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The Rising Tide Lifting Women into Leadership
This post was written by the IBEW Media Center. Sally McKleinfeld has been helping female friends with their résumés for years. Now she’s developed a program to help even more women within...
Google Ends Forced Arbitration
One of the nation's largest tech companies is doing away with forced arbitration after a series of worker walkouts. Find out more from the AP.
Ironworkers Ordered to Cross Picket Line in NYC
For the last 16 months, union construction workers in New York City have been holding pickets and rallies outside of the Hudson Yards project on Manhattan’s West Side. New York locals from...
Trump Repeals OSHA Safety Standards
This post was written by the IBEW. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has gutted an Obama-era rule that required employers to report on-the-job injuries and illnesses. The Trump...
Union Membership Density is Steady
There is more than one way to skin a cat and even more ways to measure the job market. Whereas (un)employment numbers might tell us about the number of jobs out there, union density says a lot about...
Congress Proposes Giving TSA Full Bargaining Rights
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) enthusiastically supports the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2019 (H.R. 1140) re-introduced by Representatives Bennie...
Buzzfeed Journalists Vote to Join NewsGuild
Following layoffs at Buzzfeed, their employees have decided to take back their workplace by voting to join the Newsguild. Find out more about the organizing campaign from Bloomberg.
Denver Teachers Go on Strike
Teachers in the Mile High City have walked off the job Monday after failing to reach a contract agreement. Teachers have been fighting for a raise in base pay and less money being used for...
What Does My Union do for Me?
A while ago I had a few members of Local Union 10 IBEW ask me "What does the union do for me anyway?" I was more than a little surprised to get that question from our own members. We talked...
Construction Deaths in New York City Fall
Construction remains as one of the deadliest professions in New York, especially if you work on a non-union job site. That is the findings of a new report that was released by New York Committee for...