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Newly appointed Ullico chairman Terry O’Sullivan sees a bright future for unionized construction
O’Sullivan recently stepped back into his role as the chairman of the board at Ullico, the labor-owned insurance and investment company — a role he left in 2006. Though he

Vets describe union path to civilian life at Helmets to Hardhats luncheon
New York Helmets to Hardhats celebrated 20 years of support for veterans transitioning to the construction trades on board the USS Intrepid Museum docked on the West Side of Manhattan.

Striking SAG-AFTRA Members And Studio Reps AMPTP Still At Odds; No Deal Reached
The strike by SAG-AFTRA members has now reached its 118th-day mark. After various stops and starts, talks resumed between the union and AMPTP, which represents Hollywood studios, but so far

Brooklyn Museum Union Set To Strike
Picketing is set to begin at the Brooklyn Museum by members of Local 2110 UAW, employees of the Museum. One worker, Elizabeth St. George, an assistant curator of Decorative Arts,

Huge Win For Uber And Lyft Drivers In Wage-Theft Case
Uber and Lyft have agreed to pay a combined amount of $328 million for sneakily withholding wages from their drivers. New York Attorney General Letitia James said it was the

More Assaults On City Transit Workers
LaborPress has been documenting many of the shameful assaults on NYC transit workers over the years, and now comes the unwelcome news that the number of incidents has risen dramatically.

Construction Unions Back Bills To Raise Wages For Non-Union Workers
City lawmakers want to raise wages for non-union construction workers, as well as increasing home-building projects. The extremely low wages of such workers, some who make only $15/hr for back-breaking

More Pharmacy Workers Walk
Starting Monday, October 30, employees at some of the nation’s largest drugstores will walk off the job for three days, continuing a spate of such actions that occurred in Sept.

Education Week staff pursues union with goal of democratizing the workplace
The staff of Education Week have begun the process of unionizing their workplace with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. The employees say their motivation is to sustain and improve the publication.