21+ hour, 19+ min ago   (463+ words) Chicago’s busy autumn convention and tourism season faces a potential new disruption as approximately 7,000 hotel workers operate under expired contracts and warn that strike action remains possible. The contracts expired on August 31 and cover employees at more than 40 hotels across…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (280+ words) Labor unions in New York will be allowed to take legal action against groups that discourage union membership under a proposal signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday. The bill, which passed the state Assembly and Senate amid…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1755+ words) It’s two years until the contract between United Parcel Service and its 330,000 unionized drivers and warehouse workers is due for renewal, normally a time when labor-employer relationships are less contentious. The Teamsters union is ready for war. In a series…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (763+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET This column originally appeared in The Politics Brief, our weekly newsletter on the people, power and policies that shape New Yorkers' lives. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has positioned himself as a staunch ally to workers, endorsing a…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (512+ words) (The Center Square) — Labor unions in New York will be allowed to take legal action against groups that discourage union membership under a proposal signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday. The bill, which passed the state Assembly…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (355+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed three laws addressing union impersonation, last-minute construction schedule changes and employee access to personnel records. The measures create financial penalties for people who falsely claim to represent a union, expand reporting-pay protections for construction workers…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (724+ words) About a thousand unionized hotel workers braved the stifling heat on the evening of Sept. 1 to rally for new and better contracts, marching most of the length of the Michigan Avenue Magnificent Mile retail corridor. UNITE HERE Local 1 collectively represents…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (512+ words) (The Center Square) — Labor unions in New York will be allowed to take legal action against groups that discourage union membership under a proposal signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday. The bill, which passed the state Assembly…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (167+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump (left) greets retired UAW auto worker Brian Pannebecker while speaking at General Motors’ Milford Proving Grounds on July 27 in Milford, Michigan. All workers – unionized or not – are dealing with higher prices for food and gasoline. Robert Forrant…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (533+ words) The university increasingly resembles a medieval guild: a protected inner circle surrounded by a much larger population hoping for admission. In 2011, I went to New York to cover Occupy Wall Street. Among the protesters I met was a young man…...