…of the HIT. This union-friendly investment company was breaking new ground with its investments in union-built housing. Rod’s job was to make sure the project contractors complied fully with the…
…I got really sick. For two days, I was too sick to get myself checked out. Then I got tested and immediately quarantined myself. But it took about one-and-a-half weeks…
…fighting collectively for their rights, can accomplish anything. “If we take a vested interest in each other and work towards a goal to improve lives, not just individually but collectively,…
…including her own father. The family patriarch suffered a stroke in 2013, that left him with left-side paralysis. Cadet now wonders if she unintentionally infected him with the virus. “His…
Brooklyn, NY – The death of Black Indiana physician Dr. Susan Moore five days before Christmas from COVID-19, was unfortunately, just one of the latest examples of systemic racism disproportionately…
…that is set for July 6, Quezada has become a proponent for hazard pay, especially after his harrowing experience with the coronavirus. “I feel like even today, there’s a possibility…
…and 3,000 N-95 masks, according to Lee’s office. The Floating Hospital in Long Island City; the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center in the Rockaways; the Plaza del Sol Family…
…their co-workers who have been lost to COVID-19. LaborPress recently talked with Jobs with Justice Executive Director Erica Smiley to learn more about the project, why it was started, and…
…the challenges, workers, especially those in grocery stores, have not backed down. The nearly 100-year-old union representing them now hopes shoppers and companies will do the same to prevent a…
…lives. “A lot of us have a degree of trauma from what we’ve had to endure and see,” she said. “With that knowledge, we’re especially precarious and a little bit…
