(NEW YORK CITY) – The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is focusing a spotlight on the suite of laws it enforces to protect consumers and Workers across City hotels as New York looks ahead to another busy year for tourism and hospitality. In a new Op-Ed in The Nation, DCWP Commissioner Sam Levine joined Hotel and Gaming more»

(CLEVELAND, OHIO) – Taylor Wizner at Ideastream Public Media reports Primary Care Providers employed at MetroHealth are organizing to form a Union, saying it is needed to improve working conditions and patient care. The group includes physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants - who say they are organizing because of increasing workloads more»

Erich Wagner at Government Executive reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has instructed leaders to terminate most of the Department’s Collective Bargaining Agreements, more than a year after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order banning Federal Employee Unions from many agencies on national security grounds. Spared are Unions like the more»

(HIBBING, MINNESOTA) - In what could be a portent for other Counties and Cities seeking Federal funds for infrastructure projects, the GOP Trump Administration’s Transportation Department is threatening to yank $7.7 million for five County road and bridge projects, unless the County drops its requirements that contractors sign Project Labor Agreements more»

More than 10,000 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Members rallied earlier this week on Park Avenue and voted to authorize a Strike that would paralyze the homes of 1.5 million New Yorkers. The Union Members are demanding fair wage increases, pension improvements, protection of all benefits and that the Realty Advisory Board on Labor more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) - America’s largest higher Education Union, is strongly supporting the Amherst Compact, a first-ever agreement by leaders of more than 50 Unions to coordinate bargaining priorities that raise the floor for Workers of all job categories across the most-densely Unionized Region of the country for more»

Jeremy Loudenback at The Imprint reports California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a $37.2 million investment in Apprenticeship and Workforce Training opportunities, including new spending on job readiness for youth. One program will train and place young adults into health care careers. The Miguel Contreras Foundation will use a $3.5 million grant more»

The Associated Press reports the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail, stepping into a politically charged debate as skepticism about mail-in ballots has been raised by President Donald Trump and others. The 30-second message features a variety of voters, among them a Farmer and a Flight more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports leaders of some of the largest Unions in the U.S. have unveiled a drive to jumpstart the country’s Labor Movement and combat growing wealth inequality under Donald Trump. To make it easier for Workers to join a Union and strengthen the hand of new Unions negotiating with powerful businesses, a string of more»

Dade Hayes at Deadline reports the topic of contract negotiations with studios and streamers was off the table earlier this week as Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) Leaders put the focus on unity and celebration at the Union’s annual Rock the City event in New York. Contract talks were recently put on more»

Eddie Velazquez at Central Current reports hundreds of Educators and Researchers that make up almost 20% of Syracuse University’s (SU) Faculty want to form a Union. The Union would include around 350 Postdoctoral Researchers, Teaching Professors, Professors of Practice and Research Professors, if a majority of those Workers vote to Unionize at an more»

Nurses at Rush University Medical Center have announced they’ve filed a petition for a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Election to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU). This is Chicago’s largest NLRB filing on record for a Union Election in the Health Care Sector and one of the largest in more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has issued the following statement in response to a new directive from the Trump Administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) through its National Emphasis Program that leaves Workers vulnerable to heat: This new policy limits OSHA’s ability to hold bosses more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) - In the early hours of Tuesday (April 14th) morning, Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99 reached a tentative contract agreement (TA) with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). With a TA also in place for their Union Brothers, Sisters and Siblings in the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) - more»

In Cranston, Rhode Island - Robert Cruz is devoted to his job as Training Director at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 99/National Electrical Contractors Association’s (NECA) Joint Apprenticeship Training Center. "It's the best job. I change lives every day. I teach people ‘how to fish,’" said Cruz - who had more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - A new five-year contract has been agreed to by American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1095 after Union Membership voted 444-to-83 to approve the new deal, which covers the period from January 1st, 2027 through December 31st, 2031. The new contract includes pay raises in each of those years as more»

Here’s a huge win for libraries, museums and the communities they serve nationwide. Members of American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) have succeeded in protecting funding from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). That’s a Federal Agency the Trump Administration tried to dismantle over a more»

(THE BRONX, NEW YORK) - Seventy Workers employed at the Budweiser Beer Distribution Facility in the Bronx have voted to join United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 2D - marking the first Beer Wholesale Salesforce to join the UFCW in the U.S. Budweiser is a global brand of Anheuser-Busch and the facility is owned by Southern Glazer’s more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The Workers’ Justice Project-Los Deliveristas Unidos is celebrating a historic milestone for Delivery Worker Organizing in New York City with the launch of the City Hall Park Deliverista Hub - the first Worker-designed Hub of its kind in the Nation. Developed through organizing by App Delivery Workers and in partnership with more»

(HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY) - Mechanics employed at the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail in New Jersey have voted overwhelmingly to join the Transport Workers Union (TWU), fulfilling the TWU’s goal of wall-to-wall Industrial Trade Union Organizing. All Workers at the privately-operated New Jersey Transit Light Rail System are now part of the TWU. Local 229 more»

This May Day, International Workers’ Day, we are calling every Worker, organized and unorganized, employed and unemployed, to hit the streets! On May 1st, Workers, Students, Immigrants and Families in more than1,000 Cities nationwide will join May Day actions. They will march, rally, and refuse business as usual to demand one thing: Workers Over more»

Katie Langford at The Denver Post reports United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 - which represents thousands of Northern Colorado Meatpacking Workers, and JBS has reached a tentative contract agreement. The UFCW announced the agreement following two days of negotiations that resumed after a three-week Strike at the Flagship Beef Processing more»

(SEATTLE, WASHINGTON) - Reach University, the Nation's Non-Profit University advancing Apprenticeship Degrees, and the Training Fund, a Labor-Management partnership with expertise in employer-driven Health Care Apprenticeship Programs, has announced the launch of the Nation's first Apprenticeship College of Health (ACH), which is designed to address the more»

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has temporarily suspended contributions to its Employee Pension Plans in an effort to "conserve cash" due to an "ongoing, severe financial crisis." "There will not be any immediate detrimental impact to our current or future Retirees if normal FERS (Federal Employees Retirement System) cost payments are temporarily withheld," more»

Communications Workers of America (CWA) Members employed by DirecTV have voted overwhelmingly to give Union Leaders the authority to call a Strike if negotiations between the CWA and the company fail to reach a fair agreement. The Strike Authorization Vote comes as CWA's contract with DirecTV - covering nearly 300 Customer Service Call Center Workers in more»

Dave Infante at Fingers reports the Staff of one of the world’s best cocktail bars has gone Union. Workers employed at Attaboy, an influential cocktail bar in New York City that is often ranked among the global hospitality industry’s most elite outfits, went public with a Union drive. They are organizing independently as Attaboy Local 134. A more»

Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Workers could go on Strike as early as May 16th if they cannot reach a deal. During a press conference held last week - Kevin Sexton, who serves as the National Vice President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), said Workers would walk off the job on May 16th if they don’t reach a new contract more»

In the span of 24 hours, Workers at Ground Effects and Webasto Detroit both voted in National Labor Relations Board Elections to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). Ground Effects Workers make spray-on truck bedliners, in addition to other after-market parts and customizations, while Members employed at Webasto Detroit produce hard top roofs, primarily for more»

Janis Reeser at The Petoskey News-Review reports Northwest Michigan Works! and Walstrom Marine have launched the region's first U.S. Department of Labor Registered Marine Services Technician Apprenticeship. The program offers hands-on training and classroom instruction to prepare Workers for careers in the Marine Industry. Apprentices will complete 6,000 more»

The NewsGuild-CWA (TNG-CWA) has joined a growing coalition suing to appeal the largest broadcast merger in the history of the United States. The Coalition also includes the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the National Association of Broadcast Employees (NABET)-CWA, The Free Press, the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry Incorporated, more»

An estimated eight million people turned out to protest at more than 3,000 U.S. destinations on No Kings Day III on March 28th (2026). It’s described as the largest protest in U.S. History and the largest rebuke of Trump’s Presidency. As many as 200,000 turned out for the flagship protest in Minneapolis - site of the videotaped ICE murders of more»

(ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW YORK) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at the University of Vermont (UVM)-Elizabethtown Community Hospital have voted to overwhelmingly ratify a new contract after bargaining for months. UVM-Elizabethtown Nurses fought for a fair contract that maintains Safe Staffing Standards and secures more»

Graduate Student Research Assistants (GSRAs) at the University of Michigan have voted to join the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO)/American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 3550. In 1981, GSRAs were barred from organizing after the Michigan Employment Relations Commission ruled that they were not Employees under the Public Employment Relations Act. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is restoring Collective Bargaining Agreements with six of its Unions - including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents 300,000 VA Employees - after a Federal Judge said the Department was defying her order to do so. The contracts will temporarily remain in more»

