(NEW YORK CITY) - A top official at New York’s largest Transit Worker Union has died of lung cancer after a prolonged battle with the disease. Nelson Rivera, 53, the Administrative Vice President of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100, was known by colleagues for his humanitarian work and long-time leadership. He was diagnosed with stage four more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Last week, the Laborers Local 60 and the New York State Laborers-Employers Cooperation Education Trust (LECET) recognized Essential Workers helping to keep Westchester County moving by giving them free meals as they worked on job sites in New Rochelle and Yonkers. At the Montesano job site in Yonkers, 35 Union Members - consisting more»

I saw a Trump 2020 flag on a house in Massapequa the other day - not unusual, as there are a lot of Republicans on Long Island - but what made me stop was the work truck in the driveway with an IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) decal on it. I couldn’t help wonder how the wall, the attacks on Immigrants, the attacks on Unions, the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - This week, Local 802 American Federation of Musicians (AFM) launched "Music for the Soul of NYC's Health + Hospitals Heroes" in partnership with The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and NYC Health + Hospitals. This new series will support the 43,000 Staff at New York City’s 11 public hospitals and their patients, funded by more»

(MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA) - Google says most of its Employees will likely be allowed to work remotely through the end of year. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Employees who needed to work in the office would be allowed to return in June or July with enhanced safety measures in place. The rest would likely continue working from home, a Google spokesperson more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Now that they’ve been bailed out, the Corporate Class is wasting no time trying to shove austerity measures down the throats of our “Front-Line Heroes” and “Essential Workers” studying at the City University of New York (CUNY). On Monday (May 18th), CUNY students and faculty fought back against efforts to more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Leaders of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are calling for universal access to broadband in future legislation that addresses the Coronavirus Pandemic. In a recent letter, CWA President Chris Shelton, AFT President Randi more»

Uncertainty fueled by the Coronavirus Pandemic has sped up a growing number of Non-Profit Workers joining Unions. From Environmental Justice Organizations to Political Advocacy Groups, Non-Profit Employees are turning to Organized Labor to achieve a greater say in how their organizations are run. And Unions - in turn, are capitalizing on the newfound more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenters (NYCDCC) recently partnered with Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens to donate 1,000 bags of groceries and food vouchers to more than 1,500 families in need in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Approximately, 20 members of the Union - all of them proud Brooklynites - volunteered more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Governor Andrew Cuomo could soon end up becoming a hero or a goat - depending on how he reacts to calls from Labor Rights Advocates to issue a new Executive Order aimed at protecting Workers across the state. Supporters of HERO - the New York Health and Essential Rights Order - say immediate action is needed to better protect the 2.2 more»

(BAYSIDE, QUEENS) - New York City is toasting a retired Public School Teacher who, at 100 years old, has lived through two global pandemics. United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Member Luisa Ceci Jacobson celebrated her centennial on May 10th with friends and family forming a cavalcade of cars honking horns and cheering the Italian emigre outside her home more»

(STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK) – In late March, Barbara Chandler drove from her home in Queens to the Staten Island Amazon warehouse where she’d worked for three years. The streets were emptier than usual. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had ordered all non-essential businesses to close two days before and the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Union representing Kickstarter Employees has reached an agreement with management that provides protections for laid-off Workers, Kickstarter United said in a press release. The crowdfunding company announced in an internal memo in late it would likely seek layoffs, along with other cost-cutting measures. Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Day Laborers in Queens, the borough hardest hit by COVID-19, are out of work - but they are being forgotten. Union Brothers and Sisters from Laborers Local 79 and the New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) group, along with Councilman Francisco Moya (Democrat-Corona) teamed up this week to deliver vital groceries to families in need. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - More than 130,000 Workers deemed “essential” during the COVID-19 Pandemic are facing the specter of deportation - and, with a Federal Court decision looming on whether the Trump Administration can terminate their right to stay in the country, they are calling on Congress to give them protection and a path to citizenship. Trump more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - School Bus Companies in New York City and Long Island are on the brink of collapse after some school districts in both areas refused to fulfill their commitments to honor their Union Contracts. Fulfilling the contracts would have paid Drivers through June after the COVID-19 Pandemic led to a statewide shutdown and students being schooled more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - New York University (NYU) Residents are seeking compensation for the increased risk they face as they are called to the front lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic, but leadership has declined their request for hazard pay and now stands accused on social media of gaslighting Residents. Residents created a petition, addressed to NYU Langone more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Despite being inundated with more than 3,000 COVID-19 complaints since the outbreak began in January, the Federal Agency tasked with protecting American Workers has, so far, failed to issue enforceable emergency guidelines. The BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of Labor and Environmental Organizations took the U.S. Occupational Safety and more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - From shuttered TV and film production, to Journalists forced into unemployment - the Media Industry has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 Epidemic. And when Performers and Broadcasters are put into potential jeopardy, it’s their Union - the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Front-Line Bank Workers with Multi-National Financial Services Giant Wells Fargo are speaking out this week about the lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other workplace protections ahead of a pivotal shareholders meeting. Employees say Wells Fargo is putting the health of its workforce in jeopardy. Three Wells Fargo more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Multiple American companies made the cut this year for the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health’s (COSH) list of 2020 “Dirty Dozen” employers. The Special Coronavirus Edition highlights how the actions of the companies on the list are contributing to hazardous work environments. The edition’s more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - More than two-thirds of Construction Workers in two major New York Building Trades Unions are out of work because of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Epidemic. About three-fourths of District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades’ (IUPAT) 11,000 Members are unemployed, says IUPAT Rep Davon Lomax. And in more»

