…(CFO), Enlace, and the Workers Support Committee (CAT), have helped workers challenge this system. Some of these battles, fought together with independent unions like the Authentic Labor Front (FAT), have…
…opposite of what the law requires from your employer. The fact is your employer is bound by the law of FECA- (The Federal Employees Compensation Act) and must file your…
Reprint May 23, 2011 By Scott Stevens May 12, 2011 UFT/photo by Miller Photography http://www.aft.org/newspubs/news/2011/051211newyork.cfm AFT president Randi Weingarten told a rally of more than 1,000 child care workers and…
Reprint May 23, 2011 By David Bacon, May 20, 2011 Truthout http://www.truthout.org/city-worker-bargaining-rights-under-siege-silicon-valley/1305819127 SAN JOSE, CA 5/17/11) Members of the city workers union in San Jose, the capital of California’s Silicon…
…drug programs will assist in administering the program at more than 2,000 (85 percent) of the City’s pharmacies. HealthTrans has 10.6 million discount pharmacy cardholders across the nation and the…
May 18, 2011 By Stephanie West Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has introduced legislation (A.7802) aimed at stopping a tax reduction slated to benefit millionaires. The legislation would prevent a lowering…
Reprint, May 16, 2001 By Micah Landau, Cara Metz and Michael Hirsch published May 12, 2011, http://www.uft.org Photo By Miller Photography Lower Manhattan on May 12 was flooded with tens…
…Mathis (315) 449-9536 Mike Spano – Yonkers 10 AM – 12 PM – Yonkers Riverfront Library Lobby – 1 Larkin Center – Marian Marji (914) 779-8805 Sunday, May 15 Alec…
May 10, 2011 By Stephanie West NY Jobs with Justice and Urban Agenda, two New York City based advocacy organizations announced the launch of their new unified organization on Friday…
…Progressive Caucus, Melissa Mark Viverito (D-Manhattan) and Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn). The May 12 Coalition comprises dozens of New York’s leading unions, community groups, non profits and advocacy organizations. The group…
