The head of the Iowa Postal Workers Union is alleging mail sorting machines are "being removed" from Post Offices in her state due to new policies imposed by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor to Republican President Donald Trump, whose operational changes have resulted in dramatic mail slowdowns across the Nation. Asked by NPR's Noel King more»

On July 31st, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a bombshell report documenting a Coronavirus outbreak in a Georgia sleep-away camp in late June. According to the report a youth counselor there tested positive for the virus just two days after the site opened. Though the camp was subsequently closed over the course of the next few more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union is stepping in where the Federal Government has failed, running its own Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Program for its 1.3 million Members. Since the COVID-19 outbreak hit, the Union has sent agents into grocery stores, meatpacking plants and food-processing facilities. They talk to more»

CBS News’ Editor’s Note: Pictured above, Briggs & Stratton provided this photo (on the left) showing plastic barriers between Workers at their Wisconsin plant. But another photo (on the right) provided by an Employee a day later appears to show those same barriers rolled up. (Photos Courtesy of Briggs & Stratton And An Employee) more»

(CLEVELAND, OHIO) - The Union representing some of Cleveland's Division of Waste workers claims the city provided Employees with expired personal protective wipes amid fears of COVID-19. Laborers Local 860, which represents about 200 Division of Waste Workers, said it has met with city leaders about the Workers' concerns after at least two Employees in the more»

(BATH, MAINE) - Navy Shipbuilder Bath Iron Works and its Union-represented Production Workers have reached a tentative contract agreement to end a Strike that has stretched on for more than a month during a Coronavirus Pandemic, officials announced Saturday (August 8th). The proposal, which was unanimously endorsed by the Union’s Negotiating Team, more»

(PORTLAND, OREGON) - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 48, working with the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and Harrison Trust, has added a new Maternity Leave Benefit for its members, as well as those of three other IBEW Locals in the state. The benefit allows for six months of paid leave, with 13 weeks more»

(SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA) - The Coronavirus Pandemic has fueled Strikes, protests and Union Organizing efforts in response to mass layoffs and concerns of safety protections for Essential Workers around the United States since economic shutdowns began in March 2020. As Workers try to organize Unions to improve working conditions during the pandemic, more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - Less than a year removed from its longest Labor stoppage in three decades (File Photo Above), the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is convening an emergency meeting of its elected delegates early next week to discuss another Strike Vote that would put pressure on Chicago Public Schools to back off its plan for a partial return to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) has released two comprehensive reports assessing construction opportunities and job quality in the Energy Sector. The reports, commissioned by NABTU, present new perspectives showing the great opportunities and high value of training, safety, health and compensation in energy more»

Even before COVID-19 sent the world economy spiraling, Unions were seen by more people as their best hope for a dignified life than at any time in recent years. A Gallup Poll from last year found that more than 60% of Americans support Unions, the fourth highest result in nearly half a century. The reasons are well known to anyone who works for a living. more»

The Chronicle Express Editor’s Note: Holly Sklar is the CEO of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a national network of business owners and executives who believe a fair Minimum Wage makes good business sense. Every day in these hard times, Grocery Workers and Delivery Drivers, Health Care Aides and Cleaning Staff, Childcare Workers and Fast Food more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), America’s largest Retail Union that represents 1.3 million Workers, has joined a coalition of major Labor Unions filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging Amazon is exploiting the COVID-19 Pandemic to further entrench its market dominance and calling on more»

(CARSON CITY, NEVADA) - As the Nevada State Government recently grappled over how to cover a $1.2 billion dollar budget shortfall caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic, Members of American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 4041 mobilized to take action against budget cuts that asked them to make the same sacrifices they made more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten laid out an expansive vision to tackle the Nation’s triple crisis in a keynote speech Tuesday (July 28th) to 4,000 delegates meeting virtually at the Union’s Biennial Convention - and she warned that, with schools set to reopen within days, urgent action is more»

(HONOLULU, HAWAII) - For the first time in history, the Unionized Building Trades will have first priority for jobs in Honolulu after the mayor reached an agreement with the local Building Trades Council. The new agreement would require contractors on Honolulu Public Works Projects of more than $2 million use Union Labor. It also says that if a Non-Union more»

As the COVID-19 Pandemic continues its rampage across North America, Building and Wood Workers (BWI)-affiliated Trade Unions have launched numerous initiatives to protect the jobs and wages of their Members and Workers in general, especially Immigrant and Migrant Workers. This was fully chronicled in BWI’s In the United States, the International more»

