Building Union Strength and Credibility through Political Action and Media Communications August 4, 2012 By Neal Tepel A successful labor organization projects an image of strength and importance. The perception…
August 10, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress Reporter Sean, Dana and Gary were just three of numerous CWA 1101 members picketing during their lunch hour outside Verizon’s headquarters at 140…
Increasing Problem of Synthetic Drug Use August 10, 2012 By Stephanie West The illegal use of bath salts and other synthetic drugs has become increasingly widespread and poses a serious…
August 9, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Just as one big labor battle ends, with Local 1-2, UWUA members returning back to work, another one may be looming,…
Labor Pumps Up The Volume Against SUNY Downstate Layoffs August 9, 2012 By Joe Maniscalco Union workers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn staged their largest and loudest protest…
Tell Bloomberg – We Stand With Elizabeth Warren August 9, 2012 By NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio On August 15, Mayor Mike Bloomberg will host a fundraiser for Republican…
August 8, 2012 By Joe Maniscalco When he was about six or seven-years-old, John Mancuso – the Port Richmond native now vying to unseat Republican Nicole Malliotakis in New York’s…
August 7, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter LaborPress spoke again to John Melia, Local 1-2’s spokesman as well as Ken Margolies, senior associate at the Worker Institute at…
August 7, 2012 By Joe Maniscalco When superstar Rap impresario Jay Z decided to stage a benefit for the United Way at Carnegie Hall last February, he probably didn’t think…
August 7, 2012 By Harry Kelber The blueprint for the creation of what would be Canada’s largest industrial union was released Aug. 4 at a press conference in Toronto. Representatives…
