Zachary Ris was not new to unions when he entered into the Ironworkers Local 46 apprenticeship program. He’d worked at UPS for the past seven years. But he wanted to…
From the minor league baseball field to the field of HVAC operation, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 94 apprentice Joseph Serrapica blazed an uncommon career path into his…
From an early age, Stephanie Gomez always knew that she wanted to take after her stepfather to build things she could be proud of. But she didn’t know until she…
…of. He knew that he had made a great choice joining the apprenticeship with Insulators Local 12, when he realized that the trade covers so many specializations that you can…
…what I told him to give a hand to introduce myself in the union,” Ordelon said. Recently he spent an extended stint working on a new New York Presbyterian Hospital…
Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) announced that it received a state grant to expand its childcare access program on Tuesday. NEW’s President Leah Rambo, who took her post earlier this…
…for the new way of traveling, saying that although the U.S. is currently “the outlier when it comes to high-speed rail,” he believes the day is coming when this form…
…quotas” have led to “sky-high injury rates,” and that it is time to “put workers’ safety first.” Read the full story by Teamsters News, published June 5, 2024, here: https://teamster.org/2024/06/teamsters-applaud-introduction-of-warehouse-worker-protection-act/…
…New York State Nurses Association, and the UFT. HPD’s Neighborhood Pillars program gives low-interest loans and tax exemptions to nonprofits to purchase and rehabilitate homes, and make half of the…
The New York State Legislature passed new legislation on June 8, the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act. It is aimed at reducing injuries to workers at Amazon and other operators…
