…typical of what has been happening over the last two to three decades,” says Steele. “This is the slow, steady erosion of economic security Americans had (or thought they had)….Now…
August 9, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Just as one big labor battle ends, with Local 1-2, UWUA members returning back to work, another one may be looming,…
…in the Golden State to fight for – and eventually win – passage of a law establishing nurse-to-patient ratios. The California Nurses Association had to battle a decade and go…
…increase, but questioned whether the TLC had the authority to grant a fare increase. He cited Section 2304, Part C of the City Charter as the basis for his argument…
…of New Yorkers cannot afford to take unpaid time from work, forcing them to choose between the health and financial security of their families. A Better Balance, a NYC-based national…
…of Labor Statistics. The United States gained a net 69,000 jobs in May, for an average of 96,000 over each of the last three months. That is down from an…
…and Technology Chair Fernando Cabrera greeted Merchant and then asked him if he had the chance to read the recent report by a Virginia-based consultant on the City’s $2 billion…
May 11, 2012 Around Town – By Neal Tepel AFSCME unions throughout New York State representing 420,000 members in New York and 150,000 in New York City, has endorsed Assemblyman…
May 11, 2012 By Ray Parker, Staff Writer Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, a six-term incumbent who has racked up an impressive record, told transit workers on Thursday that the…
…you one example. Trumpet player Clark Terry, who played with the Count Basie and Duke Ellington Orchestras, suffers from late-stage diabetes and just had his second leg amputated. We fundraised…
