New York, NY — A recent investigation by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer found that the City’s Department of Education (DOE) routinely violates its own contracting rules and internal procedures in awarding non-competitive contracts.
Kansas, Mo.—Kansas City voters on Aug. 8 overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour later this month—but the vote was likely symbolic, because
New York, NY – My last column (August 1, 2017) noted that the law of corporate fiduciary duty, which compels managers to maximize profits, works to drive down workers’ wages.
Filmmaker Michael Moore makes his Broadway debut with The Terms of My Surrender, a one-man show at the Belasco Theatre
Niagara Falls, NY- It’s official, the Niagara-Orleans AFL-CIO Central Labor Council broke a record with its 2017 Labor’s Night at the Races fundraiser to benefit the United Way of Greater Niagara (UWGN), raising $15,000 to bring the total of the nine-year event to nearly $100,000.
Washington, DC – A top federal appeals court ruled Aug. 4 that a Pennsylvania company had illegally violated workers’ free-speech rights by freezing wages during a union-organizing campaign in 2012.
This certainly was the week that was. Trump threatened nuclear war against North Korea. He threatened to invade Venezuela. Along the way, he attacked various people in his administration and the Republican Party for supposedly letting him down. It ended on the other hand with him blaming “many sides” for the violence in Charlottesville.
OPEN SHOP: A business that employs workers without regard to union membership. In the 1920s the “open shop” employed an ill‑disguised attempt to get rid of bona fide unions. States
New York, NY – The Uniformed Firefighters Association and the Teamsters both announced their endorsements for the City Council on Thursday, August 10th. The Uniformed Firefighters (UFA) endorsed Council Member Elizabeth Crowley (D-30) for reelection and John Quaglione for the open seat in the Council’s 43rd district.
Atlanta, GA – UNITE HERE Local 23 will hold a memorial service at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Aug. 11 for TeeTee Dangerfield, a trans woman server at the airport who
