Laborers offer paid maternity leave in 2025

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, mothers will be eligible for up to $800 per week of paid leave.LIUNA joins several other International building trades unions that offer paid maternity leave including the Bricklayers, Painters and Ironworkers.

Community, Construction Issues, Organized Labor, WagesCBCTC GenDecember 27, 2024Maternity leave, LiUNA, Iron Workers, TWBN, Collective Bargaining Agreements, Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act, Brent Booker, LiUNA General President Brent Booker, paid leave

Unions react to Biden re-election decision

Union leaders across the country responded to President Biden's July announcement he would not seek a second term with mixed feelings, but quickly pivoted to support his preferred replacement, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Community, Events, Organized LaborCBCTC GenAugust 1, 2024Joe Biden, President Biden, Vice President Harris, LiUNA, Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO, International Union of Painters and Allied Trade, Jimmy Williams, IBEW, Brent Booker

LIUNA General President O'Sullivan announces retirement

Laborers’ International Union of North American (LIUNA) General President Terry O’Sullivan announced his plan to retire effective April 30, after leading the union for almost

24 years.

“There has been no higher honor or privilege than to represent, defend and fight for the strong, proud and united men and women of LIUNA,” O’Sullivan said. “Each and every day I have served as General President, I have been awed by the power of this union.”

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