CHARLOTTE, Mich.—When Randall Margraves attempted to attack the disgraced doctor convicted of molesting three of his daughters in a courtroom Feb. 2, he was wearing an blue International Brotherhood of
On this full episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, we speak to Eric Dean, general president, International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union; Melissa Shetler, board
WASHINGTON—To win a vote on the Butch Lewis Act, a measure that would set up a federal low-interest loan program to rescue endangered multiemployer pension funds, “we need more Republicans
CHICAGO, Ill.—In what may be the first time public-school and charter-school teachers have combined in the same union, Chicago Teachers Union members have voted to unite with the Chicago Alliance
WASHINGTON—Retired truck driver Tom Brady might have a lot more to lose this week than his quarterback namesake did in this past Sunday’s Super Bowl. During the 30 years he
McKEESPORT, Pa.—Nurses at UPMC McKeesport Hospital near Pittsburgh have voted to keep the Service Employees International Union as their
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Indiana’s 2015 repeal of its “common construction wage” law cut building-trades workers’ pay while failing to reduce public-works projects’ costs, according to a study done by the Midwest Economic
On our last Blue Collar Buzz broadcast, we had in our studio John Freeman and Randy Cedeno, who are both striking IBEW Local 3 Spectrum workers.
AUSTIN, Tex.—Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Tex.), who failed to win the Texas AFL-CIO’s endorsement for his Senate race after he didn’t appear at its Committee on Political Education’s convention Jan. 19-21,
WASHINGTON—Saying it would eliminate the right to union representation for more than 600,000 workers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is urging members to tell Senate Democrats to filibuster the
