The Road to Solidarity Isn’t Toll Free
Bill Hohlfeld
February 5, 2018
On our last Blue Collar Buzz broadcast, we had in our studio John Freeman and Randy Cedeno, who are both striking IBEW Local 3 Spectrum workers.
Category: Transportation
Unions Skeptical About Uber-SEIU Idea for Contractors’ Benefits
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
January 31, 2018
SEATTLE, Wash.—A proposal by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Service Employees International Union Local 775 President David Rolf, and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer to create portable benefits for gig-economy workers has
Bosses say more ‘pain’ lies ahead for NY subway riders, workers
Seth Galinsky
January 27, 2018
NEW YORK — Subway riders here don’t need to read thick reports to know the whole system is falling apart — we see it every day. Delays are increasingly frequent
Bus Drivers to MTA: Beef Up Bus-Only Lanes!
Joe Maniscalco
January 26, 2018
New York, NY – Wanna know how to improve bus service in this town? Better ask a bus driver. That’s what the union representing the city’s mass transit bus drivers
Hunts Point Market Workers Ratify Contract
Steve Wishnia
January 19, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx have voted to ratify a new three-year contract, Teamsters Local 202 announced Jan. 19.
Strike Averted at Hunts Point Market
Steve Wishnia
January 17, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A possible strike by 1,100 workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx was averted on the evening Jan. 16, as Teamsters Local 202 reached a
Tune in for the 1st Blue Collar Buzz of 2018!
Joe Maniscalco
January 4, 2018
LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz returns this Sunday night at 9 p.m. on AM970TheAnswer with an all-new show featuring wide- ranging discussions with SEIU Local 246 President Joe Colangelo, Carpenters Union
Federal Court Sends VW Micro-Union Case Back to NLRB
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
December 29, 2017
WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court Dec. 26 sent a case involving whether workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant can form a “micro-union” back to the National Labor Relations Board. The U.S. Court
Teamster Dies in Workplace Accident
Jerry Levine, LaborPress Canada
December 25, 2017
Saskatchewan, Canada – On December 22nd, A Canadian National (CN) worker died following a workplace accident within the Canadian Transportation System. The accident took place in Melville, Saskatchewan. The worker was a 26 year-old
Contract Workers Strike at Dulles Airport
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
December 24, 2017
DULLES, Va.—More than 200 service workers at Dulles Airport outside Washington began a two-day strike Dec. 20 to protest low pay and poor working conditions. “I want to have a
