Mulgrew Asks State Lawmakers to Offset Federal Cuts
New York, NY – Testifying in Albany on Jan. 31 on the governor’s proposed budget, UFT President Michael Mulgrew called on state lawmakers to help insulate public schools from fiscal
New York, NY – Testifying in Albany on Jan. 31 on the governor’s proposed budget, UFT President Michael Mulgrew called on state lawmakers to help insulate public schools from fiscal
CHARLESTON, W. Va.—A two-day teachers’ strike over pay and benefits closed schools in all 55 of West Virginia’s counties Feb. 22. The walkout, already planned, came the morning after Gov.
YONKERS, NY-State Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assemblymember Shelley Mayer have applauded Governor Andrew Cuomo for signing a bill they sponsored into law which authorizes members of the
ALBERT LEA, Minn.—About 80 union workers at the Mayo Clinic’s hospital here returned to their jobs Dec. 26, after management responded to a one-day strike by SEIU Healthcare Minnesota by
Albany, NY – New York State has launched one of the nation’s most comprehensive Paid Family Leave policy in the nation. Starting January 1, 2018, New Yorkers will have job-protected paid
FOND DU LAC, Wisc.—Workers at the Mercury Marine marine-engine plant here voted Nov. 11 to reject revising their contract. The tentative revised agreement between Mercury and International Association of Machinists
New York, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that following the apparent terrorist attack in New York City’s Lower Manhattan on October 31st he has directed state agencies
Albany, NY – Norsk Titanium, the world’s first FAA-approved supplier of aerospace-grade structural titanium components is expanding its opations in New York State. Components will be manufactorsd at the Plattsburgh
North Bergen, NJ– (Friday, Oct. 6, 2017) International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO members in the Port of New York and New Jersey collected donations of household goods, including generators, batteries, blankets,
Newark, N.J, – The AFL-CIO, the CWA Association of Flight Attendants and United Airlines have teamed up to fly hundreds of first responders and skilled volunteers—including nurses, doctors, electricians, engineers,