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High Court Allows Full Compensation for Multiple Permanent Injuries to a Limb – LaborPress
New York, NY – For many years, business and insurance interests have been campaigning to reduce or eliminate the compensation that an injured worker can receive for permanent injury to a limb – arm, leg, hand, foot, finger or toe (also vision loss, hearing loss, and facial disfigurement). Since ...
High Court Allows Full Compensation for Multiple Permanent Injuries to a Limb – LaborPress
New York, NY – For many years, business and insurance interests have been campaigning to reduce or eliminate the compensation that an injured worker can receive for permanent injury to a limb – arm, leg, hand, foot, finger or toe (also vision loss, hearing loss, and facial disfigurement). Since ...
Listen to the Pilots: American Airlines Veterans Raise Alarm About a ‘System at Risk’ – LaborPress
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Saying their pushed-to-the-limit schedules are disrupting both passenger service and their ability to get enough rest to do their jobs, about 200 American Airlines pilots held a silent protest outside the New York Stock Exchange June 2.
Listen to the Pilots: American Airlines Veterans Raise Alarm About a ‘System at Risk’
Chipotle Workers Campaign Builds Momentum – LaborPress
New York, NY – Scores of labor activists and a large contingent of the New York City Council members rallied on June 2, in City Hall Park to demand Chipotle end what they charge is a pattern of illegal retaliation against employees who have been working with 32BJ SEIU for higher wages and better w...
New York’s Female-Majority City Council Could Save Home Health Aides From 24-Hour Shifts – LaborPress
NEW YORK, N.Y.—City Councilmember Christopher Marte (D-Manhattan) has introduced a bill to outlaw 24-hour shifts for home health-care aides, prohibiting them from having to work more than 12-hours-a-day except in emergencies.
Stuck Nation Radio – Memorial Day Edition – LaborPress
New York, NY – On this special Memorial Day edition of Stuck Nation Radio we delve into the Dollar General worker campaign sweeping much of the nation; the Poor People’s Campaign’s June 18 march on Washington, D.C.; civil service jobs for U.S. veterans; and the AFL-CIO National Convention comi...
The Continuing Cost of War, and Memorial Day Remembrance – LaborPress
New York, NY – With Memorial Day weekend being the unofficial start to the summer, it is incumbent upon us to remember this federal holiday is more than just a three-day weekend. This day of remembrance has history which dates back to the first official Memorial Day on May 30, 1868.
Labor’s Tide Rises From Southern Streets to the C-Suite – LaborPress
New York, NY – While the nation was reeling from the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas — well organized labor protests extended into the historically union hostile so-called southern ‘right to work states’ and at stockholder meetings where public pensions took aim at work...
Nursing Home CEO’s Don’t Want to Follow the Law; Seek Judge’s Help in Ducking Minimum Staffing Requirements – LaborPress
ALBANY, N.Y.—Less than two months after New York’s minimum-staffing requirements for nursing homes went into effect, a trade group has demanded that state courts block them.
‘We’re Stealing People’s Wages’: NY Home-Care Aides Are Getting Ripped Off and the System Allows It – LaborPress
NEW YORK, N.Y.— New York State’s system of paying home health attendants who do 24-hour shifts has wage theft built in — and because the money primarily comes from Medicaid, changing that will likely require state action.
Ironworkers Local 46 Apprentice Welinton Baque Rises to New Heights After Leaving Non-Union Work Far Behind – LaborPress
New York, NY – Thirty-seven-year-old Welinton Baque is a fifth-year Ironworkers apprentice originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador, now making his home in Elizabeth, N.J. LaborPress sat down with the married father of five to learn about his journey into the unionized Building Trades, what he’s learn...
Report Calls on New York City’s Unionized Building Trades to Step Up Efforts to Organize Immigrant Workers – LaborPress
New York, NY – A new report from the Center for Migration Studies [CMS] examining the exploitation of immigrant workers in New York City’s construction industry has a number of recommendations for unions about how they can help better address the problem — but organized labor faces significant...
Are FDNY EMS Assault Stats Just the Tip of the Iceberg? – LaborPress
New York, NY – A LaborPress investigation has revealed the alarming statistics showing a dramatic spike in violent assaults on the FDNY EMS workforce are only a partial picture of challenging workplace conditions faced by the entire sector that includes volunteer and private sectors EMS also servi...
