(COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE) - Tennessee Tech University has received a $434,204 grant through the Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) Program, led by IACMI - The Composites Institute, to expand hands-on metal casting education and workforce training opportunities for students, Educators and Industry Professionals. The grant more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has rejected the Bureau of Prisons’ attempt to - once again, terminate its Union contract protecting 30,000 Federal Correctional Officers and Staff despite a clear and controlling Court order requiring the contract’s reinstatement. U.S. District Judge Vernon more»

Workers represented by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 29 who work at the Duquesne Light Company (DLC) have voted to ratify a new five-year contract with the Pittsburgh area Utility, ending an 11-day Strike over salary, pension, staffing and other issues. Nearly 1,000 Local 29 Members returned to work Monday (October 12th) for more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - New York City is moving from warning about the disruptive potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to building a more concrete strategy for regulating how the technology affects Workers and consumers. The shift comes as AI faces growing scrutiny nationally, with former Employees of major companies warning the industry is struggling to more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – As the Holiday Shopping Season gets underway with Amazon Prime shopping beginning, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) President Stuart Appelbaum - whose Union represents 100,000 Members across the U.S. and is affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) - has issued the following statement more»

(RENTON, WASHINGTON) - Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons team (Dungeons & Dragons, D&D Beyond) and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters) have announced their intent to form a Union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) as a part of United Wizards of the Coast-CWA (UWOTC-CWA). This announcement comes in the wake more»

The U.S. Navy needs more from the American Shipbuilding Industry, which depends on Skilled Workers. Recent contract wins by Shipbuilding Unions in the States of California and Maine are delivering better pay, better benefits and more structured approaches to the introduction of new technologies into shipyards. Shipbuilders and Union Leaders told Business more»

Whitney Curry Wimbish at The American Prospect reports from Washington, D.C. that Organized Labor has won a major victory in a settlement ordering the Trump Administration to announce that it has abandoned its attempt to illegally fire millions of Federal Workers during last year’s Government shutdown. Under the settlement between a coalition of more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) - “In years to come, we’ll be able to point to this failure to put consumers over the monied interests of corporate consolidation as the tipping-point moment for media in this country.” Those were the stark words from the Block the Merger Coalition after Judge Martínez-Olguín removed the last more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Postdoctoral Researchers employed at New York University (NYU) have voted by an overwhelming margin to form a Union, NYU Researchers United Postdocs-United Auto Workers (UAW). Of those voting, 97.4% voted in favor. “The results of our vote demonstrate the collective power we have built and the strong mandate we have as we head into more»

Ben Cmic at The Daily Voice reports from White Plains that more than 1,300 Union-represented Building Service Workers employed across Westchester County and the Hudson Valley are going to receive their largest wage increase ever after ratifying a new four-year contract. 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) represents more than 5,000 Property more»

(DETROIT, MICHIGAN) - Workers employed at the Detroit Historical Society won their Union with AFSCME (American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees) Michigan, joining other Detroit Cultural Workers who are fighting for a stronger voice to create better institutions for both Employees and the community. The Workers recently voted more»

Itzel Franco at CNBC reports Skilled Trade Workers are already in high demand and researchers say the industry will continue to see steady job growth in the decade to come. The State of America's Skilled Trades report found 1.7 million will open each year through 2035. Jobs for the Future and The Burning Glass Institute, Non-Profits dedicated to expanding more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – With the Mid-Term Elections less than 30 days away, National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler has released the following statement: We are less than 30 days from Election Day and Working People around the country are ready to deliver victories for candidates who will fight for us! Our polling shows that 83% of surveyed Union Members more»

Dave DeNatale and Tyler Carey at WKYC3 reports Union Caregivers employed at the Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital have announced they’ve ratified a new contract and are "preparing to return to the work they care deeply about" after a Strike that lasted just over two weeks. According to a press release from the Service Employees International Union more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) Members employed at NewYork-Presbyterian Gracie Square Hospital, one of New York City’s few Hospitals dedicated to psychiatric care, held an informational picket on Thursday (October 8th), calling on Hospital management to agree to a fair contract that addresses chronic understaffing more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) - Opposition to the Federal Private School Voucher Program is growing across New York, as some of the State’s most prominent Elected Leaders have joined Educators, parents, Civil Rights Organizations and Labor Unions in warning against opting New York into the new Federal program. New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea more»

(HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA) - The United Steelworkers (USW) has announced the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has certified the results of a January 2026 Union Election where Workers at ATI Specialty Alloys & Components in Huntsville voted to join the USW - marking a significant step toward collective bargaining for better wages, stronger benefits and more»

After two years of negotiations, Members of the United Soccer League Players Association-Communications Workers of America (USLPA-CWA) Local 7211 have announced the ratification of a new contract. USLPA-CWA currently represents 1,100 Players, with more than 500 Members in the Unit. An upcoming League expansion could see the unit increase to over 800 more»

(MIAMI, FLORIDA) - Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 32BJ Members who work for Alliance Ground International (AGI) at the Miami International Airport (MIA) have filed wage theft complaints against the Ground Handling Company. The Cargo Workers announced their complaints while joining fellow Airport Workers to demand living wages. MIA is one more»

Tessa Solomon at ArtNews reports Unionized Staff employed at the Whitney Museum in New York City have ratified its second contract, just hours ahead of a Strike deadline. Under the new deal, every Whitney Employee will receive a wage increase of at least 14.75% over four years. Workers with the lowest salaries will receive larger raises, ranging from 5% to more»

(SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK) - After nearly a year of contract negotiations, Nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) at Adirondack Medical Center held an informational picket on Wednesday (October 7th) to call for a fair contract to ensure there are enough Nurses to care for their community and to protect Nurse and patient safety. more»

Emily Hanford-Ostmann at Scripps News reports employers across multiple industries are struggling to find enough skilled Workers. From construction and electrical work to aviation maintenance, businesses say demand is outpacing the available workforce as older Employees retire and major infrastructure and development projects expand nationwide. According to more»

(AKRON, NEW YORK) – A last-minute effort by ownership to sway its Union-represented Employees failed as Whiting Door Manufacturing Corporation Workers voted 141-to-79 on Tuesday (September 6th) to keep the United Steelworkers (USW) as their Bargaining Representative. In what just may have been the first such Union Decertification Election overseen by more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The United Auto Workers (UAW), along with six Unions representing Members employed by the largest U.S. Defense Contractors, are calling on Congress to support a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would ban Defense Contractors from stock buybacks and dividends. Since 2020, the big five prime Defense more»

(ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA) - Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at Kaiser Permanente Hospitals across the State California are celebrating a historic victory against wage theft committed by their employer. The California Nurses Association (CNA), which represents more than 25,000 Nurses who work at 22 Kaiser Facilities, have successfully won an more»

(STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK) - A Coalition of Labor and Community Organizations has sent a letter to the New York State Department of Labor demanding an investigation into Amazon’s violations of Warehouse Worker Safety Laws at the JFK8 Fulfillment Center in Staten Island. The Teamsters, Amazon Labor Union-IBT Local 1, Doctors Council and ALIGN, are more»

A Federal Judge has rejected a request from growers against New York State's Farmworker Unionization Law, upholding Workers' ability to organize under a landmark 2019 law. The lawsuit - brought by the New York State Vegetable Growers Association along with A&J Kirby Farms, Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms and Porpiglia Farms, continues to challenge the more»

(ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS) –Journalists have elected to form the Daily Herald News Guild by an overwhelming vote of 15-to-0. Authorized observers from the Union and management witnessed the counting of ballots at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Offices in Downtown Chicago. The Secret Ballot Election was conducted via U.S. mail after more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s appeal of a ruling requiring the company to pay back its Workers - Members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh-Communications Workers of America (TNG-CWA) Local 38061 - for the cuts to pay, illegally implemented increases in health care costs more»

Marcie Cipriani at WTAE-TV reports from Penn Hills, Pennsylvania that nearly 1,000 Duquesne Light Workers - including Linemen, are on Strike, demanding fair wages and better safety protocols as negotiations with the Utility Company continue. Duquesne Light says their Non-Union Crews have been filling shifts during the Strike. Michael Goodwin, whose more»

Nick Garber at New York Focus reports Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking a swing at one of New York City’s most intractable problems: Its dysfunctional, century-plus-old system for hiring Workers. Mamdani has announced the formation of a Task Force charged with proposing reforms to the City’s Civil Service System. The 12-person group of City more»

Annalise Knudson at siadvance.com reports Governor Kathy Hochul has signed three new Labor Laws intended to protect New York State Workers. Employees have gained new protections against Union impersonation, sudden construction job cancellations and restricted access to personnel files, under the three new Bills signed by the Governor. Said Hochul: more»

