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Critics argue boosting transportation expenses will further inflate rising prices of goods and services and weaken trucking and other businesses.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faced challengers in the city’s mayoral race Saturday at the candidates’ first forum since controversy emerged over an email...

NJDOL Awards Nearly $3M in Grants to Businesses, Organizations to Bolster Apprenticeship Programs

Even a passing glance at the Press Releases from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in recent months will immediately suggest the fact that federal labor law is, step-by-step, changing...

Four major trade unions that were set to represent Keystone XL pipeline workers before President Biden canceled the project's permits, were silent this week when asked the job losses.

Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. | (17 construction workers) and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 955

Their tips are. they have guaranteed benefits and a wage from that union. how much would you like to see that model and other places. as we watch service industries pushing for unionization? >> here is what i know, this is a service industry in our state, i knew it well, thats why my families there, my grandfather worked in the service industry, he was a pit boss, opening casinos, my aunts, uncles, cousins to this day, my cousins are working in the casinos are did cocktails, what theyre looking ...

The stalled proposal would require a Chicago crane operators license for any equipment to lift over 1,000 pounds, half the current weight limit. It’s a good thing for Operating Engineers Local 150 that no final vote was taken. If there had been a roll call, the ordinance would surely have been voted down.

Give you an example. i will went to wisconsin recently. this was last year i think. a lot of good paying jobs come in. working with the operating engineers there to make clear to high school students that whether they want a college degree or not they can get good paying construction jobs because of the work that were making possible. >> bret: i understand and. >> hold on we saved taxpayers # thousand dollars by using the faa jet instead of buying airline tickets. >> nevada, oklahoma, minnesota,...

State of maryland. so i think we saw that people are focused on not just -- they were focused and supportive of us in an historic way, not just because they wanted me to make history, but because they knew that together we could actually build a state that everyone could believe in and everyone could thrive in, that it wasnt about me making history, it was about the fact that we were focusing on policies that can make their lives better. >> during your campaign, you said the idea of patriotism h...