WASHINGTON—Saying it would eliminate the right to union representation for more than 600,000 workers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is urging members to tell Senate Democrats to filibuster the
Washington DC – “President Trump tried hard to spin his record on “defending American workers,” but the truth is that working people are much worse off one year into the
This week, Blue Collar Buzz had the opportunity to sit down with IBEW Local 3 members John Freeman and Randy Cedeno and talk about the 10-month-long strike pitting some 1,800
LONG BEACH, CA – UNITE HERE Local 11 has filed paperwork with the Long Beach City Clerk to begin collecting voter signatures for the Ordinance to Protect Women From Abuse. With
Albany, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the dates and locations for the upcoming public hearings to address the possibility of ending minimum wage tip credits in New
FRANKFORT, KY.—A Kentucky judge on Jan. 24 dismissed a lawsuit by the state AFL-CIO and Teamsters Local 89 to strike down the state’s 2017 law banning the union shop. The
MONTREAL, Quebec—The AFL-CIO and Mexico’s leading labor federation filed a formal complaint against Mexico with the U.S. Labor Department Jan. 25, charging that amendments proposed to Mexico’s labor law would
New York, NY – Amazon, the giant tech company engages in labor practices that we have not seen in this country since the ‘sweatshop’ era. The company pays wages barely
This week, LaborPress’s Joe Maniscalco had the sad task of reporting the the first construction worker death of the year. With barely the first month of the new year gone,
New York, NY – Members of New York’s Congressional Delegation and immigrants rights advocates stood outside U.S. “Gestapo” headquarters at 26 Federal Plaza on Saturday, denouncing the Trump administration’s racist-fueled
