NYC Fair Fares Program Expands
NEW YORK, NY – more than 50,000 New Yorkers have enrolled in the City’s Fair Fares program. This is a half-priced MetroCard program for low-income New Yorkers. “Using mass transit to get around
NEW YORK, NY – more than 50,000 New Yorkers have enrolled in the City’s Fair Fares program. This is a half-priced MetroCard program for low-income New Yorkers. “Using mass transit to get around
NEW YORK, N.Y.—In a loud rally at its Manhattan headquarters June 5, the Hotel Trades Council became the first labor union to endorse Mayor Bill de Blasio for President. “You
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 100,000 workers in New York State are injured each year badly enough to miss time at work, but the state’s workers’ compensation system has been “seriously
New York, NY – The Brooklyn Academy of Music likes to portray itself as a bastion of social justice and democratic ideals, but it isn’t putting out the welcome mat
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
BOSTON, MASS. – Local 32BJ has alleged nonpayment of wages and earned sick time violations against Flight Services & Systems Inc. FSS is an Ohio-based company that provides non-TSA related
New York, NY – A electrician narrowly escaped electrocution on a 10th Avenue construction site in Chelsea this past Thursday, underscoring, yet again, just how dangerous building in New York
ALBANY, N.Y.—With Democrats controlling the New York State Legislature for the first time in more than 50 years, state Senate Labor Committee chair Jessica Ramos (D-Queens) hopes to pass a
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—A federal court in from Westchester County has awarded about $373,000 to three day laborers cheated out of pay by a construction contractor. “This case stands out for
SEATTLE, Wash.—The Ironworkers union has raised more than $128,000 in donations for the families of two members killed when a tower crane collapsed in downtown Seattle April 27. The Ironworkers