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WEB4 days ago — Union Laborers Arrested During Demonstration Against Exploitative Contractor. Silver Krieger August 29, 2024. Hundreds of union laborers took a stand against the notorious non-union demolition firm Alba Services, and their employers Rockrose Development. Rockrose Development owns and manages properties in New York City.
CWA 1180 Contract with NYC – LaborPress
WEBDecember 16, 2019. Stephanie West. LaborPress. NEW YORK, NY — The City of New York has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1180, which represents more than 8,100 administrative employees and supervisors throughout City government. “Our …
Alternative Dispute Resolution Delivers Better Results for Unions ...
WEBJun 15, 2021 — By contrast, Alternative Dispute Resolution, or ADR, is simpler and more effective. ADR programs are designed to help Unions and their injured members quickly and fairly settle a claim outside the traditional state workers’ compensation system. ADR utilizes an ombudsperson, arbitration, mediation and/or other tactics to expedite and to ...
Local 197 Business Manager: Newly-Unionized Ironworkers at
WEBMay 13, 2022 — New York, NY – What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday, April 13, workers at U.S. Crane and Rigging & affiliated companies, voted to be represented by Ironworkers Local 197, despite a history of threats and intimidation by the company.
1.5 Million Government Employees Laid Off – LaborPress
WEBJun 10, 2020 — Since March 1.5 million government employees have lost their jobs. Currently, government employment is at the lowest it has been since 2001. “With that comes a decline in essential public services,” Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said on a conference call with reporters this week.
Heavy Machinery Accidents: Tragic and Preventable – LaborPress
WEBJanuary 27, 2020. Neil Kalra. LaborPress. There are many different construction site accidents associated with heavy equipment such as cranes, bulldozers, front-end loaders, dump trucks, excavators and the like. Such heavy equipment is a necessity on nearly every construction project. In July 2019 in the Bronx, a 47-year-old welder was struck ...
Are FDNY EMS Assault Stats Just the Tip of the Iceberg?
WEBMay 24, 2022 — 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 serving throughout the city alongside their civil service colleagues.
Warrior Met Coal Remains Cold-Blooded as UMWA Strike Reaches …
WEBSep 29, 2021 — Brookwood, Ala.—The strike by 1,000 miners at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama will reach the six-month mark on Oct. 1, but the company’s management is showing no signs of seriously seeking an agreement, a United Mine Workers of America [UMWA] official said Sept. 28.
The Gender Pay Gap: New York City’s Enduring Shame
WEBMar 16, 2022 — Nationally, according to the organizers of the rally, women working full time earned 83 cents to every dollar earned by a man, with New York State slightly better with women earning 86 cents. The pay gap was even more pronounced for women of color, whose annual pay was between 56 cents and 64 cents compared to …
Inside ‘The Great Postal Heist’ – LaborPress
WEBFeb 11, 2022 — MAPLEWOOD, N.J.—“I might fire you any time for no reason,” retired postal worker Robert Galione recalls his boss telling him, in his son Jay’s documentary The Great Postal Heist, released in January. Galione, an American Postal Workers Union shop steward at the Maplewood, N.J. post office, was suspended without pay in 1997, charged with padding his mileage-expense reimbursements by ...