LaborPress

Category: Features

AFL-CIO Fights VA privatization

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’

Read More »

A Slow and Plodding Drama

Time and the Conways, starring Downton Abbey lead Elizabeth McGovern, is J.B. Priestley’s 1937 drawing-room play about a well-to-do family in post-World War I England. The first act takes place

Read More »

Michigan Nurses Charge Unfair Labor Practices

MARQUETTE, Mich.—The Michigan Nurses Association filed unfair labor-practices charges against UP Health System- Marquette and Duke LifePoint with the National Labor Relations Board Oct. 18, accusing the hospital of locking

Read More »

SEIU VP Suspended Pending Probe of Office Dating

Washington—The Service Employees International Union suspended executive vice president Scott Courtney—a key figure in the union’s “Fight for 15” campaign—on Oct. 16 pending an investigation of his relationships with women

Read More »

Tradeswomen Raise Industry Awareness

Washington, DC – Over 1,600 tradeswomen representing various crafts in the building and construction industries attended the 2017 Women Build Nations (WBN) conference the week of October 17th in Chicago.

Read More »

Join Our Newsletter Today