March 2, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Local labor leaders are calling Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker “shameful” and urging the cheesehead GOPer to apologize for comparing American working
March 2, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – A Left Labor Project forum held this week focusing on organized labor’s response to police conduct in the choking death of Eric
March 2, 2015 By Neal Tepel The House of Representatives is planning to vote on controversial legislation called "Fast Track". The Bill gives Congress authority to pass trade agreements quickly
February 27, 2015 By Charles Wowkanech, President, NJ State AFL-CIO A New Jersey Superior Court Judge has taken Governor Chris Christie to task in a ruling that forces him to
February 26, 2015 By AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka This temporary setback will not deter the AFL-CIO's work on the ground to ensure that as many workers as possible are eventually able
February 23, 2015 By Stephanie West Long Island, NY – Assemblyman Michael Montesano (R,C,I-Glen Head) is sponsoring legislation to allow spouses of military personnel to practice their licensed profession upon
February 17, 2015 Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – It’s taken three years to do it, but Brooklyn Cablevision workers fighting a fierce battle with media mogul James Dolan, have finally
February 16, 2015 By Steven Wishnia Local 1199SEIU has become the first major New York labor union to join the campaign to renew and strengthen the state’s rent-regulation laws, which
February 13, 2015 By Corey Bearak Why Not Chance Some Real Property Tax Reform? The recent stories on the accumulation of foreign, non-resident ownership of residential real estate, in particular
February 12, 2015 New York, NY – Jewish Labor Committee President Stuart Appelbaum issued the following statement regarding the upcoming speech by Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, DC:
