June 16, 2015 By LaborPress A procedural vote in the House June 12 blocked President Barack Obama’s bid to win fast-track authority for the proposed 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
June 16, 2015 By LaborPress Workers from Maine involved in the four-month strike at FairPoint Communications last winter can receive unemployment benefits for the time they were out. The Maine
June 16, 2015 By LaborPress Airlines at Philadelphia International Airport have agreed to pay the city’s $12-an-hour “living wage” to the about 2,000 baggage handlers, skycaps, and aircraft cleaners who
June 16, 2015 By LaborPress The Maine House of Representatives defeated three bills intended to weaken labor unions June 12. By a 90-52 vote, it defeated a measure to prohibit
June 16, 2015 By LaborPress An amendment to a transportation-funding bill passed by the House June 9 could jeopardize nearly $3 billion in federal funding for building California's high-speed rail
June 15, 2015 By Steven Wishnia The need for strong labor media and the struggle to preserve prevailing wages for construction workers were on everyone’s mind as LaborPress honored
June 15, 2015 By AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Washington, DC – The labor movement strongly supports Hillary Clinton’s plan to implement sweeping changes to U.S. election and voting laws. This
June 15, 2015 By UFCW Local 655 President Dave Cook, UFCW Local 88 President Steven Straher, UFCW Local 2 President Tom Price Kansas City, Mo. – On behalf of the
June 15, 2015 By Stephanie West New York— New York City will return the management of correctional health services to the Health and Hospitals Corporation. The contracting of these services
June 15, 2015 By Jerry Cooper, National LaborPress Springfield, PA., – Chambers of commerce in eastern and western Pennsylvania and local labor organizations have joined forces to launch the Pennsylvania
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