On this week’s Sunday night episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz on AM970 The Answer, we talk to FDNY pioneer Brenda Berkman about becoming NYC’s first female firefighter 35 years
New York, N.Y.—The first thing you see when you click on District Council 37’s Web site is a green and yellow pop-up declaring “NO Con Con!” The cover of the
New York, NY – Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) President Gerard Fitzgerald delivered the following statement on the death of Firefighter Robert M. Tilearcio from a 9-11-related cancer:
National Report from Washington—A monthly Series By Rob Weiner and Ben Lasky This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its report on the Alexander-Murray healthcare bill, a rare bipartisan
BATON ROUGE, La.—About 350 Filipino teachers who worked in Louisiana will receive about $2,200 each in a class-action lawsuit against a placement agency, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers announced Oct.
ANAHEIM, Calif.—After California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom advocated a single-payer health-care system, the National Union of Healthcare Workers on Oct. 22 endorsed him for governor in the 2018 election.
TRENTON, N.J.—The building-services union 32BJ SEIU has denounced New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Kim Guadagno as racist for a television ad accusing her opponent of supporting “criminal illegals.”
Forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court held in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, that employees who elect not to join the union representing them may still be
The delegates to AFL-CIO’s quadrennial convention in St. Louis adopted two resolutions submitted by AFGE in support of workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The AFL-CIO resolved to oppose the privatization of veterans’
Washington, DC — In a blatent disregard for the safety of workers, the National Chicken Council is lobbying for the elimination of regulations in chicken processing plants across the country.The
