Working Theater honored two individuals who have bridged the gap between labor and the arts on June 3 at its annual Bridge Awards and Benefit. The Bridge Awards and Benefit
With Broadway ticket prices at all-time highs, the mission of the Working Theater, the labor-focused theater company and arts education program, has never been more vital. The theater company, based
While high-speed rail had a big moment this past year when President Joe Biden announced that he was doling out more than $8 billion for rail projects in December, train
A group of service workers at a Hell’s Kitchen apartment building walked off the job May 2 on a short-term strike after the building owner made workers’ jobs more difficult
The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York held its annual Hard Hat Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on May 1 to commemorate the 13 construction workers who
Nontraditional Employment for Women’s (NEW) annual Equity Leadership Awards Luncheon on May 1 marked the beginning of a new chapter for the gender-equity based pre-apprentice program under the leadership of
On the afternoon of May 14, 2022, Jerome Bridges heard what he thought were firecrackers or a car backfiring outside the Tops supermarket where he works in Buffalo. An instant
The New York City carpenters union rallied on Wednesday to put wage-stealing construction contractors on notice. As part of an annual day of action against tax fraud in the union
The first new municipal union in New York in over 50 years just became the first legislative union in the city to ever ink a contract. ALE, the Association of
Labor leader D. Taylor stepped down from his post as president of UNITE HERE at the beginning of April. His 40-year career in organized labor has gone from building food