(UPPER MARLBORO, MARYLAND) - You might have missed the anniversary, but the International Association of Machinists (IAM) didn’t. On July 20th, 1969, millions of people watched in awe as U.S. Astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon for the first time. Aldrin, an honorary IAM Member, was part of a more»

Google was one of the first. Last September, 80 Google Contractors working for HCL Technologies voted overwhelmingly to Unionize. Then Engineers at the company advocated for a Union a month later - and were later fired. Then on New Year’s Eve, 2,300 Contract Cafeteria Workers who wash dishes and prepare food at Google's Bay Area campuses also more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The International President of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA)- Communications Workers of America (CWA) believes it's "absurd" that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not mandated that travelers wear masks on all flights during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Sara Nelson recently spoke with Hoda Kotb on TODAY about the more»

(RICHMOND, VIRGINIA) - Employers in the State of Virginia must follow a strict set of rules to protect Workers from COVID-19 or face stiff penalties, under an emergency standard issued this by its Safety and Health Codes Board. Unions pushed for the standard, which is the first of its kind in the country. The Board passed it by a final vote of 9-to-2 over more»

From Boston to San Francisco, Essential Workers in cities across the United States walked off their jobs and took to the streets on Monday (July 20th) to demand racial and economic justice as part of a nationwide "Strike for Black Lives." The planned day of Strikes and protests was organized by 60 different Labor Unions and Racial and Social Justice more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Across Federal Agencies and the U.S. Military, nearly 1% of all Federal Personnel have tested positive for the Coronavirus. Nearly 19,000 Civilian Employees have contracted COVID-19, in addition to more than 20,000 Military Members. This comes as thousands of Federal Workers who had been tele-working from the outset of the pandemic more»

Payday Report Updates WNYLaborToday.com on a Nurse Strike Wave that is growing across the United States in places like Southern California, Houston and El Paso: Scabs Nurses Brought Into Bust Strike In Illinois - As the country undergoes a severe surge of COVID cases, many hospitals are still short of PPE (Personal Protection Equipment). As such, Nurses more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Under heavy criticism for its unwillingness to eliminate hate speech from its platform, Facebook now is drawing the criticism from the National AFL-CIO for allowing employers to blacklist messages on its platform that contain the word “Unionize.” Calling it “completely unacceptable” and more»

(PORTLAND, OREGON) – Workers employed at Burgerville’s Montavilla location in Portland went out on Strike after the restaurant announced plans to reopen following an Employee’s recent positive COVID-19 test. On July 7th, a NE Glisan Burgerville location closed after an Employee tested positive for COVID-19. The company initially more»

(THE STATE OF MICHIGAN) - Michigan is making it harder for Public Employee Unions to collect dues. Earlier this week, the Michigan Civil Service Commission voted to approve a rule change that would require State Workers to opt into their Union every year before their Union can deduct dues from their paycheck. The Commission also directed the State more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans - and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican-Kentucky). Listing the three big crises facing the country, Trumka wants the GOP majority to get off its butt and help the Nation’s Workers. more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - United Airlines will send layoff warnings to 36,000 Employees - nearly half its U.S. Staff - in the clearest signal yet of how deeply the Coronavirus outbreak is hurting the Airline Industry. And the outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the past two weeks, as infection rates rise in much of the U.S. and some states more»

(LEESBURG, VIRGINIA) - When Christina Curfman thought about whether she could return to her second-grade classroom in the Fall, she struggled to imagine the logistics. How would she make sure her 8-year-old students kept their face masks on all day? How would they do hands-on science experiments that required working in pairs? How would she keep six feet more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - A National Coalition of Labor Unions, along with Racial and Social Justice Organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work this month as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic racism and police brutality in the United States. Dubbed The Strike for Black Lives, tens of thousands of Fast Food, Ride-Share, Nursing Home and Airport more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The president of the Nation's largest Teachers' Union hit back at Republican President Demand Trump over his demand that schools resume in-person classes this Fall, saying reopening cannot take place without guaranteeing the safety of students and Staff. "Did you hear the word ‘he didn't use?’ - 'Safely,'" National more»

(ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI) - Many Iron Workers adorn their hard hats with stickers, but in St. Louis’ Iron Workers Local 396, there’s one that only the women slap on: the “Iron Maidens.” The Union counts more than 1,800 Members in the area, but only 45 or so are women. These are the “Iron Maidens.” One of them says the more»

