On this week’s Sunday night episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz broadcasting at 9 p.m. on AM970TheAnswer, we’re talking to IBEW Local 3 Business Manager Chris Erikson who gives his
New York, NY – Low-wage earners utilizing passage of last year’s Fast Food Worker Empowerment Bill to create a first of its kind non-profit advocacy group funded through automatic paycheck
TORONTO, Ontario—Franchise owners who reacted to an increase in the province’s minimum wage by cutting workers’ pay and benefits are using “a bully tactic,” Unifor, Canada’s largest union said Jan.
AUSTIN, Tex.—The Communications Workers of America filed a lawsuit in federal court Jan. 2 demanding that AT&T reinstate 152 workers scheduled to be laid off Jan. 4.
New York, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo, this week, disappointed striking IBEW Local 3 workers and supporters who had hoped the state’s top executive might take Charter/Spectrum to task during
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
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—With the sale of recreational marijuana to adults becoming legal in California on Jan. 1, three major unions—the United Farm Workers, Teamsters, and United Food and Commercial Workers—are
The Communication Workers of America has filed a class action lawsuit against several companies including T-Mobile and Amazon for alleged age discrimination.
PORTLAND, Ore.—Workers at a Pacific Northwest grocery chain that claims “progressive values” are charging that it isn’t so progressive when it comes to them forming a union.
BOSTON, Mass.—The Raise Up Massachusetts coalition submitted petitions Dec. 5 to put initiatives for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and paid family and medical leave on the November 2018 state ballot.