Andrew Lisa at Markets Today reports people generally don’t associate Blue-Collar jobs with seven-figure bank accounts. Some millionaires, however, trace their fortunes to their time working as Plumbers, Farmers, Construction Workers, Bus Drivers and Janitors. Here’s a look at the millionaires who built their fortunes on the foundation of the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) was created to provide childcare for low-income families while parents work or obtain education and training, but the program is so underfunded that it provides subsidies to just 16% of eligible children. Childcare is so costly that a full-time Minimum-Wage Worker in the State of more»

(SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA) - California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a Bill into law that will create tax credits to support Journalism jobs in the State. Newsom supported the Community NEWS Act after local and international outreach from the Guild and a Coalition led by Rebuild Local News. Local Guild Leaders pressed Newsom to sign the legislation. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Workers’ share of the New York City economy has decreased in the last 25 years while Capital-Owners' share in the City grown to a higher point than the country as a whole, an Economist in The New School found. In a new report, Mohamed Obaidy - the Associate Director of The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs, found more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The final defendant alleged by prosecutors to be involved in scheme selling fake Construction Safety Certifications to roughly 20,000 Workers in New York City has pleaded guilty, concluding a case that drew the attention of Building Trades Unions over the consequences of fake training in an already dangerous industry. Richard Marini, 73, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Staff of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) has requested voluntary recognition of their Union, NLIHC Workers United. A super-majority (96%) of Workers - 28 Employees, signed Union Authorization Cards, demonstrating their desire to be represented by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG). For more than 50 more»

(AKRON, NEW YORK) – In what just may well be one of the first Union Decertification Elections in Western New York Labor History, Workers employed at Akron’s Whiting Door Manufacturing Corporation - including a faction that believes they are better equipped to negotiate an agreement with improved wages, benefits and safety rules than the United more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents more than 8,000 Workers employed at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a lawsuit against the agency and administrator Lee Zeldin, alleging the EPA illegally terminated the Union’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The more»

(SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA) - Two United Steelworkers (SW) Locals and the BlueGreen Alliance scored a win in California when the State’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board rejected Oil Refiners’ looser safety plans. The Board’s unanimous vote overturned an agreement between the Refiners’ lobby, the Western States Petroleum more»

(ALBANY, NEW YORK) – The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) recently brought together more than 500 Educators, Parents, Lawmakers, Medical Experts and Advocates for Unplugged: Reclaiming Human-Centered Education, a full-day conference delving into the growing role of technology in classrooms and how schools can harness technology while keeping more»

(BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS) - The Construction and Building Trades are facing a defining challenge: A Workforce that is aging and retiring faster than it can be replaced. As a result, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB) and the Rising Stars Program have joined together to launch Trade Trailblazers, bringing together BGCB's Youth Development and more»

Forging Solidarity Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Gerry "Ski" Skrzeczkowski, an original member of the Western New York Labor Coalition for Jobs sponsors, discusses his memories of Solidarity Day 1981 during a recently-held event to examine the roots of the biggest Labor protest in U.S. History - the September 1981 Solidarity Day rally in Washington more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Starbucks planned to close 250 North American Stores this week - the second big round of closures under Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last September, Starbucks closed 627 Stores in North America and Europe. In a letter to employees, Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams said the locations more»

(LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA) – Following a wave of successful Organizing Drives among Cultural Institutions throughout Southern California, Workers employed at the Aquarium of the Pacific (AOP), which is the largest Aquarium in Southern California, have announced they are forming a Union through American Federation of State, County & Municipal more»

(LAKEVIEW, NEW YORK) – Over a two-day period - Tuesday (September 29th) and Wednesday (September 30th), more than 1,000 High School Students, took part in the 18th Western New York Construction Career Days event out at International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 17’s sprawling 400-acre Training Facility in Lakeview. Since its more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Crystal Carey, the Union-Buster whom President Donald Trump named as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), plans a mass trashing of Biden-era Pro-Worker Rules, starting with overturning the curbs on Captive Audience Meetings, plus restoring limits on Union insignias Workers can wear on their caps and uniforms. more»

(ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO) - Green Data Center Real Estate Incorporated, a developer of Autotrophic Data Centers that generate their own renewable power and produce their own water, and the New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council - the Statewide Alliance of 14 of New Mexico’s Building and Construction Trades Unions, has announced a more»