…the total construction industry workforce and 45 percent of all construction trades workers. In addition, 56 percent of all respondents said they speak a language other than English in their…
…in the country, are home to long list of national retail chains that do business there. In fact, Jeff Fleming, President and CEO of The Amazing Hospitality Group in Portland,…
…later they were fired,” said Mike Green, organizing director for District Council 1707. That’s a clear violation of employment law. The union brought the case before the National Labor Relations…
January 12, 2012 By Bendix Anderson, LaborPress Senior Editor This November, George Miranda became the first Puerto Rican ever elected to the executive board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters….
…paying their dues and sometimes they get in arrears. The National Labor Relations Board reminds unions of the necessary formalities that must be followed if the union wishes to avoid…
…economic spending, what’s a union member and working person to do? The National Nurses United has a plan to restore the economy, and has been working feverishly to set it…
…clamoring for change and their protesting has attracted public sympathy. Recently, hundreds of thousands of disillusioned Indians cheered a rural activist on a hunger strike. Israel reeled before the largest…
…will always be remembered first and foremost as a civil rights leader. School children today are taught about his civil disobedience, the marches he led and the speeches he gave…
…that have allowed working people to maintain a foothold in the middle class post-World War II. New York City’s commercial real estate industry was the last holdout as the union…
…in the cauldron of struggle for collective bargaining rights with the City while simultaneously fending off inter-union rivalry for the right to represent staff analysts. Today’s OSA members work in…
