NEW YORK, N.Y.—Building-trades workers picketed the CIM Group’s offices in midtown Manhattan March 27, demanding that the private-equity firm hire union contractors on a luxury-apartment building it’s developing near the
New York, NY – Contrary to what the de Blasio administration is claiming, equal pay advocates rallying on the steps of City Hall last week, insisted that the ongoing plight
ENR Honors Iron Workers’ Vicki O’Leary for Groundbreaking Work in Improving Safety and Diversity Washington, DC – Engineering News-Record (ENR) named Iron Workers (IW) General Organizer for Safety and Diversity Vicki
Albany, N.Y. – The New York State Legislature is considering legislation to ensure the payment of a standard living wage for all state-supported construction projects. “The Legislature has a simple decision to
New York, NY – A hushed, packed crowd stood in silence outside the Brown Building in Lower Manhattan, at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place, on the 108th
New York, NY — If you are at all interested in seeing the trade union movement build strength and expand diversity, the stubbornly single-digit figures reflecting the overall percentage of
NEW YORK, N.Y.—LaborPress honored two women at its annual Leadership Awards March 21: garment-worker union leader Julie Bracero Kelly and Denise M. Richardson, head of a trade association for union
Julie Bracero Kelly is the General Manager of the New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board, Workers United (SEIU), and International Vice-President of Workers United.
New York, NY — Denise Richardson is Executive Director of the General Contractors Association (GCA), a trade association that represents the union employers in heavy civil construction.
New York, NY – Right now, Marvel Studio’s “Captain Marvel” is blazing across the silver screen, inspiring young girls everywhere to be the heroines of their own stories. Next week,
