December 19, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Organizing is, and always has been, one of the toughest challenges that unions have. But 101-year-old Charles Ponti, Sr, OPEIU Local
December 16, 2014 By Stephanie West Trenton, New Jersey – A 'Buy America' bill is anticipated to pass the New Jersey Assembly with a companion bill expected covering bi-state agencies.
December 15, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Brooklyn, NY – Councilman Brad Lander [D-39th District], may have stood up for low-wage workers fighting for their jobs at a Brooklyn car wash this
December 15, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – If Mayor Bill de Blasio and other supporters of the horse carriage ban in the city council didn’t already get the message
December 15, 2014 By Steven Wishnia Last April, Ramon Mendez, a Mexican-born roofer in Los Angeles, complained to the Department of Labor that the contractor he worked for had stiffed
December 11, 2014 By Steven Wishnia The Supreme Court on Dec. 9 unanimously ruled that workers at Amazon warehouses aren’t entitled to get paid for having to spend up to
December 11, 2014 By Stephanie West New York, NY – A report recently released by the United States Labor Department shows that up to 6.5 percent of New Yorkers are
December 11, 2014 By Stephanie West New York, NY – Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the City has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Uniformed Superior Officers
December 9, 2014 By Stephanie West New York, NY — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday December 8th, convened a special meeting of over a dozen Mayors and representatives from
December 8, 2014 By SEIU President Mary Kay Henry Washington, DC – Intense grief and outrage fell upon the SEIU family with the news of a non-indictment decision in the
