CWA Local 1168 President Cori Gambini Warns Of GOP Health Plan?s Impact, Says...
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In the on-rushing forced march towards the U.S. House vote on the Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Washington D.C. denizens - Union Leaders included - are...
View ArticleMassive Protest & Strike Date Planned For May 1st Against Trump ? As Many As...
More than 300,000 Workers are planning to walk out of their jobs in protest of President Trump on International Workers Day, according to a new report.The report by Buzzfeed News said that "350,000...
View ArticleCoal Country Miners Get ?Burned? By Trump?s Budget Cuts - Miners Are ?Livid:?...
You might remember, during the campaign Donald Trump billed himself as the “last shot” for Coal Country, boasting that he alone could “save regions like Appalachia that had ‘long suffered’ from poverty...
View ArticleThe WNY Council On Occupational Safety & Health Joins Nationwide Campaign To...
(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - The Western New York Council on Occupational Safety and Health (WNYCOSH), a Buffalo-headquartered organization that advocates for Worker Safety across the Western New York Region,...
View ArticleUAW Criticizes The Detroit Three?s Offer To Bus Workers From Across Southeast...
(YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN) - For United Auto Workers (UAW) Leaders, President Trump’s rally in Ypsilanti today (Wednesday, March 15th) is an opportunity to find common ground on Free Trade issues. However,...
View ArticleAFSCME President Saunders On The CBO Analysis Of The Republican?s American...
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Reacting to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) analysis of the Republican’s American Health Care Act, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)...
View ArticleWestern New York Labor Rejects Actions That Blame Immigrant & Undocumented...
(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) – Following a report in The Buffalo News that stated a local Union was tipping off Federal Agents to any Undocumented Immigrants employed on constructions sites across Western New...
View ArticleUnion Leaders Turn Thumbs Down On House GOP Replacement For The Affordable...
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Saying the House’s ruling Republicans want to throw people out of health care coverage, Union Leaders have turned their thumbs down on the Republican plan that was unveiled earlier...
View ArticleHow A Rat Balloon From Suburban Chicago Became A Union Mascot
(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - Large inflatable rats, with their claws out and lips curled into a snarl, have become a common sight on picket lines throughout the Chicago area. The balloons, which range in...
View ArticleWomen Workers To Surround Labor Department Today On ?A Day Without A Woman?
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Widespread feminist and worker resistance actions are happening today (Wednesday, March 8th) on International Women’s Day.The backers of the Women’s March on Washington and...
View ArticleUnion-Busting Republicans Lick Their Chops at the Possibility Of A Nationwide...
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Just about every Congressional Session, Republicans unveil what's known as a Right-To-Work (for less) Bill. Under the guise of liberating Workers, these measures make it harder for...
View ArticleUnions Blasts The Trump Administration?s Intimidation Of The Media, Say It...
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - More than 50 organizations - including The News Guild-Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Washington-Baltimore News Guild and the National Writers Union, are blasting the...
View ArticleU.S. Senator Bernie Sanders To Join Nissan Unionization March On Saturday
(CANTON, MISSISSIPPI) – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont) will join more than 1,000 protesters on Saturday (March 4th) as they march outside a Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi to demand...
View ArticleA WNYLaborToday.com Report: ?To Help Ease The Pain,? Building Trades Members...
(PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) – In the wake of more than 100 headstones toppled over at a Jewish Cemetery in Philadelphia, which authorities say is the latest in a wave of anti-Semitic incidents across...
View ArticleMost National Union Leaders Back Buffalo Native & Former U.S. Secretary Of...
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Though most - if not all - Union Leaders on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) supported the runner-up in the Committee Chair Race, they quickly fell into line once former...
View ArticleGood News: New Mexico ?Will Not Become? The Nation?s 29th Right-To-Work (For...
(SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO) - New Mexico will not become the nation’s 29th Right-To-Work (for less) State, at least not this year. After testimony Saturday (February 25th) from a long line of Union Members...
View ArticleLabor Perspective From Buffalo AFL-CIO President John Mudie: Ride-Sharing...
On behalf of the Buffalo AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, I would like to express my concerns about the possible passage of a bill that would allow Uber and other ride-sharing companies to operate in...
View ArticleThe NewsGuild-CWA Condemns White House For Banning Journalists
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The NewsGuild-Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Union that supports Reporters’ Rights and quality journalism, has spoken out against the actions of the Trump...
View ArticleUnionists Join In As Resistance To Trump, GOP Agenda Builds
Tens of thousands of Unionists nationwide joined in during the Congressional Recess in late February to resist the pro-corporate agenda of Republican President Donald Trump and the right wing schemes...
View ArticleA Labor Perspective From Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain: What We...
It’s been four weeks since Donald Trump was sworn into office as president and America is in shock as Trump tries to run the country like a corporation. He’s appointed a Cabinet reflecting his vision...
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