February 4, 2014 By Marc Bussanich Jersey City, NJ—President Obama said in his State of the Union speech that he’d sign executive orders in order to raise the minimum wage
February 4, 2014 By Steven Weiner As Friends of Labor has described before on this blog, the unrelenting efforts by corporations (backed by some state governments) to decimate collective bargaining
February 4, 2014 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – Overtime earnings at state agencies rose to a record $611 million in 2013, a nearly 16 percent increase compared to 2012,
February 3, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – New City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito entered office earlier this week with enough progressive cred to choke both the Koch brothers –
February 3, 2014 By Neal Tepel, LaborPress Publisher New York, NY – De Blasio is continuing to push the governor and state legislature to approve his plan for raising city
