
Author: Stephanie West


NYS Unemployed Hits Record
Albany, NY – The New York State Department of Labor has paid out $9.2 billion in unemployment insurance benefits to two million New Yorkers. Melissa


CUNY To Lay Off Staff
New York, NY — CUNY colleges have announced planned layoffs of hundreds of adjunct professors. Adjuncts teach 56% of courses at CUNY. “Adjunct faculty are not expendable. They



COVID-19 Antibody Testing for Frontline First Responders
Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city’s 11 public hospitals [NYC Health + Hospitals] will offer free antibody testing for first responders on

NYC Introduces “Project Cupid”
NEW YORK, NY — New York City’s “Project Cupid,” will enable the completion of the marriage license process to be completed online. All couples who want to

Concern for Worker Safety Continues at McDonald’s
San Jose, California – Twenty-two percent of McDonald’s workers reported they went to work feeling sick during the COVID-19 pandemic because of a lack of

Labor Unions Blast Trump Administration for Skirting CARES Act Payroll Requirements
Washington, DC – Seven leading labor unions, representing millions of working people across the country, have blasted the Trump Administration for skirting payroll requirements in
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