Category: Retail

July 15, 2014 By Stephanie West UFCW local members are inproving skills by attending the AFL-CIO’s Bonnie Ladin Union Skills (BLUS) Training Center.  The classes are designed for union leaders

July 11, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Struggling restaurant workers and other tipped employees whose incomes can be about as reliable as the payout from a nickel slot machine,

July 8, 2014 Stephanie West San Jose, Calif. – United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 5, based in San Jose, Calif., was ordered by the UFCW international to

July 2, 2014 By Neal Tepel New York, NY – The momentum for higher minimum wages started in New York City. The initiative began when hundreds of workers in the

July 2, 2014 By Stephanie West Cheektowaga, N.Y., Sales drivers at Costanzo's Bakery overwhelmingly voted to join Teamsters Local 264 in Cheektowaga, N.Y. despite a concerted effort by the company

July 1, 2014 By Neal Tepel – Laborpress Special Report Montreal, Canada – Following a legal saga that lasted nine years, the nation's highest court in Canada has confirmed that

July 1, 2014 By Stephanie West Boston, Mass. – Unite Here members converged on Boston from June 25 through June 27 for their union's constitutional convention. Representatives of this unions

June 20, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Car wash owners fearing a looming crackdown on wage theft and other worker abuses citywide, are this week portraying themselves as

June 20, 2014 By Stephanie West Greensboro, North Carolina – Seven North Carolina fast-food workers were arrested Monday evening June 16th along with about a dozen community and faith allies

June 19, 2014 By Stephanie West Here's the latest news in the fast-food worker fight for $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation.  McDonald's Image