Crew Members from Ellen DeGeneres’ long-running daytime talk show are distressed and outraged over their treatment from top producers amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, numerous insiders affiliated with the series told Variety. The core Stage Crew for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” consisting of more than 30 Employees, received no written more»

Workers in hospitals, grocery stores, transit, warehouses, construction sites and elsewhere have been rightly deemed essential, but a tale of two cities is playing out before our eyes: The privileged shelter in place, while others put their bodies on the line to provide health care, food, housing and infrastructure. Unfair working conditions have long more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced last week that it will be partnering with Northwell Health to provide priority testing to Transit Workers who have COVID-19 symptoms. About 50 tests per day, or 350 per week will be administered. This is similar to the partnership the organization has with the New York more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Building Service Workers at two luxury buildings in Manhattan and five in New Jersey staged a one-day strike Wednesday (April 16th), charging their employer, the Planned Companies Building Services Contractor, had illegally tried to block them from joining a Union and failed to provide them with proper protective equipment during the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Families of Transit Workers killed by the Coronavirus will receive a $500,000 benefit as if their loved one died in the line of duty, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced this week. The agreement with three of MTA’s largest Unions comes after more than 50 Agency Employees have died from virus-related more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - It’s estimated throughout the United States there are more than two million Americans who work in the Entertainment Industry - from sound stages in Hollywood to Broadway in New York City to the neighborhood cinema in Main Street USA. An industry that is glamorous, lucrative, well paid and mostly Unionized is now silent for the first more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - He’s got the dirtiest job in New York City and it’s never been more important. Subway Car Cleaner Corey Skinner (Pictured Above/New York Post Photo) spends 16 hours a day, five days a week sanitizing train cars to keep the Essential Workers who ride them each day safe. “I ‘got a job to do and I want to help as more»

The Prospect Editor’s Note: The Prospect just ran a piece by Steven Greenhouse on the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) successful efforts to ensure the recently-approved Federal bailout for the Airline Industry dedicated $3 billion of that money to continuing to employ the roughly 100,000 Contract Workers who staff the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - More than two-thirds of the Nation’s 2.25 million Domestic Workers have lost their jobs in the Coronavirus Pandemic, according to a survey released this week by the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), whose Executive Director Ai-Jen Poo called “sudden and devastating.” The survey of subscribers to the more»

LaborPress.org Editor’s Note: Timothy Sheard, a retired Registered Nurse (RN), worked in hospitals for more than 40 years. He is an author of medical mystery novels and founder of Hard Ball Press, a Union/Social Justice book publishing company. When she walks through the automatic doors at 7 a.m. into the ICU, Nurse T steps into a war zone. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Chipotle Mexican Grill Restaurant Chain promised last month that it would give its Employees “directly affected” by COVID-19 two weeks paid sick leave - but Workers at several Manhattan outlets say they were told to take unpaid leave. Miguel Amigon, a father of four who works in a Chipotle near Battery Park, said he began more»

