May 26, 2015 By Neal Tepel New York, NY – The de Blasio administration is calling for changes in state law to increase contracting opportunities for Minority and Women-Owned Business
May 25, 2015 By Stephanie West New York, NY – The Sierra Club and AFL-CIO are joining forces with the Workers Unite! Film Festival this week to bring audiences the
May 25, 2015 By Neal Tepel With most labor unions, environmental groups, and advocate organizations opposed to Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, there needs to be a slowing down
May 22, 2015 By LaborPress Los Angeles will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The City Council’s 14-1 vote May 19 makes it the nation’s third
May 22, 2015 By Neal Tepel San Fransico, California – While the real estate market in San Francisco has been on the upswing in recent years, housing and commercial construction
May 21, 2015 By Larry Cary Last week’s rankings by U.S. News & World Report of the “Best High Schools” in the country offer surprising support for the advocates of
May 21, 2015 By Mark Henry, President/ Business Agent, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 1056,* and Chair, ATU NYS Legislative Conference Board Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) joined with labor, elected officials,
May 14, 2015 By George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU New York, NY – The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU strongly support Governor Cuomo’s creation of a Wage Board to make recommendations
May 14, 2015 By LaborPress The Pennsylvania Senate's Finance Committee voted 6-4 May 11 along party lines to approve a bill that would eliminate pensions for future state workers and public-school
May 14, 2015 By Stephanie West Washington, DC – It looks like nail salon workers everywhere have a champion in the U.S. Congress. Representative Kathleen Rice [D-4th Congressional District] is
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