On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, we speak to fast food worker Mica Hargrove about Fast Food Justice, the new non-profit group advocating for low-wage workers in the
Washington DC – “What the President is actually asking Congress to do is give all of his Cabinet Secretaries the power to fire federal employees they consider not loyal to
Boston Massachusetts – Almost 300 workers called a one day strike at Boston’s Logan Airport on Wednesday February 7th.
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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