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Inside the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Deadline
Vito Pitta
June 16, 2021
New York, NY – The July 29, 2021 final deadline for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund [VCF] applies to claims by two primary groups of
Category: Finance
How Will the Show Go On in the Age of COVID?
Silver Krieger
May 3, 2021
New York, NY – COVID forced the shutdown of Broadway theaters on March 12, 2020. They’ve been shuttered ever since. Now, however, the Broadway League,
Ohio College-Student Workers Go on Historic Strike for Union Recognition
Steve Wishnia
April 28, 2021
GAMBIER, Ohio—At least 140 student workers at Kenyon College in Ohio joined a walkout on Apr. 27, the second day of what the Kenyon Student
Despite Healthy Terminals Act, Contractors Deny Health Care to Airport Workers
Steve Wishnia
April 22, 2021
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 200 airport workers rallied at John F. Kennedy airport April 21, protesting their employers’ refusal to include mandated health-care coverage in
IBT Local 202 President: Winning Through Collective Action
Naeisha Rose
April 5, 2021
New York, NY – Teamsters Local 202 President Daniel Kane has been helping to provide New Yorkers with fresh food for 30 years. He’s been
State Budget Cuts Cripple Safety Net Hospitals
Ralph Palladino, 2nd VP Local 1549 DC 37 AFSCME
March 12, 2021
New York, NY – New York State is facing a $30 billion budget gap that must be closed in the upcoming 2022 budget. The administration
MTA Bus Driver Who Survived COVID-19 Predicts Another Lockdown for NYC; Holds Trump Administration Accountable for Sister’s Death
Naeisha Rose
July 13, 2020
Queens, NY – Come August, the MTA has plans to install protective barriers on buses before resuming front door service and fare collections — bus
Public Employee Pensions Under Attack
Jay Warshofsky, Organization of Staff Analysts and NYCMEA
July 5, 2020
New York public servants are members of one of the eight public employee pension systems in the State and City. Approximately 700,000 active employees are
Slipping Through The Door
Ben Kimmel
July 5, 2020
Although it appears the MTA is run and maintained by union workers, somehow non-union trades have begun to slip through the door to do construction
Exposing the Bad Apples
Ben Kimmel
June 30, 2020
The State Troopers Fraternal Association of New Jersey filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Gurbir Grewal on June 25. The suit alleges Grewal’s orders to