Meet Edgar Sanchez: LP Outstanding Apprentice of the Year
Silver Krieger
April 4, 2018
Local 14’s Outstanding Apprentice Nominee, Edgar Sanchez, 24, was born in the Bronx and joined the Navy while still a teen.
Category: Features
Oklahoma Teachers Propose $900M Revenue Package
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
April 4, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—Three Oklahoma unions have proposed an array of tax increases they say would finance the funding they are demanding to avert a statewide teachers’ strike scheduled for Apr.
Healthplex Continues their Long-Time Partnership with the Union Community
Lyndsay Desmarais
April 3, 2018
Labor Unions hold significant value in the workplace. They are the back bone for the workforce that relies on them to fight for, and protect their rights and interests. Unions
Private Ed Administrators Jailed for Theft
William Keeney
April 3, 2018
A Far Rockaway pre-school executive director and assistants has been sentenced to jail time for theft of education funds intended for special needs students. The Island Child Development Center was
Wisconsin Passes Bill to Pre-Empt Local Labor Laws
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
April 3, 2018
MADISON, Wisc.—Wisconsin’s Assembly passed a bill Mar. 22 prohibiting local governments from adopting labor regulations stronger than the state’s, and Gov. Scott Walker is expected to sign it.
Illinois Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Step-Pay Raises
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
April 3, 2018
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—The Illinois Supreme Court said Mar. 22 that it would not hear Gov. Bruce Rauner’s appeal of a lower-court decision that said it couldn’t legally continue withholding step-pay increases
NYS Governor Signs NYCHA Emergency Order
Stephanie West
April 3, 2018
Albany, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced an additional $250 million in emergency state resources to address the ongoing health and public safety crises faced by 400,000 New
Port Authority Backs Raises for Airport Workers
Steve Wishnia
April 2, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Board of Commissioners, voted unanimously on Mar. 29 to recommend raising the minimum wage for all service workers at John
Cynthia Nixon’s Anti-Worker Approach to Campaigning
Neal Tepel
April 2, 2018
New York, NY – Cynthia Nixon, candidate for New York State Governor, has taken an unusually anti-union approach to campaigning. Nixon’s statements towards workers are hostile and antagonistic. She clearly
Kaiser Permanente Union Coalition Splits as Contract Talks Begin
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
April 2, 2018
OAKLAND, Calif.—The coalition of 34 unions at the Kaiser Permanente health-care network fractured Mar. 26, as 21 locals announced they were leaving the day before contract talks were to start.
