New York, NY—New York State Senator Michael Gianaris (D, WF) on Wednesday, stood with public and private sector workers to announce a new bill that will set up enforceable standards for workplace safety and carry penalties for employers who violate the standards. (Watch Video Below) Senator Gianaris made the announcement outside Bellevue Hospital as numerous…
Queens, NY – This week, a cross-section of essential workers throughout the city gathered in Jackson Heights, Queens, one of the hardest hit communities during the coronavirus pandemic, to demand New York State pass new legislation compelling employers to provide them with necessary protective gear as New York City enters Phase 3 of its reopening…
New York, NY – Over 100 PSC CUNY members formed a social distancing line from the CUNY Central Office on 42nd Street to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office to protest the impending layoffs of possibly thousands of adjunct professors, and hundreds more joined the protest via a virtual speak out. This is the second time in…
New York, NY – Macy’s workers returned to work for the first time in three months and they were eager to get back. But their employer refused to provide temperature checks at its White Plains facility so the workers’ union, RWDSU, stepped in. [Watch Video Below] The Mid-Hudson region officially opened for business on Friday,…
WATCH: On the latest episode of Labor This Week, show host Mark Harrison takes a look at the newly-released report detailing outrageous levels of wage theft and fraud occurring within the construction industry today. Harrison then turns to the deadly cost middle-aged workers across all sectors are paying in the race to the bottom, as…
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The metal crossbars shimmer as the solar-powered lights below them cut through the evening’s cold rain and fog. Those crossbars, galvanized electrical conduit and aluminum tubing, twist upward in a double-helix pattern around a spine whose vertebrae are the conduit holders electricians call “Mae Wests.” The undulating outer edges are held together by…
WATCH: Google, the company once known for its open and collaborative working environment, has clearly taken a non-union posture.
New York, NY – LaborPress honored five leaders in labor at its annual Leadership Awards Reception held in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, December 3. This year’s award-winners included Nicholas LaMorte, Civil Services Employees Association Region One president; Mark Gregorio, president, TEI Group; Matthew Chartrand, Ironworkers Local 361 business manager; Mark Cannizzaro, Council of School Supervisors…
TLM – According to reports, jailed Trump surrogate Paul Manafort tried, in 2016, to set up a back channel to AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka in a shady effort to suppress Labor’s support for Democratic presidential nominee Hilary Clinton in Michigan and Wisconsin. Watch above.
New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall, the legendary entertainment venue at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, opened to the public in December 1932. The spectacular shows employ a wide variety of workers and performers that keep crowds coming back, year after year. LaborPress sat down with two of these dedicated professionals to learn…
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