US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RECOVERS $633K IN BACK WAGES FOR 84 WORKERS FOR VIOLATIONS BY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEVELOPMENT SITE’S SUBCONTRACTORS
Posted OnMarch 22, 2023 byWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $633,029 in back wages for 84 workers denied their full wages and benefits by subcontractors involved in construction of an affordable housing development funded by the District of Columbia. Three offices of the department’s Wage and Hour Division conducted investigations of six subcontractors hired to work on The…Read More…
Why ‘right-to-work’ was always wrong for Michigan
Posted OnMarch 16, 2023 byThe Michigan state legislature is poised to make history this week by repealing an anti-union “right-to-work” (RTW) statute enacted in 2012. This repeal is an important step toward empowering workers to address historic levels of income inequality and unequal power in our economy, and would mark the first time a state has repealed a RTW law in nearly 60 years. For…Read More…
Carpenter Contractor Trust Celebrates Women in Construction and Marks 25th Annual Women in Construction Week
Posted OnMarch 6, 2023 bySummary: In celebration of the 25th annual Women in Construction Week (March 5-11), the Carpenter Contractor Trust is shining the spotlight on three female construction workers in union trades. The women followed different paths to construction and are helping to pave the way for the future of women in the construction industry in the Eastern…Read More…
Manhattan D.A. Sets Up Worker Protection Unit
Posted OnFebruary 21, 2023 byFebruary 20, 2023 – Neal Tepel LaborPress Publisher – LaborPress Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., has announced the creation of the Office’s Worker Protection Unit to investigate and prosecute wage theft and other forms of worker harassment and exploitation across Manhattan’s many industries. “At the Manhattan D.A.’s office, we’re holding accountable companies and…Read More…
Students earn while they learn hands-on carpentry skills
Posted OnFebruary 13, 2023 byA program at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson is teaching students carpentry skills and giving them a head start on an in-demand career. The program, created by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, is designed to introduce high school students to various carpentry trades under the direction of local union carpenters. It doesn’t just allow…Read More…
For Union Carpentry Apprentices, It’s Down To The Wire And Straight Into Networking Opportunities For Union Carpentry Apprentices, It’s Down To The Wire And Straight Into Networking Opportunities
Posted OnFebruary 9, 2023 byThe construction industry has been experiencing a steady increase in job openings. In December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that construction brought in approximately 19,000 jobs monthly last year, a 3,000-job-per-month increase over 2021. While this is good news for candidates, union contractors should look beyond job boards to ensure these positions don’t sit vacant for too…Read More…
$7.5 million returned to workers in Pa. shortchanged by companies in 2022
Posted OnJanuary 26, 2023 byPHILADELPHIA (CBS) — CBS News Philadelphia has learned $7.5 million dollars was returned to workers in Pennsylvania who were shortchanged by their companies last year. Now, a Philadelphia woman is on a mission to help even more workers get the money that’s owed to them. Katherine Coker of Manayunk has built a fan base on…Read More…
Maryland workers say they’re owed millions in unpaid overtime and benefits as WJZ investigates wage theft
Posted OnJanuary 25, 2023 byBALTIMORE — Wage theft costs Americans more than any other type of theft. “Owed,” a WJZ investigation in collaboration with the CBS News’ Innovation Lab, found thousands of Marylanders have filed complaints with the state claiming they are being cheated out of millions of dollars in overtime and benefits they earn from their employers. Maryland…Read More…
Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare
Posted OnJanuary 24, 2023 byFollowing Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of welders and pipefitters were recruited from India to come to the Gulf Coast to repair oil rigs. But when they arrived in the U.S., it was nothing like what they were promised. Labor organizer Saket Soni first heard about the situation when he received a midnight phone call from an…Read More…
Unions and Video Games
Posted OnJanuary 24, 2023 byBy German Lopez onight, tens of millions of Americans will wind down from a day of work or school with a leisure activity that did not exist a century ago: video games. Until fairly recently, games were considered a niche hobby, typically associated with children. But the industry has grown widely in recent decades. About…Read More…