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Unions Rally Against Open Shop at Hudson Yards
On Tuesday, thousands of New York City Building and Construction Trades rallied at Union Square in New York City. The rally was being held to protest the use of non-union labor on the huge Hudson...
Non-Union Contractor Caused FIU Bridge Collapse
The bridge collapse at Florida International University (FIU), last week killed six innocent people. UCOMM decided to do some quick investigation into who built this and who was responsible for the...
Hail the Prevailing Wage
This is New York. We don’t do “race to the bottom” here. We don’t invite in bottom-fishers and corner-cutters to build our buildings. And we don’t scapegoat workers...
Indiana's Repeal of the Prevailing Wage has been a Disaster
Vice President Mike Pence was governor of Indiana in 2015 when the state’s GOP-dominated Legislature passed a repeal of the state’s prevailing wage laws, arguing the measure would...
New Facebook Data Center Being Built Union
It takes a lot of data centers to handle the traffic that Facebook’s 1 billion daily users create. So much space is needed that Facebook has announced that they will triple the size of their...
The Future of Transit will be Union Made
Technology is constantly changing, but many of the trains that we ride on are still stuck in the last century. One company is trying to change that by building a high-speed train that will bring you...
States Act to Fill Construction Jobs
Across the country construction is booming, 35 states reported an increase from last year in construction jobs. 26 of those states also reported increases just in the last month. While this boom is...
Stardust Diner Reaches Settlement with Union
The singing servers at one of New York City’s most popular tourist destinations, Ellen’s Stardust Diner, won a huge labor victory this week. A year after the wait staff unionized with the...
Robots Taking Away Construction Jobs
Robots and technology are taking over many industries and the building trades may be the next industry to feel their effect. Of course, that means union tradesmen will also feel the effects. We...
Albany: $100K Jobs Must Have Training
In a Press Release from the Carpenters Union, on July 3, the City of Albany passed Ordinance 32.62.17 that requires all construction contractors and subcontractors – working on projects valued...