WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka quit President Trump’s Manufacturing Jobs Initiative council Aug. 15, saying he was doing it “on behalf of America’s working people, who reject all notions of legitimacy of these bigoted groups.”
New York, N.Y.—In less than two weeks, the state Workers Compensation Board will release revised guidelines for judging how much people are disabled by on-the-job injuries—and those revisions are expected
This week, as the nation grappled with parading neo-Nazis, Klu Klux Klansmen and other purveyors of hate, the FDNY said farewell to Ret. Firefighter Robert Alexander — the latest 9/11
Labor leaders here and across the nation are speaking out in the wake of the racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and declaring trade unionists must lead the fight against
After hours of walking on a hot and humid city street, recently, two Spectrum strikers took time from the picket line to answer a question: What’s at issue with the
New York, NY – Workers at Sims Municipal Recycling’s Sunset Park facility voted overwhelmingly Aug.
New York, NY – Members of Local 1182, the Traffic Enforcement Agents union, gathered on Thursday, April 10th, at Traffic Enforcement Command 109 in Queens, to hear about their new
To read more click on the following link Niagara Falls, NY – It’s official, the Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council broke a record with its 2017 Labor’s Night at the
New York, NY — A recent investigation by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer found that the City’s Department of Education (DOE) routinely violates its own contracting rules and internal procedures in awarding non-competitive contracts.
Kansas, Mo.—Kansas City voters on Aug. 8 overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour later this month—but the vote was likely symbolic, because
