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:
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
Albany, NY – A crew of 20 employees and volunteers from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will be assisting in the containment of devastating wildfires. The volunteers
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’
Little Falls, N.J.—Multiemployer pension plans are “nearing the healthiest they’ve been since U.S. financial markets collapsed in 2008”—but there is a widening gap between healthy plans and those in critical
St. Louis, Mo.—AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka was re-elected to a third four-year term at the federation’s national convention here Oct. 22. Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre
New York, NY – Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed into law a bill that aims to ensure that properties seeking tax exemptions are living up to their promises. The bill,
Bolivar, NY – The former treasurer of the Bolivar Volunteer Fire Department has been charged in the alleged theft of more than $11,000 from the fire department over several years.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—With plummeting medallion values threatening hundreds of yellow-cab owners with bankruptcy, City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez is introducing a bill that would let owners operate two taxis off one
