Category: Transportation

September 9, 2015 By Tara Jessup New York, NY – Two Federal Transit Administration grants totaling $57,141,634 will pay for a new subway emergency communication system and the upgrading of

September 4, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Sept. 1 that Uber drivers qualified to proceed with a class-action suit against the

Aaugust 31, 2015 By Tara Jessup Lake Success, N.Y. – Drivers, plant operators and fillers at the Airgas facility in Islandia, N.Y., have voted to join Teamsters Local 282. The

August 25, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel Washington’s state Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on August 20 that the $15-an-hour minimum wage the city of SeaTac voted in 2013

August 24, 2015 By Steven Wishnia Part 1: An Ex-Cabbie Looks at Uber When I drove a taxi some 30 years ago, I dreaded getting late-night fares to the Upper

August 21, 2015 By John Quinn, LaborPress USA Richmond Heights, Ohio – In a decision by arbitrator Joshua Javits, three pilots with Flexjet, LLC, have been reinstated to their positions

August 19, 2015 By Cindy Estrada, UAW Vice President Washington, DC – "After the sacrifices made by U.S. taxpayers and the U.S. workforce to make General Motors the profitable quality

August 17, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel Workers at the Dresser-Rand steam-turbine plant in upstate Wellsville will see raises totaling 10% over the next three years, under a

August 17, 2015 By Tara Jessup Train delays in New York City have increased as the subway system’s on-time performance has steadily deteriorated. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) should do

August 13, 2015 By David Kreisman Reprinted http://www.afscme.org Chicago, Illinois – After decades of being treated like second-class citizens by the City of Chicago, cab drivers on Aug. 1 took the