Monica Potts at The New Republic reports President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget proposal that he has sent to Congress doubles down on MAGA pet projects while taking a sledgehammer to a number of programs that help the Working Class. Among the casualties could be new Moms trying to buy food and families with moderate incomes trying to buy homes. But more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Unionized Staffers at ProPublica, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Non-Profit Newsroom, launched a 24-hour Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) Strike today (Wednesday, April 8th) after authorizing such an action last month. The Union, which is part of the NewsGuild of New York, has been negotiating its first contract with the company since late 2023 more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The New York City District Council of Carpenters rallied at a high-profile construction site tied to Vanderbilt University in Manhattan’s Chelsea Neighborhood, calling on the project’s developer to ensure workers are paid standard wages. The Carpenters gathered at the site to protest what they described as sub-standard more»

(THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA) – The California State Association of Electrical Workers (CSAEW) - which represents 83,000 Unionized Electricians Statewide, has announced its strong opposition to SB 1065, which the organization warns would jeopardize Apprenticeship safety on construction sites, put untrained Workers in life-threatening situations, undermine more»

Daniel Donovan at Skillit reports that across the U.S., cranes are rising in some of the same states year after year and housing permits remain concentrated in high-growth regions, particularly across the South and Mountain West. But at the same time, the labor pipeline is not expanding at the same pace. A new 50-state comparison of housing permits and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The White House is proposing to cut more than 9,400 Workers and ​just over $1.5 billion from the 60,000-Employee Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that handles airport security operations, according to budget documents, Reuters’ David Shepardson reports. The details are part of a budget ‌document for the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Teamsters National Negotiating Committee has reached a tentative contract agreement with DHL that averts a national Strike that would have involved thousands of Workers across 26 Locals across the country. “Our Members at DHL held management’s feet to the fire and demanded a contract that recognizes the hard more»

(NEW YORK CITY)— Writers Guild of America East (WGAE)-represented Members at CBS News 24/7 have reached a tentative agreement with CBS/Paramount management on a new three-year contract. The 60-Member CBS News 24/7 Union and the WGAE Council’s Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News Sector Representatives will vote to ratify the contract in the coming more»

(JAMAICA, QUEENS) - Sixty-two years ago, St. John’s University (SJU) in New York City became the site of the first major Faculty Strike in U.S. History - a year-long conflict that followed the firing of 33 Teachers, including three Priests, without due process. Now, the struggle over labor conditions has forced the Faculty to once again mobilize, a more»

María José Gutierrez Chavez at Fast Company reports Sage & Coombe Architects, a Women-led Firm based in New York City, unanimously approved a Collective Bargaining Agreement. It’s the second American practice to ratify a contract, after Bernheimer Architecture in 2024. “This contract, the second in the industry, sets a standard more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – In a historic decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled Amazon illegally refused to recognize the Staten Island-based Amazon Labor Union-International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1 (ALU-IBT 1) and ordered it to begin negotiations with the Teamsters. “Four years ago, Amazon Workers at JFK8 won an NLRB more»

Jenny Cohen at FinanceBuzz Money asks the question: Are you considering a career change to find a job that can help you make more money? Then don’t rule out Blue-Collar work. Some Blue-Collar jobs might not require a four-year college degree and Apprenticeships or Trade schools can make switching to a Blue-Collar job even easier. Here are a few more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - United University Professions (UUP) President Fred Kowal is condemning President Donald Trump and his Administration for Trump’s unprovoked and ongoing war with Iran - which, in its first month, has claimed thousands of lives, including the lives of at least 13 U.S. Soldiers. Kowal, who leads America’s largest Higher more»

Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik at People’s World reports pundits are saying President Donald Trump is likely to lose his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case over his Executive Order taking away the right of automatic Birthright Citizenship that is spelled out in the U.S. Constitution. But the Department of Justice is pursuing the case anyway, more»

Dave Jamieson at The Huffington Post reports Amazon spent more than $26 million on Anti-Union Labor Consultants in 2025, according to new Federal disclosure forms, marking the largest such expenditure by a U.S. employer reported in a single year. The filings with the U.S. Labor Department show Amazon hired at least six firms that specialize in helping more»

(COMMACK, NEW YORK) – The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) has thousands of Members working in positions that require them to work in dangerous outdoor environments, leaving them vulnerable to reckless drivers. CSEA Department of Transportation (Babylon) Local Vice President Randy Acum and CSEA Nassau County Local Crossing Guard John Miro more»