OAXACA, Mexico—Thousands of teachers in Oaxaca occupied the city’s zócalo central plaza May 28, the first day of a strike union leaders said would continue indefinitely. An estimated 20,000 teachers
WASHINGTON—The federal prevailing wage, intended to ensure that workers on public construction projects are paid decent wages, is as low as $7.25 an hour in some areas because the Department
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – School bus drivers and monitors who work at Durham School Services voted to join Teamsters Local 327. The 269 workers will join thousands of other Durham employees nationwide
WASHINGTON—The workers’ compensation system that covers an estimated 129 million people “is failing workers—especially low-wage workers in dangerous industries,” Deborah Berkowitz, head of the National Employment Law Project’s worker health
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Federation of Government Employees has gained a powerful new ally in their fight against the Trump administration’s efforts to deny federal workers their legal right to representation at the
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—Flight-readiness technicians at Boeing’s South Carolina plant voted May 31 to be represented by the International Association of Machinists—but the company is likely to resist bargaining with their
New York, NY – On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano talks about the violent attacks MTA workers are being subjected to in the
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—The National Labor Relations Board ruled May 21 that 178 flight-readiness technicians and inspectors at Boeing’s plant in South Carolina can vote on whether to join the International
WASHINGTON—The Department of Veterans Affairs announced May 21 that it will no longer let doctors and nurses have union representation at hearings where they are facing punishment or firing. The
WASHINGTON—Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced plans May 17 to rescind chemical-safety regulations established by the Obama administration after 15 people were killed in a 2013 explosion at a
