(SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK) - New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake held a speak-out for a fair contract earlier this week and called for an agreement with a plan to recruit and retain Nurses, including respectful wages and affordable health benefits. This is the first time in more»

Alana Edgin at The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports that once known as the "best kept secret" in the local Trades, future Sheet Metal Workers now have a place in Lubbock, Texas to learn the craft. Sheet Metal Air Rail Transportation (SMART) Local Union 49 JATC has officially opened their new 9,000-square-foot Training Facility. Members of the Union and more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - New York State Attorney General Letitia James HAS secured $440,000 from Denny’s Franchise Owners Reveille Management, LLC (Reveille Management) and Top Line Restaurants, Inc. (Top Line Restaurants) for failing to pay their Restaurant Workers the full wages they were owed. Reveille Management and Top Line Restaurants, both owned more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) have issued the following statement after signing a Memorandum of Understanding outlining their historic industry-wide collaboration: IUPAT and LIUNA stand as two pillars of the North American Labor more»

Pavithra Mohan at Fast Company reports Unions have grown more popular in recent years, with 16.5 million Workers represented by a Union in 2025 - the highest share of the overall workforce in 16 years. As Workers have mounted high-profile Union Campaigns at companies like Starbucks and Amazon, some employers have openly pushed back on those efforts, in turn more»

(SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA) - Wiki Workers United U.S. (WWU-US)/Communications Workers of America (CWA) has demanded voluntary recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that hosts Wikipedia and sister projects. This request comes from a super-majority of Union-eligible Workers who have signed Union Authorization Cards. WWU-US more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - From Portland, Oregon to Miami and from Chicago to Washinton, D.C., tens of thousands of people rallied Tuesday (July 28th) in a Union-organized campaign to save the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) by pressuring Congress to give it a temporary financial lifeline while keeping it out of the clutches of Wall Street and the billionaire class. more»

Regielyn Santiago at Human Resources Director reports a Federal Appeals Court has thrown out a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that forced new business owners to bargain with an inherited Union, even without majority support. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled the NLRB's "successor bar" is inconsistent with more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Association of Teachers & Staff (ATS.NYFA/UAW) has reached a tentative contract agreement with the New York Film Academy. Pending ratification, Members will have their first contract after 18 months of fierce bargaining and tireless organizing to demonstrate Workers’ collective power. The Union Members have secured an more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Members of United University Professions (UUP), which represents more than 42,000 Academic and Professional Faculty at State University of New York (SUNY) State-operated Campuses, have ratified a new five-year contract with New York State. The contract was approved by 97.7% of eligible voters who cast ballots, one of the Union’s more»

(BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS) - The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has awarded $1.5 million to Massachusetts to support Registered Apprenticeship as a training and employment strategy for emerging industries. This grant builds on Governor Maura Healey’s Administration’s commitment to expand Registered Apprenticeship, a proven workforce strategy that more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California has announced it has moved to dismiss the charges against Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West (SEIU-USWW) President David Huerta, who was arrested while protesting the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown in California. more»

News Workers at The Skagit Valley Herald, Anacortes American and Stanwood-Camano News, who are represented by the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, are on Strike. After nine months of negotiating with owner Adams MultiMedia, the company has continued to insist it wants “no limitation on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI),” including the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Schneps Media Union has won their Union Election and joined the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE), Local 1096 of The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA). Workers held an in-person ballot election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on July 24th at both their Brooklyn and Long Island more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Workers employed at the Movement Harlem Climbing Gym held a one-day Strike on July 18th to protest Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs) in what the Workers United Union claimed was the first-ever wall-to-wall Strike at a North American Climbing Gym. Standing in pouring rain, the Workers picketed outside the gym at 256 West 125th Street in more»

(NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA) - Workers employed at Swaybox Studios in New Orleans have voted to join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), securing Union Representation through a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Election and marking one of the largest Film and Television Organizing victories in the Union’s recent history. more»

(SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA) - The ills of the Nation’s Medical System, especially privatization of hospitals and nursing homes whose investors put profits over patients, are driving increasing numbers of Doctors to Unionize. But it’s not just 500 Physicians in Minnesota or several hundred more in Chicago. Now, the Service Employees more»

