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Militancy against Trump at Labor Day Parade
This past Saturday, trade unionists from the tri-state region marched down Fifth Avenue to celebrate Labor Day. Marching past St. Patrick’s Cathedral as well as some of the most expensive...
Don't Trust Trump's Infrastructure Plan
Trump says he has a plan to rebuild America's crumbling infrastructure. There's no question we need a major infrastructure upgrade. Decades of underfunding by elected officials has led to...
Mayor Walsh won't back down
Executive orders coming out of Washington have dominated news reporting, whether the news be fake, mainstream or alternative. All press surrounding these orders, and the responses of the White House...
Organized Labor's Cinderella Man
On Saturday, December 17, Joe “The Beast” Smith Jr. fought former multi-class champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins in Hopkins final fight. After eight rounds,...
The skinny on union conventions
This week, two major unions are holding their union conventions. For those who are not in a union, a convention might seem a little nerdy or it might seem like one big party - but that couldn’t...
Christie costs thousands their jobs
Tradesmen and women in New Jersey are preparing for a work stoppage this week after Governor Chris Christie called for all public works projects to shut down for the next week. The shutdown...
A real life Cinderella Man
On June 18th, Laborers Local 66-member Joe Smith Jr. shocked the world by knocking out the WBC Light-Heavyweight International Champion Andrzej Fonfara just minutes into the first round. The...
New weapon in arsenal of activism
The General Building and Construction Laborers Local 66 based on Long Island, NY has just added a new weapon in their arsonal of activism. A recent purchase of an LED multi-media truck is...
Does anything good ever happen in Missouri?
At University of Missouri, the football players were not the only people angry at University President Tim Wolfe for dropping the N bomb toward the student body president, which has prompted national...
Could this happen?
With a July 31st deadline for infrastructure spending to expire, the Laborers International Union of North America is urging Congress to pass a long term extension for the funding. Laborers...