SEIU Workers Strike Boston Airport
William Keeney
February 15, 2018
Boston Massachusetts – Almost 300 workers called a one day strike at Boston’s Logan Airport on Wednesday February 7th.
Category: National
Foreign Workers Affecting Canada Construction Job Market
Jerry Levine, LaborPress Canada
February 14, 2018
Toronto, Canada – The Laborers’ International Union of North America, representing 100,000 construction workers in Canada, has documented the expanded use of foreign workers for construction projects. The misuse of
Florida Legislator Tries to Stop Deportation of Injured Immigrant Workers
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
February 14, 2018
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A Florida state legislator has introduced a bill that would repeal a provision in a 2003 workers’ compensation law that makes it a crime to use false identification when
Stuntwoman Charges That ‘Wigging’ Is Discrimination Against Women
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
February 13, 2018
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A Hollywood stuntwoman’s charge that the practice of having men do movie stunts while disguised as women—nicknamed “wigging”—is sex discrimination has rattled the industry, in which none of the
UNITE HERE Backs Bridgeport Casino
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
February 13, 2018
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—UNITE HERE members wearing green T-shirts that read, “7,000 Jobs / No Taxpayer Dollars” rallied here Feb. 6 to support MGM Resorts’s plan to build a casino on
NJ Police, Firefighters Push for Separate Control of Their Pensions
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
February 12, 2018
TRENTON, N.J.—A bill to split New Jersey police and firefighters’ unions pension fund off from the main government-worker fund advanced Feb. 5, when it was approved by the state Senate
Seattle School-Bus Strike Goes to Mediation
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
February 11, 2018
SEATTLE, Wash.—Teamsters Local 174 and the First Student school-bus company met with a federal mediator Feb. 8 in an attempt to settle a week-old strike by 400 drivers. The drivers
Budget Deal Leaves Pension Rescue in Limbo
Steve Wishnia
February 10, 2018
WASHINGTON—The wee-hours budget deal enacted Feb. 9 to avert another shutdown of the federal government doesn’t include legislation to aid the nation’s endangered multiemployer pension plans. Instead, it will set up
The Latest Buzz on the Spectrum Strike; and Preparing for Janus!
Joe Maniscalco
February 9, 2018
On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, we talk to labor attorney Stu Salles about the pending Janus v. AFSCME case and what the ramifications are for organized labor.
Iron Workers Establish Maternity Leave Program
Neal Tepel
February 9, 2018
Washington, DC – Iron Workers (IW) General President Eric Dean was named one of 2017 ENR Top 25 Newsmakers for his role in establishing a groundbreaking paid maternity leave program.