As full construction on the 145-mile project in Somerset, Franklin and Androscoggin counties gets underway, including the undeveloped northern 53 miles that were under the injunction, the Maine AFL-CIO also endorsed the project.
Michigan Laborers District Council
Shutting down Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 would be a disaster for Michigan and for workers across the region. That’s why today’s date is so important.
Late last year, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced her intention to shut down Line 5, and to shut it down by May 12.
Thankfully, Line 5 is still operating today.
Affordable energy continues flowing to Michigan, our neighbors in the Midwest, and our international partners because government pipeline safety officials have no safety concerns with the pipeline, and shutdown attempts haven’t been accepted by the courts.
We hope the state will rethink its approach and embrace a better solution.
AFT
Reopening schools has been one of the most contested issues of the COVID-19 era, and few have been happy with the pace – parent, teacher or student. One person who thought New York City has tackled it correctly is Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers. Unlike some national labor figures, Weingarten remains influential among local education unions in New York, where she headed the United Federation of Teachers from 1998 to 2009.
7. John Samuelsen
International President, Transport Workers Union
As international president of the Transport Workers Union, John Samuelsen represents 150,000 transit workers, including 41,000 at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, his former employer whose tracks stretch from New York City to Poughkeepsie and Montauk. After a $3.9 billion bailout in March 2020, the MTA is receiving another $6 billion in aid via the American Rescue Plan, sidestepping once again the looming jobs catastrophe caused by the pandem
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As it became clear that many workplaces – essential and less so – would remain open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, ALIGN became a key player in a coalition of 70 unions, workers’ centers and nonprofits that have pushed the NY HERO Act. The bill sets enforceable workplace standards for testing, PPE, social distancing, hygiene and more. Maritza Silva-Farrell has led ALIGN, an alliance of labor and community organizations, since 2016.
52. Charlene Obernauer
Executive Director, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
NYCOSH, the watchdog nonprofit that Charlene Obernauer leads, is well known for its annual report on construction deaths in New York state. The latest report on calendar year 2019 found that while construction-related deaths dipped slightly across the state, they rose 10% over the previous year within the five boroughs. In her role, Obernauer has advocated for better COVID-19 protection at New York work sites and also conducts tr
Print article An official with a union that represents a number of blue-collar workers with the state of Alaska, the municipality of Anchorage and other entities said a mailer issued by the Dave Bronson campaign sends an incorrect message that the union has endorsed the candidate. The Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 71 has not endorsed Bronson, who is running for Anchorage mayor against Forrests Dunbar, said Jordan Adams, the union’s business manager, in a letter to Bronson dated Thursday and posted on the union’s site. The mailer that Adams references recently hit mailboxes. It’s titled “Anchorage is at a CROSSROADS.”