A new project labor agreement between the New York City Housing Authority and the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York is the first in nearly a decade.
The Adams Administration has announced that it is partnering with a construction union and a real estate firm in an effort to raise over $400 million that will go towards
An associate of a mob-connected head of a construction firm, Joseph Guinta, has been sentenced to six months in jail for his part in a bid-rigging and bribery scheme. He
The Police Benevolent Association will appeal a federal judge’s ruling of Feb. 7 that concerns New York City police actions during a public protest. Stipulations on conduct, in an agreement
The general public doesn’t think about workers in the kitchen when they eat at a restaurant. They are focused on their food – how quickly they can get it and
Gregory Floyd, President of Teamsters Local 237 and Vice President-at-Large, General Board of the IBT, marked Women’s History Month by recognizing some outstanding women in history and their achievements. In
Like another outdoor gear supplier, REI, Patagonia’s progressive image pitched at customers has not extended to their workers’ rights. REI employees in several states, including in their flagship store in
Bechtel Corp, a provider of engineering, construction, and project management services, has committed $7 million dollars to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The construction industry has one of the
The subway conductor who was almost killed by a cowardly attacker who slashed him in the throat and then ran, was reunited with the man who saved his life. Alton
Prison labor is a form of slavery. On prison farms, inmates, mostly in the South, still harvest crops, some by hand, on a number of former slave plantations. Arkansas, Texas,
