New York, N.Y.—“For 100 years, we’ve been feeding the tristate area,” Daniel J. Kane Jr., president of Teamsters Local 202 since 1999, told LaborPress in 2016.
Eber Garcia Vasquez has been shipped off to Guatemala. He has been disposed of as though he were nothing more than unsightly rubbish, and that was just plain wrong. Now
Houston, Tex.—On Sunday, Aug. 27, the roof of refinery worker Brandon Parker’s house in League City, Texas, was leaking, and he and his wife and three children had already taken
Nearly a decade after leaving, Operating Engineers Local 701 has rejoined the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council. A contingent of seven delegates and one presenter represented the local at
Washington, DC – In an effort to control the practice of companies in the USA hiring non-Americans under the H-2B program, the Department of Justice is now reviewing this practice. Utilizing
Brooklyn, NY – Justin Brannan, Democratic candidate for the 43rd District’s City Council seat, picks up an additional three union endorsements, adding to his impressive union support. Brannan is now
Allentown, PA – The workers who maintain Allentown’s 950 public-housing apartments voted unanimously Aug. 22 to authorize a strike. They “have been seeking a fair contract… for nearly a year,”
The first span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is open. The iconic twin-span cable-stayed crossing “The new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is much more than a magnificent, cutting-edge
1,800 IBEW Local 3 Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable) workers have been on strike against Charter Communications since March 28, 2017. Charter is trying to take away the hard-earned pension,
New York, NY – “Tut-tut and not to worry,” the proponents of so called “open shop” development like to insist; “New York City is a union town and that’s not
