March 16, 2015 By Assemblymember Francisco P. Moya Queens, NY – Construction remains the most fatal sector in America. That's why we need strong workplace safety laws – like the Scaffold Safety Law – to
March 13, 2015 By Stephanie West Washington, DC – Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa is vowing to keep pushing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project despite a veto from President
March 11, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Career construction workers fearing the further proliferation of junk jobs that offer men and women in the industry low-wages and little
March 10, 2015 By LIUNA President Terry O’Sullivan Washington, D.C. – With Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's latest attack on the middle class, half of the states in the nation now
March 9, 2015 By Steven Wishnia With members of Laborers Local 79 setting the beat on drums and plastic plaster buckets, a loud crowd of more than 250 people packed
March 7, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Building Trades’ members leafleted outside The Yale Club opposite Grand Central Terminal on early Friday morning informing passerby about what they say
March 5, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—The men and women of New York City’s Building and Construction Trades rallied during their lunch hour at 111 West 57th Street
March 3, 2015 By Stephanie West Construction of the one million-square-foot SolarCity GigaFactory facility at the RiverBend site in South Buffalo has begun. This project which broke ground this past
February 25, 2015 By Neal Tepel Lordstown, Ohio – General Motors is now revolutionizing its operations at one of its largest assembly plants by reducing its carbon footprint. IBEW Local
February 19, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The question of who actually builds the expansive Essex Crossing project in Lower Manhattan is still to be determined, but a new
