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2 weeks ago | laborpress.org | Eric Goldman

In the shadows of New York’s soaring skylines, a financial sleight of hand is silently eroding the foundation of fair competition in construction. While union contractors play by the rules—providing living wages, comprehensive benefits, and rigorous safety standards—many powerful corporations are exploiting captive insurance schemes to artificially deflate their bids by millions.

1 month ago | laborpress.org | Silver Krieger

While the Trump administration has been busy gutting worker protections, breaking unions, undermining the Constitution, attacking oppressed communities, among other ways to gain control of the American people, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists are strategizing as to how best to combat the coup we are now experiencing.

1 month ago | laborpress.org | Silver Krieger

In April, the Trump administration’s interior secretary halted Empire Wind, a $5 billion dollar wind farm project off the coast of New York. The wind farm is 30% complete, according to Equinor, an energy company based in Norway who is working on the project. Now, the ban has lifted the stop-work order, and the construction work , which is expected to provide power for half a million homes beginning in 2027, can resume.

1 month ago | laborpress.org | Silver Krieger

President Trump has once again lashed out at his critics, this time aiming his cold-blooded bile at two of the world’s most celebrated and creative working music artists. Taylor Swift, who aside from having more than proven her worth as both an incredibly popular master of her craft, as well as being the world’s wealthiest female musician, and Bruce Springsteen, an uncontested genius in his work over decades, have now had to contend with a new barrage of hate.

1 month ago | laborpress.org | Kenneth Quinnell

Long Island, NY – Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Some 1,200 National Grid employees, members of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1049, who work in Long Island’s natural gas and power plants, voted 590–90 to approve a new contract.