At the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, we enforce our city’s worker protection laws to help New Yorkers and their families thrive. But a key piece of protecting
Bechtel Corp, a provider of engineering, construction, and project management services, has committed $7 million dollars to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The construction industry has one of the
The subway conductor who was almost killed by a cowardly attacker who slashed him in the throat and then ran, was reunited with the man who saved his life. Alton
Prison labor is a form of slavery. On prison farms, inmates, mostly in the South, still harvest crops, some by hand, on a number of former slave plantations. Arkansas, Texas,
On Saturday, Feb. 24, at the SAG Awards, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher gave a rousing pro-union speech. It was only three months after the end of a long and bitter
A new contract for commercial building service workers was overwhelmingly approved by members of 32BJ SEIU. 20,000 office cleaners voted on the contract with the Realty Advisory Board on Labor
As workers around the country at Starbucks stores continue to unionize, and lawsuits between their union, Workers United, and Starbucks continue to multiply, a new development in the battle materialized
Vincent Ricciardo, 77, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for his role in a shakedown of a high-ranking Queens construction official. Ricciardo’s nickname was “Vinny Unions”. He could have
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should interfere on business acquisitions that have allowed for foreign takeovers of U.S.-based companies from countries that the nation shares conflicts with. This is a
Four months after REI workers filed a nationwide complaint that the outdoors retailer had refused to bargain in good faith at its nine unionized stores, the REI union publicly outlined
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