MONACA, Pa.—Workers building a Royal Dutch Shell petrochemical plant were warned that their pay would be docked if they didn’t show up for President Donald Trump’s Aug. 16 speech at
Albany, NY – New York State seasonally-adjusted unemployment figure remained at 4 percent in July, the third consecutive month it has been at that rate. The States economy continued to
WASHINGTON, DC — “While children in Mississippi were at their first day of school, their parents were being rounded up by the government. Those kids came home ready to talk about
WASHINGTON, DC – AFT President Randi Weingarten Tells Walmart to stop selling guns or “we’ll stop shopping in your stores”. Weingarten sent a strong letter to Walmart CEO Doug McMillon
FOREST, Miss.—Federal immigration raids on a Mississippi poultry-processing plant Aug. 7 left many children homeless and unattended in this town of about 6,000 people. In a massive operation that seized
DENVER, Colorado – The Denver City Council office staff are now members of Teamsters Local 17. “We want to have salary protections and an above-standard sexual harassment policy,” said Galia Halpern of
HARLAN, Ky.—Coal miners in Harlan County, Kentucky blocked a railroad track July 29 to prevent a train from carrying coal they mined but didn’t get paid for. The Blackjewel company,
DETROIT, Mich.—Labor issues were a minimal part of the agenda at the second night of the Democratic presidential debate here July 31. The two candidates making unequivocally pro-union statements were
NEW YORK, NY – The number of homeless men and woman on trains and live at bothboth Penn Station and Grand Central continue to increase. “Straphangers and commuters can see
Long Island, NY - Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. This is now the most comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation in the country