How to Strengthen the Labor Movement: My Union Experience – LaborPress
New York, NY – The recent organizing victories at Amazon and Starbucks were won by workers who acted themselves in fighting against abusive management, rather than by paid staff organizers sent in by existing unions. They reminded me of reading about the shopfloor organizing of the CIO unions in t...
Serious Consequences For Sleep-Deprived Workers – LaborPress
New York, NY – Evidence shows that a good night’s sleep is essential to maintaining proper health — both physically and mentally. Sleep helps our body and brain function properly.
Women of Organized Labor at Risk for 9/11-Related Illnesses – LaborPress
New York, NY – On and after 9/11, more than 200,000 women – many of them union members – were exposed to Ground Zero toxins, increasing their risk of developing 68 types of cancer and many respiratory illnesses.
Stuck Nation Radio: The Racist Roots of America’s Sub-Minimum Wage; Plus, a Guide to Global Corp. Tax Evasion. – LaborPress
New York, NY – On this week’s edition of Stuck Nation Radio we talk to One Fair Wage President Saru Jayaraman about the fight to end sub-minimum wages in this country. We’re also talking to international tax law expert James Henry about the ultra rich and how they continue to fleece working-cl...
NYC Council Labor Chair Carmen De La Rosa Trumpets Workers’ Rights and Trade Unionism at Special LaborPress Event in The Bronx – LaborPress
Bronx, NY – City Council Member and chair of the Civil Service and Labor Committee Carmen De la Rosa stressed the importance of strengthening workers’ rights throughout the city at LaborPress’ annual golf outing and legislative briefing held at the Pelham Bay & Split Rock Golf Courses on Frida...
Local 580 Ironworker Stephen Laurenzi: You Can’t Quantify the Benefits of Being Union Strong – LaborPress
Editor’s Note: LaborPress is proud to present the 2022 Outstanding Apprentice of the Year Awards for Long Island and New York City on Thursday, June 16, hosted by Teamsters Local 282 in Lake Success, NY. Today, we continue our ongoing series leading up to this year’s gala event introducing each ...
EEOC Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge After Return to Office Order – LaborPress
New York, NY – For the first time since February, the United States is now averaging more than 100,000 new COVID cases a day with cases rising in just about every state according to the New York Times. And while the nation’s daily death rate is in the few hundreds, as opposed to the few thousand...
Striking for a Living Wage and Affordable Healthcare: Call Center Workers in Southern States Ready For Walkout – LaborPress
New York, NY – The worst inflation crisis in 40 years is helping to fuel a two-day strike at the largest federal call center contractor in the nation next week. Workers organizing with the Communications Workers of America [CWA] first struck last month at Maximus call centers in Bogalusa, Louisian...
Presenters include NYS Sen. Jessica Ramos, NYS Assemblywoman Latoya Joyner, NYC Councilmember Carmen De la Rosa and Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson.
Connecticut Frees Workers from ‘Captive-Audience Meetings’ – LaborPress
HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut became the second state to ban compulsory “captive-audience meetings” on May 17, when Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill titled “An Act Protecting Employee Freedom of Speech and Conscience.”
Workplaces Caught in America’s Crossfire – LaborPress
New York, NY – The horrific May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo was a targeted hate crime — but it was also an example of yet another instance of a troubling trend of workplace violence that left ten people dead including two workers. In addition, a grocery clerk and supermarket manager were wounded...
Restoring Labor Rights Will Solve NYC’s Chronic School Bus Problems, Parents Say – LaborPress
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Parents of special-education students are calling on the city to restore job protections for school-bus drivers and matrons. They say that would help solve chronic problems with lateness and unreliability in the system that transports more than 150,000 children, primarily those in ...
Hey, Kids! Ditch the Stigma Surrounding ‘Manual Labor’ and Educate Yourself About Careers That Really Pay Off – LaborPress
New York, NY – Despite the obvious advantages careers in the unionized Building Trades offer young people today, negative stereotypes persist. This is especially true in our public and private schools. Too often, trade schools are viewed as a means to educate those who are somehow educationally ch...
Local 197 Business Manager: Newly-Unionized Ironworkers at U.S. Crane and Rigging Are ‘Raising the Bar for All Workers’ – LaborPress
New York, NY – What a difference a day makes. On April 13, workers at U.S. Crane and Rigging, voted to join Ironworkers Local 197, despite a history of threats and intimidation by the company. The New York City based company, owned by Thomas Auringer, has a long, ugly history of worker exploitatio...
