1199SEIU Workers Lack Healthcare at Alaris Health
Marc
June 2, 2014
June 3, 2014 By Marc Bussanich
Day: June 2, 2014
Seattle Adopts $15 Hourly Wage: Others Follow
Stephanie
June 2, 2014
June 3, 2014 By Neal Tepel Seattle, WA — In a major victory in fast-food workers’ 18-month fight for higher pay and a union, the Seattle City Council has passed
NYS AFL-CIO Encourages Staples Boycott
Stephanie
June 2, 2014
June 3, 2014 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – On the heels of the National AFL-CIO’s endorsement of the American Postal Workers Union’s (APWU) “Don’t Buy Staples” campaign, the New
AFGE Opposes Bill Cutting VA Physicians Pay
Stephanie
June 2, 2014
June 3, 2014 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) issued a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose H.R. 4399. This
Ohio AFSCME CO’s Save Life of Fellow Union Member
Stephanie
June 2, 2014
June 3, 2014 Reprinted from afscme.org Lucasville, Ohio – Tragedy can strike in an instant. Last month, shortly after the second shift ended at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF)
“Localities, ‘Laboratories of Democracy,’ and the Minimum Wage”
Stephanie
June 2, 2014
June 3, 2014 By Oren M. Levin-Waldman, Ph.D. Justice Louis Brandeis once referred to states as the laboratories of democracy. The idea was that policies first tried out at the
Union Health Funds Facing Disaster
Stephanie
June 2, 2014
June 2, 2014 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – When President Barak Obama first proposed a law that would provide quality healthcare for all Americans, organized labor was overwhelmingly supportive.
Scaffold Law Opponents’ Dubious ‘Defense’ of Minorities
Joe Maniscalco
June 2, 2014
June 2, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Editor’s Note: The following is part of an ongoing LaborPress series examining the ways in which efforts to weaken New York’s Scaffold Law jeopardize
LIC Cabinet Factory Workers To Vote On Unionization
Joe Maniscalco
June 2, 2014
June 2, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Queens, NY – After decades of trying, the New York City District Council of Carpenters (NYCDCC) is optimistic that a new vote taken today by
AFLCIO Housing Trust Transforms Communities
Stephanie
June 2, 2014
June 2, 2014 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – Camden, New Jersey, is probably not the first place investors would normally consider for financing a new, multi-million dollar building project,