming, Federal data shows. One more»

A Federal Appeals Court has cleared the way for the Trump Administration to cancel Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) across a broad segment of the Federal Government Workforce. A three-Judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco lifted an injunction that blocked implementation of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Collin O’Mara and a panel of Environmental Leaders are calling for major expansion of State University of New York’s (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) to allow the College to grow enrollment and expand programming. Panelists lauded ESF’s research more»

(ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA) – More than 200 Workers at St. Paul Beverage, a Facility owned by Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), have voted to organize with Teamsters Local 471 - uniting to win stronger wages, better benefits and a voice on the job. Workers at the Minnesota Facility bottle, package and prepare dairy products for distribution to grocery stores more»

The Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS) is a small, independent Agency whose mission is to support businesses and Workers in resolving workplace disputes and building positive Labor-Management relationships. The FMCS has no authority to adjudicate disputes or issue regulations. Outside of the Health Care Industry, it cannot require any more»

Members of the United Soccer League Players Association (USLPA) have overwhelmingly voted to reject the League’s latest offer and authorize a Strike to secure a fair contract. The United Soccer League Championship season has kicked off, but the Athletes have yet to receive agreement provisions that fully reflect true professional standards. By voting more»

(HOUSTON, TEXAS) - A $10.9 million investment in job training is already paying off for hundreds of Harris County residents in Texas. County Commissioners Lesley Briones and Rodney Ellis highlighted the success of the Apprenticeship Advantage Program. A Workforce Development initiative that was launched in 2023 using Federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. more»

Construction has long been a male-dominated field. According to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, only 11.7% of payroll Employees in the Construction Industry are Women. However, a shift is underway. In recent years, the Department of Labor’s Women in Apprenticeship & Non-Traditional Occupations (WANTO) Grant Program has more»

(TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA) - A Labor Union Bill backed by Governor Ron DeSantis and the Koch-backed Freedom Foundation that opponents say represents “the final nail in the coffin” for Florida Unions is headed for the Senate floor. Teachers, Nurses, Electricians, Plumbers, Doctors and Sanitation Workers packed a committee room on Monday (March 2nd) more»