New York, NY – Union leaders and climate change activists urging the House of Labor, this week, to fully back the transition to 100-percent renewable energy say it’s up to
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Wage theft and denial of paid sick leave are common in New York City’s home health-care industry, according to a report released Sept. 5 by the city Department
ORLANDO, Fla.—Under a tentative contract agreement announced Aug. 25 between Walt Disney World5 and the Service Trades Council Union, the minimum wage for the 38,000 workers the six-union coalition represents
Brooklyn, NY – You can still win. That’s the message CWA District 1 Organizing Coordinator Tim Dubnau and his members have for striking Charter/Spectrum workers with IBEW Local 3 who’ve
On Aug. 9, I received a check for $1,050. That was my back pay from a small publication I’d done freelance editing and writing for—after they’d fired me for insisting that
In his brilliant book, The Plot Against America (2004), Philip Roth offered a fictitious, nightmarish version of American history. Sadly, the political scenarios unfolding in our country are not fiction
Large for-profit corporations are necessary in modern American society. They employ large numbers of people. They produce goods and services with cost-reducing efficiencies that are not achievable by individuals or
New York, NY – 10 Below, Michael Tamir’s store on Broadway and 101st Street, is about to close bringing job losses to the neighborhood in some very personal ways.
NEW YORK, NY – “17 years ago, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center firefighters and first responders across New York City did as they always do – raced to
Pretty Woman: The Musical is a contemporary stage adaptation of the 1990 movie that made Julia Roberts a star. She played a prostitute, alongside Richard Gere as the businessman determined