Emma Caplan-Fisher at Moneywise reports When Jensen Huang showed up at Carnegie Mellon, the Nvidia CEO used his commencement address to the Class of 2026 to make a case for a very different kind of career: One that requires a hard hat, not a laptop. "AI (Artificial Intelligence) gives America the opportunity to build again," Huang told the assembled crowd more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement with there now being 100 days before the Mid-Term Elections: Every single part of our lives is political. Even simple things - like the quality of the air our kids breathe, how many potholes we hit on our way to work and how long it takes to get to the more»

(DETROIT, MICHIGAN) - One of Detroit’s latest revitalization projects is transforming vacant and blighted areas of land into solar arrays and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 58 Members are helping to make that happen. Billions of dollars have been funneled into Detroit’s coffers to fund a number of projects aimed at more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) - Production Workers employed at Brooklyn Bowl’s flagship Williamsburg location have voted 15-to-1 to join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 4. The newly-formed Bargaining Unit covers 24 Production Workers at the popular Brooklyn venue. Opened in 2009, Brooklyn Bowl Williamsburg has grown into more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Top-level Editors at Reuters - including Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni - have repeatedly big-footed Unionized Journalists by cherry-picking stories, taking bylines and doing reporting and writing instead of managing their Staff, all in violation of Labor Law, the NewsGuild of New York says. The NewsGuild of New York has taken more»

(DENVER, COLORADO) - Over a dozen Audio Engineers at three of Denver’s most prominent Independent Music Venues have voted overwhelmingly to join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 7. Workers at The Oriental Theater, The Federal Theatre and HQ Denver each cast their ballots separately, delivering decisive majorities more»

(INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA) - Governor Mike Braun has announced $9.1 million in new grants that will expand Registered Apprenticeship Programs throughout the State of Indiana, helping Hoosiers skill up and enter higher wage careers. A portion of the funding will also go toward connecting formerly incarcerated adults with employment. Governor Braun more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) President Melinda Person has released the following statement in response to the Salamanca School District's plan to bring a humanoid robot into classrooms this coming school year: “A robot built by a company associated with sex dolls has no business in our classrooms. Our students more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - The NAACP, the Nation’s oldest Civil Rights Organization, and the Union Movement plan closer cooperation in the fight to defeat MAGA and the Trump Administration, which both call an enormous threat to Workers and People Of Color. NAACP Executive Director Derrick Johnson and Board Chair Leon Russell announced that closer more»

(THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA) - After a year of tough negotiations, coordinated collective actions and increasing political support, the Unionized Resident Physicians and Fellows at the University of California (UC) have reached a tentative agreement on their first statewide contract with UC Health. Represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Staff represented by the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys–UAW (ALAA)-United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2325 at Brooklyn Defender Services have reached a tentative contract agreement, ending a Strike at New York City’s second-largest Public Defender Group. Staff Attorneys, Social Workers and Support Staff at the more»

(LONG BEACH, NEW YORK) - For the first time since 2010, members of Long Beach Professional Fire Fighters Local 287 are working under a current contract. Long Beach City has approved a successor agreement, officially ending one of the longest bargaining efforts in the Local’s nearly 100-year history. The contract provides long-awaited stability for more»

(APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA) – Workers at Half Price Books in Apple Valley have voted to Unionize with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663, becoming the fifth Unionized Half Price Books Store in Minnesota and the 10th nationwide. The Workers organized to win a voice on the job and to negotiate a first Union contract that includes higher more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Teamsters Union has reached an agreement in principle with United Airlines (UA) on a new contract for more than 11,000 Mechanics and related Employees nationwide, delivering a major victory after nearly two years of relentless bargaining and Member-led contract action. The full Bargaining Committee, made up of UA Business more»

Jim Wilson at The Canadian HR Reporter writes the Canadian Government has announced $2 billion in new funding for Provinces and territories to expand Skilled Trades training, a commitment HR Professionals should watch closely given projections of a shortfall of more than 1.4 million Trades Workers by 2033, according to Employment and Social Development more»

Megan Cerullo at CBS News reports that even as many Workers are fearful Artificial Intelligence (AI) could endanger their jobs, there's a potentially bigger employment crisis on the horizon: A severe labor shortage that is set to emerge over the next 10 to 15 years, according to a leading demographer. Demand for young Workers is going to "explode" during more»

(OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA) - Members of the Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC)/ International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 20, have voted to ratify a new contract with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) that includes the Union’s highest-ever wage increase. The ESC represents nearly 5,000 more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Crews worked through the weekend to stabilize the Midtown Office Building where two structural columns buckled last week, as New York City's Department of Buildings (DOB) announced the implementation of additional safety measures. The DOB said contractors are working around the clock in shifts to install additional support inside 235 East more»

(OGDENSBURG, NEW YORK) – The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) is condemning Ogdensburg’s Northstar/Claxton-Hepburn’s proposed cuts to its Maternal Health Services with NYSNA President Nancy Hagans releasing the following statement: NYSNA Nurses are outraged to hear Northstar/Claxton-Hepburn is planning to eliminate Maternal more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - The University of Chicago Press Workers Guild (UCPWG) has won their Union Election, with a majority of their 134 Members voting to become a Unit of the Chicago News Guild (The Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America (TNG-CWA) Local 34071, joining the Nationwide Labor Movement for a stronger Publishing Industry. In a more»

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters wants President Donald Trump to make one of America's favorite imports a lot more American. The Teamsters are urging the Administration to impose significant tariffs on Mexican beer, arguing more of it should be brewed by U.S. Workers instead of across the border. The Teamsters argue Mexico has fueled its Brewing more»

Elijah Skipper at WLOS Asheville/Greenville reports during a visit to Broughton Hospital in Morganton, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced a new Apprenticeship Program aimed at building a pipeline of Health Care Workers as State Facilities continue to face staffing shortages. The STEP-NC: Health Care Program is the first Health Care Apprenticeship more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Sounding the alarm over threats to Democracy, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten is urging her Union’s 1.88 million Members to hit the streets between now and Election Day to defend it. Specifically, in her keynote address on July 16th to the Union’s Convention, she wants 25,000 Teachers and more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Hotel and Gaming Trades Council-represented Workers employed at the Jewel Hotel in Midtown Manhattan have won their first Union contract - a victory seven years in the making. In June, the Jewel Hotel Workers authorized a Strike for a fair contract. Jewel management saw the Workers were united, serious, and ready to Strike. They more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Workers employed at New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) who Unionized last month say management's bad-faith bargaining and attempts to carve over a dozen members out of the nascent Union show the Immigrant Rights Organization is failing to live up to its professed Pro-Worker values. In June, over 40 NYIC Workers notified management they more»

Production Assistants (PAs) on the set of CBS’ new Silicon Valley legal drama – Cupertino, have filed for an election to join Production Assistants United (PAU), an Affiliate of Laborers (LIUNA) Local 724. “Health care, turnarounds and fair wages are all safeguards for Workers to ensure that they are given a high quality of life,” more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to President Trump's nationally-televised address on elections: President Trump pushed years-old, thoroughly debunked, alarmingly dangerous conspiracy theories in an effort to undermine our elections and deny Americans their fundamental freedoms. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has topped the highest Membership in its 110-year history as Workers across America flock to organize with the 1.88 million-strong Union that cares, fights, shows up and “gets shit done.” At the AFT’s 89th Biennial Convention this week, Union President Randi Weingarten more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Public Defender Union representing hundreds of Attorneys and Staff across Brooklyn and Queens have walked off the job after a 21-hour marathon bargaining session this week failed to result in a contract agreement. The Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) Union represents around 500 Staff, including 280 Attorneys - as well as Social more»

Christian Hans at NewsOn6.com reports six Oklahoma Universities will begin offering new Teacher Preparation Programs in August as part of a Statewide effort to strengthen Oklahoma’s Educator Workforce and create more pathways into the profession. The new programs include accelerated certification options for career changers and alternative more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Union Membership in the U.S. ticked up in 2025, breaking a decades-long trend of declining Unionization, but today’s Unionization Rate doesn’t reflect the tens of millions of Workers who want a Union - but can’t get one. This Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report examines what we stand to gain if we triple current more»

(DETROIT, MICHIGAN) - Well, now we know why U.S. mail delivery has been so slow in Downtown Detroit: At one point, the United States Postal Service (USPS) closed 10 of the 11 local Post Offices there - including the one serving the rapidly growing business and residential area around the Renaissance Center. But then the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports on Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx where 12 Nurses - who were laid off - are now being replaced with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered software, according to the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), which represents Nurses at the Hospital. National Nurses United (NNU), the parent Union of NYSNA, has been more»