New York, NY – District Council 9 is beginning its recruitment process for Painter, Decorator and Paperhanger apprentices on Tuesday, August 24. The application period runs to through Tuesday, September…
…autonomy rather than aligning with the RWDSU or the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, after the latter announced its intention to unionize Amazon workers across the country. “We felt the independent…
…is the biggest challenge facing the union and its members today? NH: The biggest challenge is to be able to go to work in a safe environment. An environment that…
New York, NY – Joseph Sellers, Jr. is the General President of SMART, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers. LaborPress had an opportunity to speak…
…of America at age 33, he was 72. Tributes poured in. “Rich was a lion of the labor movement,” said International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International President Lonnie Stephenson. “He…
…pay gap that exists among our city workers,” Communications Workers of America Local 1180 President Gloria Middleton said in a statement. “The release of today’s report shows what we already…
New York, NY – Sad news struck the Hudson Yards on July 29, when a 14 year-old boy jumped from the development’s centerpiece structure to his death. This is the…
…power of workers, is diminished — and that diminishes for power of unions themselves.” The AFL-CIO — a federation of 56 national and international labor unions representing some 12.5 million…
…responding that they support vaccination, but the rules shouldn’t go into effect until the details have been bargained. “We expect that the particulars of any changes to working conditions, including…
…here today.” Warrior Met, formed by a group of investors to take over the Brookwood mines when the previous owner went bankrupt in 2016, demanded that the miners work up…
