Workers’ Rights

Workers who suffer an injury on the job can find themselves in a precarious financial position. If you are unable to work you will have no income, while medical bills may be piling up in addition to your usual obligations. Your family can end up in jeopardy. Workers...

From construction sites to health care settings, U.S. immigrants work hard to support their families in many different types of jobs. And, like other workers, they may risk serious injury on a daily basis. Unfortunately, many immigrants do not know that they may be...

Trench collapses are some of the most frequent construction site hazards. The Occupation Safety and Health Administration has cited a New York contractor for failure to control cave-in hazards, leading to a worker being trapped in a collapse. The contractor Antorino...

New York State 

Joe's Union Review does a great job de-bunking the myth being bandied about on UAW pay as the cause of the US auto industries problems. There have been tons of headlines expressing shock that some UAW workers are alleged to make, hold your breath, $79,000 a year. In a...

According to Union Review, Nassau County police are of the opinion that there was inadequate security: The head of a retail workers' union says the Black Friday trampling death of a temporary Wal-Mart worker in New York was preventable. CNN cites United Food and...

Recently, the Second and Third Departments of the Appellate Division have issued decisions which narrow the application of Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. National Labor Relations Bd., 535 US 137 [2002], a 2002 United States Supreme Court decision which held that an...