Covid Shutdown and the Pandemic Pounds
New York, NY – One thing’s for sure, they don’t call them the Pandemic Pounds for nothing. In fact, aside from other stress related disorders, emotional eating is common amongst
New York, NY – One thing’s for sure, they don’t call them the Pandemic Pounds for nothing. In fact, aside from other stress related disorders, emotional eating is common amongst
WASHINGTON—The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill now pending in the Senate includes a long-sought measure to rescue the nation’s endangered multiemployer pension plans. The American Rescue Act, passed by the
New York, NY – If you’re lucky, a positive case of coronavirus might only mean flu-like symptoms, some bed rest and two weeks of quarantine. For 10-year FDNY-EMS paramedic Christell
New York, NY – Poor doors for workers. Workplace injuries. Wage theft. The NYC District Council of Carpenters is taking aim at all of it on Park Avenue. The Towers
Do you want to know the difference between a Democratic Socialist and a modern-day Republican, Trump lover and Libertarian? Just look at what Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has been doing in
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Once again, building-trades workers wielding “Stop Wage Theft” signs protested outside Brookfield Properties’ Battery Park City offices Feb. 24, loudly demanding that the developer stop using “bad actors”
Editor’s Note: Melissa Tirado is Local 1549, DC37, AFSCME, Hospital Executive Vice Chair and Shop Steward at North Central Bronx Hospital New York, NY – Public hospital clericals like me
New York, NY – Stress is still high as we approach the one year mark of the Covid-19 shutdown. With so many uncertainties, the need for mental health support in
WASHINGTON—The percentage of U.S. workers who are union members increased in 2020 for the first time in more than 10 years — because members lost their jobs at a much
In the devastation of 2020, the phrase “essential worker” went from a low-profile term for people who had to work even when the government was closed for snow, to a