The Huffington Post Editor’s Note: Stephanie Land is the Author of “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive” and a fellow at Community Change. Weeks before any cancellations were announced, as a public speaker I knew the fate of my job was not going to fare well, if at all, as the Coronavirus outbreak spread. For more»

As Coronavirus cases surge in the Nation’s prisons, Correction Officers and their Union Leaders are calling on state governors and the White House to take immediate action to protect the safety of both prisoners and Corrections Officers. Three Union Leaders in Michigan, including Service Employees International Union (SEIU) National President Mary more»

(STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK) - Leaked notes from an internal meeting of Amazon leadership obtained by VICE News reveal company executives discussed a plan to smear fired Warehouse Employee Christian Smalls, calling him “not smart or articulate” as part of a PR strategy to make him “the face of the entire Union/Organizing Movement.” more»

(QUEENS, NEW YORK) - Beloved Union Worker, Elmhurst Hospital Employee and Community Board Member Priscilla Carrow died earlier this week from COVID-19. She was 65. Carrow, who was a Member of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1180 since 2006, was a Senior Shop Steward in her Union and a well-known Activist in Corona, where she was a more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - As their Union scrambles to provide them with enough Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) against the ongoing spread of Coronavirus, Transit Workers continue to pay an increasingly tragic price for their dedication to the City of New York. This week, Patrick Patoir, a 33-year veteran of the Transit Authority’s Car Equipment more»

(STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK) - Dozens of Amazon Workers at a Staten Island warehouse walked out of work Monday (March 30th) to protest the company's "lack of safety protocols during the COVID-19 Pandemic," demanding the location be shut down for at least two weeks - and the man who organized the walk-out was fired, according to a report. Chris Smalls, a more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has released a comprehensive report of New York City’s essential Front-Line Workers helping battle the COVID-19 Pandemic, including those professionals work in public transit, health care, child care, grocery, pharmacy, sanitation, janitorial, utility and delivery industries. “As our more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - In a week where the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in New York City multiplied to more than 27,000, two Transit Workers, a High School Principal and a Parking Meter Collections Assistant became the first City Employees confirmed to have died from the lung-afflicting virus. Peter Petrassi, 49, a Subway Conductor who had been working in more»

(BROOKLYN, NEW YORK) - 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has launched a new social media photo push, urging Health Care Workers and everyday Americans to channel their inner "Norma Rae," to call for more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to aid in the fight against COVID-19. There is a nationwide shortage of masks, gloves, gowns, and more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is under increasing pressure to institute a city-wide moratorium on all non-essential building - the Coronavirus Pandemic is already impacting the most vulnerable Construction Workers in the industry. Non-represented Non-Union Construction Workers, already especially vulnerable to wage theft, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - While the Coronavirus cancelled plans for people to gather to mark the 109th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City today (Wednesday, March 25th), the New York AFL-CIO is offering a podcast: A Day In History That Changed Workplace Safety. Normally on this day, large crowds of Union Members and others would gather at more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - As Workers from various professional backgrounds throughout New York City try to stay afloat during the Coronavirus Pandemic, Union Leaders are stepping up to do whatever they can to protect them and stay abreast of their needs - despite the Federal Government’s initial response to the crisis. “I ‘don’t more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Back in December, before the coronavirus was even named, and long before it shut down the world, New York Magazine spoke to New York City Doormen at a meeting of their Union - 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ⁠- mostly about what it was like to serve the sometimes very entitled people in their buildings. As Duilio more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - As individual Unions continue to push for emergency funding, the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) have called on New York City and state officials to provide assistance to the more than 100,000 Art Workers whose employment has been impacted by shutdowns caused by COVID-19. As such, COBUG released the following statement: more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Big Apple’s Construction Trades Workers are still showing up for work - sometimes even while sick - putting new pressure on City Hall to close down job sites as it battles the spread of Coronavirus, The New York Post has learned. The developments come as Construction Union Officials and sources told the paper that Mayor Bill de more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Workers in the Fight for $15 and a Union Campaign are calling on private industry to Protect All Workers - rolling out a list of demands aimed at helping provide protection for Workers across a wide range of industries from airlines to hospitals, fast food restaurants and more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Vice President Mike Pence is urging construction companies – both Union and Non-Union, to donate respiratory masks to hospitals and health centers as fears grow they will run out of essential medical equipment as the Coronavirus infects more Americans. “We would make one specific request and that is we would urge more»