WASHINGTON, DC – AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is urging union members to lobby against the new NAFTA. Trumka believes the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA would harm workers just as the treaty it
NEW YORK, NY — AVM Construction Corp., of Valley Stream, NY, has failed to pay proper prevailing wages to workers related to a publicly-funded New York City construction project. The
NEW YORK, NY – On Thursday, June 13th, members of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) staff voted in favor of unionization for administrative full-time and part-time workers. The certified
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—The United Auto Workers lost its second attempt to organize workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, by a slightly narrower margin than the vote the union lost in 2014. The
WASHINGTON, DC – The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa regarding the House Education and Labor Committee approval OF H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, which would
New York, NY — AVM Construction Corp., of Valley Stream, NY, has failed to pay proper prevailing wages to workers related to a publicly-funded New York City construction project. The
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has released agency watch list reports on the Department of Buildings (DOB) and citywide spending on homelessness – two areas where the
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Saying “we only have 12 years to accomplish the massive shifts necessary to avoid the worst impacts of climate change,” the SEIU’s International Executive Board passed a resolution supporting
SARNIA, Ontario—The first strike in 30 years by Ontario plumbers and steamfitters ended with a tentative agreement June 5. The deal came after the Mechanical Contractors Association of Ontario dropped
NEW YORK, N.Y.—After a one-day strike and a marathon bargaining session, Vox Media workers reached a deal with management for their first union contract June 7. “After 29 straight hours
