While high-speed rail had a big moment this past year when President Joe Biden announced that he was doling out more than $8 billion for rail projects in December, train
It can only be described as cruel and unusual punishment: New York City Transit workers who helped in the cleanup and recovery on the World Trade Center pile after the
The Vermont Senate passed the Vermont PRO Act in May after pressure from Teamsters and others. It is a significant victory for unions and members who seek to organize free
Major employers Starbucks, Cava, Burger King, and some others have been ruled to have violated a number of city labor laws, to the tune of $2.5 million in fines. Mayor
A group of service workers at a Hell’s Kitchen apartment building walked off the job May 2 on a short-term strike after the building owner made workers’ jobs more difficult
A patient in California recently spent two days in the hospital for a femur fracture. For the stay of two days in a standard medical-surgical bed, and the operating room
Teamsters Local 705, located in Chicago, has won an $8.7 million racial discrimination lawsuit against carrier DHL Express. The lawsuit was filed by the EEOC in 2010, and it has
Six pregnant bus operators are suing New York City Transit, saying that they were not provided with reasonable accommodations. Theresa Rodriguez, one of the six, has been out of work
The National Association of Letter Carriers is declaring that enough is enough. New President Brian Renfroe spoke days before an April 30th rally in Baltimore about the serious issues facing
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, longtime public champion of the unionized workforce, has once again passed a pro-worker, labor-friendly budget for fiscal year 2025. By expanding labor protections within
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