In a First-Time-Ever-Win Ironworkers Successfully Organize U.S. Crane and Rigging Workers in NYC – LaborPress
New York, NY – On Wednesday April 13, workers employed by U.S. Crane and Rigging voted by a 4-1 margin to join Ironworkers Local 197. Labor Press spoke to New York State Ironworkers District Council Organizer Eddie Jorge to find out how the workers triumphed over threats and intimidation to finali...
Union Gives Up on Epic Charter/Spectrum Strike – LaborPress
New York, NY – Labor Press has confirmed that cable giant Charter Communications Inc. and IBEW Local 3 have reached “a global settlement of all outstanding issues” including outstanding court cases and unresolved matters before the National Labor Relations Board, effectively ending one of New ...
Transport Workers Who Helped Evacuation After 9/11 Now at Risk From Ground Zero Exposure – LaborPress
New York, NY – The terror attacks on 9/11 occurred at the center of New York City’s transportation network, where labor union members operated and maintained dozens of subway and bus lines, as well as the Staten Island Ferry.
War Vet Guy Luerssen Finds a Pathway to the Middle Class with Ironworkers Local 361 – LaborPress
Editor’s Note: LaborPress is proud to present the 2022 Outstanding Apprentice of the Year Awards for Long Island and New York City on Thursday, June 16, hosted by Teamsters Local 282 in Lake Success, NY. Today, we continue our ongoing series leading up to this year’s gala event introducing each ...
49 Names Added to New York State Monument Honoring Fallen Police Officers – LaborPress
New York, NY – State officials have added the names of 49 police officers from six departments to the Memorial wall in Albany honoring fallen police officers across the state. Forty-four men and five women who died in the line of duty over the last two years were recognized at a May 10 ceremony fo...
21st Century Antitrust Act Could Have Averted Disastrous Charter Communication Strike, Advocates Say – LaborPress
New York, NY – The 21st Century Antitrust Act now attempting to make its way though the State Legislature could have prevented the disastrous 2016 merger between Charter Communications Inc. and Time Warner Cable.
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As different levels of government push for social distancing, curfews and working or schooling at home amidst the outbreak — workers who live paycheck-to-paycheck, especially in the airline and fast food industries, are feeling the brunt of the economic crunch.
Children Of The Working Poor Hit Hard By #Coronavirus Closings
Chipotle workers say sick leave violations make them SICK! As one Chipotle worker was fired after trying to take paid sick days returned to her job, others were filing complaints that the restaurant chain violated their rights under the city’s paid-sick-leave law...
Fr. Brian Jordan extols union construction workers at Hudson Yards development during noontime prayer service.
IBEW Local 3 and supporters at Cadman Plaza ahead of march over the Brooklyn Bridge to call for a fair contract and an end to six-month Charter Spectrum strike.
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Low-Wage Workers for Real Affordability gathered at City Hall on Monday morning to reject Mayor Bill de Blasio’s housing plan. This outraged group of low-wage New Yorker's discussed how all workers earning $15 or less per hour are excluded from the falsely-named Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. They called on the City Council to push for major changes to de Blasio's controversial plan so that it creates real affordability in new housing and good union jobs for low-income New Yorker's. Real Affordability for All Laborers Local 79 - New York City #AffordableForWho
Governor Andrew Cuomo joined by the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, said on Friday at the 14 Street Y that economic injustice in the United States is pervaivse. He informed the audience that the social contract between labor and management going back to the days of the New Deal under Franklin Roosevelt is being dismantled. Therefore, he's committed to passing 12 weeks of paid family leave in New York State. Many union members, including the Hotel Trades Council and Laborers Local 79 - New York City cheered loudly as the Governor announced his proposal. #LeadOnLeave By Marc Bussanich for LaborPress
Gary LaBarbera of the Building and Construction Trades, which is part of the North America's Building Trades Unions spoke on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday where he criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan for being built on the backs of exploited workers. Real Affordability for All #AffordableForWho
Adjuncts represented by ACT-UAW Local 7902rallied on campus Monday to demand a new contract! UAW Region 9A
Hundreds of tradesmen and tradeswomen rally during the lunch break to hear a stirring speech by a sheet metal organizer! New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenters
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