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Local 638 Steamfitters Training: From Pipe Threading to Geothermal Technology
New York, NY – Steamfitters Local 638 maintains jurisdiction over all general pipe fitting in New York City, including all five boroughs and all
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Report Calls on New York City’s Unionized Building Trades to Step Up Efforts to Organize Immigrant Workers
New York, NY – A new report from the Center for Migration Studies [CMS] examining the exploitation of immigrant workers in New York City’s
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Are FDNY EMS Assault Stats Just the Tip of the Iceberg?
New York, NY – A LaborPress investigation has revealed the alarming statistics showing a dramatic spike in violent assaults on the FDNY EMS
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How to Strengthen the Labor Movement: My Union Experience
New York, NY – The recent organizing victories at Amazon and Starbucks were won by workers who acted themselves in fighting against abusive
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Serious Consequences For Sleep-Deprived Workers
New York, NY – Evidence shows that a good night’s sleep is essential to maintaining proper health — both physically and mentally. Sleep helps
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24/7 Musculoskeletal Relief for Frontline Workers
New York, NY – The last two years have proven just how much work and life affect one another. Our frontline workers held us together through the
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Women of Organized Labor at Risk for 9/11-Related Illnesses
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
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NYC Council Labor Chair Carmen De La Rosa Trumpets Workers’ Rights and Trade Unionism at Special LaborPress Event in The Bronx
Bronx, NY – City Council Member and chair of the Civil Service and Labor Committee Carmen De la Rosa stressed the importance of strengthening
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Local 580 Ironworker Stephen Laurenzi: You Can’t Quantify the Benefits of Being Union Strong
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,
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EEOC Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge After Return to Office Order
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
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Striking for a Living Wage and Affordable Healthcare: Call Center Workers in Southern States Ready For Walkout
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
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Connecticut Frees Workers from ‘Captive-Audience Meetings’
HARTFORD, Conn.—Connecticut became the second state to ban compulsory “captive-audience meetings” on May 17, when Gov. Ned Lamont signed a
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Welcome to the Gilded Age: New Teamsters Report Exposes Obscene Pay Packages for Amazon Execs
New York, NY – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today released a new report detailing Amazon’s excessive executive compensation,
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Workplaces Caught in America’s Crossfire
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
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Workers at Amazon and Starbucks Are Pointing the Way to Organized Labor’s Revival
New York, NY – The recent union organizing victories of workers at Amazon and Starbucks can show the way for all of labor’s revival. The