In a big victory for the UFT, union-supported legislation curbing exorbitant hospital fees charged to out-of-network patients for emergency care passed both houses of the state Legislature in June. It
NEW YORK, NY – 1199SEIU President George Gresham has been re-elected for another three years Gresham has served as union president since 2007 in a union with over 450,000 members.
NEW YORK, NY — New York City is attempting to address the expanding homelessness on the subways by offering alternative pathways off the streets into transitional and permanent housing. The New York
NEW YORK, NY – Planning requirements for shootings and emerge situations in New York City’s schools need to be more strictly enforced by New York City’s Department of Education (DOE),
NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Health Department has announced it has closed two schools in Williamsburg for failing to comply with an Order of the Health Commissioner in
WASHINGTON, DC – Data from the American Community Survey (ACS) indicate native-born workers are leaving the construction industry and being replaced by immigrant workers. The number of Immigrant workers in the
WASHINGTON, DC – The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa regarding the House Education and Labor Committee approval OF H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, which would
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has released agency watch list reports on the Department of Buildings (DOB) and citywide spending on homelessness – two areas where the
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Saying “we only have 12 years to accomplish the massive shifts necessary to avoid the worst impacts of climate change,” the SEIU’s International Executive Board passed a resolution supporting
AUSTIN, Tex.—A bill to prohibit local governments from enacting paid sick-leave laws and other labor protections stronger than the state’s died May 27 when it failed to pass the state
