New York, NY – On the latest episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, Host Bill Hohlfeld talks to RWDSU President and UFCW Executive VP Stuart Appelbaum about Governor Andrew Cuomo’s
New York, NY – Although there’s growing concern over the future of upstate casinos, they have generated both income and jobs to thousands of New Yorkers. Under the present agreement,
New York, NY – This Yuletide season, while the Janus v. AFSCME case continues to percolate inside the U.S. Supreme Court and so-called “Right-To-Work” legislation grips GOP-controlled state houses across
According to The National Safety Council falls, slips, trips, contact with objects or equipment, overexertion and being struck by a falling object accounted for over 70,000 construction site injuries and
New York, NY – The city- and statewide task force inspired, in part, by the grisly 2015 death of construction worker Carlos Moncayo on a job site in Manhattan’s Meatpacking
ALBANY, N.Y.—After a storm of criticism, the New York State Workers Compensation Board has dropped a proposal to slash awards for workers who suffer permanent injuries on the job, replacing
In August, a call went out to Buffalo’s Labor Unions from the City’s Fruit Belt neighborhood – an elderly woman desperately needed help. Her Mulberry home, a structure that has
This week’s episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz joins Robert Grey, chair of the Workers Compensation Alliance, in looking at big business’ latest attempts to chisel injured workers out of vital
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Mayor Andrew J. Ginther’s administration has reached a deal with the Columbus Building & Construction Trades Council that it hopes will increase the number of people pursuing trade apprenticeships
On last night’s edition of Blue Collar Buzz, we spoke with Councilman Carlos Menchaca. who was one of the co-sponsors of Intro 1447 –C bill, which is commonly referred to
