NEW YORK, N.Y.—Workers at the Uovo art-moving and storage company joined about 50 supporters for a rally outside its Long Island City warehouse Oct. 23, two days before they will vote
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Workers for airline contractor Eulen at John F. Kennedy International Airport went out on strike for 24 hours Oct. 21, demanding that the company stop interfering with their
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Should New York follow California and enact legislation limiting when employers can hire workers as “independent contractors”? The answer is “very simple,” New York State AFL-CIO President Mario
WASHINGTON—The federal Department of Labor published a final rule earlier this month that will allow states “to require drug testing for a far larger group” of applicants for unemployment compensation.
DETROIT, Mich.—The United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract agreement with General Motors Oct. 16, possibly ending the month-long strike by more than 48,000 workers at the company’s U.S. plants.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Management at the Uovo art-storage company wanted to hold a “captive audience” meeting Sept. 25 to talk workers out of forming a union—but at the company’s Long Island
NEW YORK, N.Y.—As multibillionaire Bill Gates entered Jazz at Lincoln Center for his foundation’s forum on “fighting global inequality” Sept. 25, about 60 Teamsters picketed outside, demanding that the trash-collection
DETROIT, Mich.—The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors entered its fourth day Sept. 19, after the company responded to the walkout by cutting off workers’ health insurance. “We understand
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Uber will begin logging its New York drivers out of the app if they don’t get to a “high demand zone” within 30 minutes of dropping off a
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The California Legislature has approved a landmark measure that would prohibit hiring workers as “independent contractors” unless their employers can prove they are legitimately independent businesspeople. Assembly Bill 5,
