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Spitting On Transit Workers Could Soon Carry Harsher Penalties
New York, NY – For the first time in years, lawmakers, law enforcement, unions and all five district attorneys are in agreement on one thing:
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- Spitting On Transit Workers Could Soon Carry Harsher Penalties
- TWU Local 100 Reaches New 5-Year Contract for Liberty Lines Transit Workers; Ratification Next
- The Only Union Restaurant in Chinatown is Facing Eviction
- Covid Shutdown and the Pandemic Pounds
- COVID Relief Bill Includes Long-Sought Pension Rescue
TWU Local 100 Reaches New 5-Year Contract for Liberty Lines Transit Workers; Ratification Next
New York, NY – TWU Local 100 got a new five-year contract for workers at Liberty Lines Transit in Westchester County on Feb. 28. The
Workers Demand New York State Force Employers to Provide On-the-Job Protections As Reopening Progresses
Queens, NY – This week, a cross-section of essential workers throughout the city gathered in Jackson Heights, Queens, one of the hardest hit communities during
CUNY Union Forms Human Chain to Shield Adjuncts From Mass Layoffs
New York, NY – Over 100 PSC CUNY members formed a social distancing line from the CUNY Central Office on 42nd Street to Gov. Andrew
RWDSU Steps In to Do Temperature Checks On Macy’s Workers
New York, NY – Macy’s workers returned to work for the first time in three months and they were eager to get back. But their
Covid Shutdown and the Pandemic Pounds
New York, NY – One thing’s for sure, they don’t call them the Pandemic Pounds for nothing. In fact, aside from other stress related disorders,
COVID Relief Bill Includes Long-Sought Pension Rescue
WASHINGTON—The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill now pending in the Senate includes a long-sought measure to rescue the nation’s endangered multiemployer pension plans. The American
FDNY-EMS Paramedic Fights to Return to Her Job Following COVID Ordeal
New York, NY – If you’re lucky, a positive case of coronavirus might only mean flu-like symptoms, some bed rest and two weeks of quarantine.
MTA Bus Driver Who Survived COVID-19 Predicts Another Lockdown for NYC; Holds Trump Administration Accountable for Sister’s Death
Queens, NY – Come August, the MTA has plans to install protective barriers on buses before resuming front door service and fare collections — bus
Public Employee Pensions Under Attack
New York public servants are members of one of the eight public employee pension systems in the State and City. Approximately 700,000 active employees are
Slipping Through The Door
Although it appears the MTA is run and maintained by union workers, somehow non-union trades have begun to slip through the door to do construction
Activist App: Unions Have a New Tool to Engage Their Membership
Special to LP - As UFCW 367 in Tacoma, WA, was about to reopen negotiations
