New York, NY – John Jovic is Business Manager/Financial Secretary of the Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12, part of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied
Workers gathered legislative support as they rallied Oct. 5 outside the headquarters of the real estate group that fired its unionized cleaning staff as soon as it took over the
The United Farm Workers (UFW) has found the beginnings of a new success in organizing farm workers in New York. After years of plummeting membership, there are the beginnings of
New York, NY – The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is a New York State public benefit corporation whose mission is to plan, create, coordinate, and sustain a
The Teamsters are praising Minnesota government officials for enacting cannabis legislation into law. Tom Erickson, Teamsters Central Region International Vice President and President of Teamsters Joint Council 32 in the
New York, NY – The Public Employees Federation’s (PEF) President, Wayne Spence, has been a member of PEF since 1993, and is currently in his third term as President. He
New York, NY – The “bravest” as a nickname for firefighters most likely came from the term “the bravest of the brave.” In 1862 the term was used in a
The annual ceremony commemorating the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, one of the nation’s most deadly and consequential industrial disasters, returned to lower Manhattan after threeyears of pandemic-related hiatus. Frontline workers,
After a last-minute disagreement over wages and contract duration threatened negotiations, Bronx building workers struck a deal with the Bronx realty advisory board (brab) and successfully averted a strike nearly
The Guardian reports it has heard leaked audio revealing a manager at Union Pacific instructing an employee to skip inspections in 2016. Stephanie Griffin, a former carman, had gone to