(AUSTIN, TEXAS) - Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 6 has announced it has reached a contract extension agreement with AT&T Southwest in early contract negotiations. The four-year extension agreement covers 17,000 Wireline Employees who work for the company in the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. "This agreement more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that went into effect on July 1st was touted by Republican President Donald Trump as an engine of American job creation - but Japan’s Automakers are largely opting instead to keep their Mexican operations in place and pay their Workers more or even just pay tariffs. The more»

(WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA) - Salvador Ramirez, a Meatpacking Worker at JBS in Worthington, died alone in a house not much bigger than a studio apartment a mile from the plant. His state death certificate said he was 53, but he was 66, said his wife, Maria. The two had been married for 25 years and raised two sons in Chicago. They lived separately after he more»

(DETROIT, MICHIGAN) – The United Auto Workers (UAW) Union paid nearly $81 million in benefits to striking workers last year, according to a federal filing this week. The filing also noted that the Union's top negotiator against General Motors earned more than a quarter of a million dollars. While the UAW had several strikes last year, the bulk of more»

(ESCANABA, MICHIGAN) – National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, leader of America’s largest Federation of Labor Unions, has joined the United Steelworkers’ (USW) fight alongside Workers who provide care for the most vulnerable patients living at the Bishop Noa Home (BNH) in Escanaba. Trumka wrote to John F. Doerfler, Bishop of Diocese more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Following the Janus v. AFSCME decision, UCOMM reported about Anti-Union Groups' next attack on Labor Unions, which is to work to defund them. Throughout the country, these Anti-Union Groups are pushing lawsuits that attempt to collect Fair Share Dues that were paid in the years before the Janus decision. With the cases failing to win more»

(SEATTLE, WASHINGTON) – Washington State Ironworker Tara Davis wants her participation in the new CBS-TV reality competition Tough as Nails (premiering at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 8th) to draw attention to Women Ironworkers and to show that a person’s family history does not define his or her future. Tough as Nails was created and is hosted by more»

(ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA) – Union-represented Disneyland Workers took to the streets over the weekend (Saturday, June 27th) to call for changes to plans for the resort’s reopening, which was delayed indefinitely last week. The morning car caravan protest was organized by a coalition of Resort Labor Unions representing around 17,000 workers at more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - It was the most visible affirmation of the sentiment sweeping the Nation - Black Lives Matter - and a defiant response to Republican President Donald Trump’s controversy-laden photo op taken earlier this month in front of the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church - and American Federation of State, County & Municipal more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - As Health Care Workers around the world risk their lives on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response, their consistently elevated rates of infection suggest countries are not doing enough to limit their risk. In “Assessing and Reducing Risk to Health Care Workers in Outbreaks,” a new paper published in the journal Health more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Snaking its way from the Washington Navy Yard to the U.S. Senate, a caravan of cars driven by Unionized Postal Workers delivered petitions with two million names, demanding Federal Lawmakers enact the HEROES (Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions) Act - including its $25 billion to save the U.S. Postal Service from more»

(LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) - Nevada’s casinos began reopening early this month, with the State Gaming Control Board requiring customers wear masks during card and table games where they’re sitting with a Dealer - but that’s not anywhere near enough, say the Unions representing Casino Workers. “That’s ‘great for the dealer, but more»

The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police Officer in May has sparked outrage and mass protests all over the world. In cities across America, protesters are calling for racial justice and drastic reform within police departments. The rallying cry, “Black Lives Matter,” has garnered widespread support within the Labor Movement and in more»

(PORTLAND, OREGON) - On Friday (June 19th), a group of Workers picketed outside an unlikely location: Union Jacks Strip Club. It's the only club out of nearly 30 Portland establishments that won't agree to demands to ensure fair treatment of African American Dancers. "Who's ‘gonna cross a Strike Line of angry-ass’ Strippers?" says Cat Hollis, more»

The U.S. has the worst record among major developed countries when it comes to Workers’ Rights, according to a survey of Labor Unions. The world’s largest economy is ranked a 4 in a scale by the International Trade Union Congress, meaning there are “systematic violations of rights.” Every other Group of Seven country ranks 3 or more»

It was Tuesday, May 26th, the same day the video of George Floyd’s murder by four Minneapolis policemen surfaced. James Curbeam was walking to his car outside a Lowe’s store not far from where he lives in Nashville, Tennessee, when a white woman approached him demanding to know, “Why are you following me?” Curbeam, who is chairman more»

(DALLAS, TEXAS) - AT&T is cutting 3,400 jobs and shutting down more than 250 stores, a Union representing the company's Workers said. The job cuts are part of the economic effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic and the carrier's efforts to focus on growth areas, AT&T said. The layoffs come as Chief Operating Officer John Stankey prepares to take over more»