New York, NY – This Yuletide season, while the Janus v. AFSCME case continues to percolate inside the U.S. Supreme Court and so-called “Right-To-Work” legislation grips GOP-controlled state houses across
According to The National Safety Council falls, slips, trips, contact with objects or equipment, overexertion and being struck by a falling object accounted for over 70,000 construction site injuries and
New York, NY – The city- and statewide task force inspired, in part, by the grisly 2015 death of construction worker Carlos Moncayo on a job site in Manhattan’s Meatpacking
ALBANY, N.Y.—After a storm of criticism, the New York State Workers Compensation Board has dropped a proposal to slash awards for workers who suffer permanent injuries on the job, replacing
In August, a call went out to Buffalo’s Labor Unions from the City’s Fruit Belt neighborhood – an elderly woman desperately needed help. Her Mulberry home, a structure that has
This week’s episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz joins Robert Grey, chair of the Workers Compensation Alliance, in looking at big business’ latest attempts to chisel injured workers out of vital
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Mayor Andrew J. Ginther’s administration has reached a deal with the Columbus Building & Construction Trades Council that it hopes will increase the number of people pursuing trade apprenticeships
On last night’s edition of Blue Collar Buzz, we spoke with Councilman Carlos Menchaca. who was one of the co-sponsors of Intro 1447 –C bill, which is commonly referred to
BALTIMORE, Md.—The North American Building Trades Unions has endorsed building a high-speed maglev train route between Baltimore and Washington, the federation announced this week, after Baltimore Washington Rapid Rail, the
New York, NY – The construction industry in New York City continues to be booming with record employment according to New York City Construction Outlook 2017-2019 prepared by the New York
