July 13, 2015 By LaborPress On July 9, 1966, 35,000 members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) across the country working at five airlines went on strike. Sixty percent
July 9, 2015 By Bob Smith, Canada LaborPress Toronto, Canada – The president of Toronto's 10,000-strong transit workers union says Vancouver wants to fund a transit system with expensive for-profit
July 8, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—So warns the president of the Transportation Trades Department, Edward Wytkind. He recently penned a commentary about what are the consequences if
July 8, 2015 By Neal Tepel New York, NY — The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park is being reactivated as a working maritime port facility. The terminal is a
July 2, 2015 By LaborPress About 100 workers at Boston’s Logan Airport workers staged a 24-hour strike June 17-18 against two contractors, ReadyJet Inc. and G2 Secure Staff, LLC. The
June 26, 2015 By LaborPress The prospect of competition with Uber is pushing Las Vegas taxi companies to demand that their drivers work 12-hour shifts several days in a row,
June 25, 2015 By LaborPress Rock Tavern, NY – The men and women who transport schoolchildren for Student Transportation of America (STA) in Middletown, have voted 56-47 to join Teamsters Local
June 22, 2015 By LaborPress A former Uber driver in San Francisco was a company employee and not an independent contractor, the California Labor Commission ruled June 16. Reversing a
June 20, 2015 Reprinted with permission from UAW Region 9A The leadership of UAW Region 9A joins with the rest of the country in offering our deepest condolences to the
June 18, 2015 By Corey Bearak, ATU 1056 Policy & Politial Director Mark Henry President/ Business Agent ATU Legislative Conference Chair wins 72% Members of of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
