October 23, 2015 By Neal Tepel, LaborPress Publisher New York, NY – It’s a tough world out there for small businesses in the big apple. As costs surge and competition…
…Greater New York. “We share her commitment to ensuring that New York City’s affordable housing programs are conducted with respect for the law and workers’ rights. I am confident with…
October 21, 2015 By John Quinn, LaborPress USA Roseville, Calif. — UFCW 8-Golden State members – have voted overwhelmingly to ratify new contracts with Safeway and Vons in Northern and…
October 21, 2015 By John Quinn, LaborPress USA Yale University, Conn. – A worker and member of the International Brotherhood-Boilermakers union, fell to his death at Yale power plant at…
…suburbs for 22 years, told Labor Notes. “A lot of people are skeptical that it takes eight years or two contract cycles to get up to top-tier wages.” Read more…
…wore were made right here at home. Today, everyday fashion is a $3 trillion industry, and virtually nothing we wear is created domestically. “The True Coast” — now streaming on…
…Critics maintain that non-union construction jobs are vastly more dangerous and continually subject workers to a spate of workplace injustices running the gamut from wage theft to sexual harassment. All told,…
…in 2009, provides daily coverage of labor news and issues in the New York area and the nation. It is the nation’s largest Web site specifically dedicated to labor news….
…help people get and keep these jobs, OSA runs a massive training program—one largely developed by Gorsky, from the curriculum to the study guides. “How to run a city—that’s what…
…he says. “Everything we have today wasn’t given away. It was a fight. It’s amazing how many people don’t know this.” The three sessions go over “how a union runs…
