NYC Comptroller: MTA Should Lower Fares within NYC
NEW YORK, NY- – New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer called on the MTA to lower the fare for using the LIRR and Metro-North within the five boroughs to the
NEW YORK, NY- – New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer called on the MTA to lower the fare for using the LIRR and Metro-North within the five boroughs to the
MIAMI, FL – Miami Air Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), have voted 93 percent to ratify a new contract. The 5-year agreement provides immediate pay
OTTAWA, Ontario—Canada Post workers could begin rotating strikes Oct. 22, their union warned Oct. 16. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, which represents 50,000 employees, said it would begin the
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Ebony Media Organization and its parent Clear View Group have failed to pay $30,000 they owe 14 freelance writers, the National Writers Union said Oct. 16. The Chicago-based
HONOLULU, Hawaii—A week after talks with the chain that owns five Marriott hotels in Hawaii broke down, the union representing the 2,700 striking workers said the Kyo-ya Hotels and Resorts
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Area school-bus drivers and monitors returned to work Oct. 15, two days after almost unanimously ratifying a contract agreement that ended their 11-day walkout. The First Student bus company
THREE FORKS, Mont.—Sen. Jon Tester paid a visit to the picket line at the Imerys Talc Mill in Three Forks Oct. 13, telling workers locked out for more than two
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Mayor Melvin Carter on Oct. 9 unveiled a draft bill that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour—but some workers would have to wait nine
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Jonathan Smith, head of the New York Metro Area Postal Union, entered the Hunts Point Station post office in the Bronx on the afternoon of Oct. 16, accompanied
SALEM, Mass.—The Congressmember representing northeast Massachusetts is calling on local utilities to use locked-put gas workers to repair damage from the more than 80 explosions and fires caused by overpressurized