April 17, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter As the deadline for the City’s FY 2013 budget fast approaches, once again advocates for children services and union members who…
April 5, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter At a press conference on Wednesday, April 4, Comptroller John Liu announced a major victory for the mostly immigrant workers working…
…an infrastructure bank capitalized at $200 million, and hoping to attract $1 billion, to invest in energy efficiency and the West Coast Green Highway will advance the adoption and use…
March 7, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Council Member James Vacca, Transportation Committee Chair, took the three-member MTA panel to task on the agency’s proposed fare hikes next…
January 10, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter The Great Recession continues to rear its ugly head in the New Year as unemployment stands at 8.5 percent. President Obama…
Global Protests – Austerity and Alienation January 9, 2012 By Thomas J. Mackell Jr Austerity measures do not turn economies around. They exacerbate a slow growing economy and, in fact,…
…MTA’s bad rap, making the agency a perennial whipping boy for politicians. The undeserved attacks, he said, have translated into funding problems, and he is seeking creative ways of coming…
…bargaining at the Sheraton Hotel, the agency released its 2012 Final Proposed Budget calling for $323 million in “Net Zero” wage savings in the next contract to prevent ballooning deficits….
December 7, 2011 By Dr. Barbara Bowen, President, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY The Legislature and the Governor have an opportunity to enact real, progressive tax reform and to spare millions of…
…expect will be profitable for a long time. Kyle Bragg, 32BJ Vice President for the NY Metro District, said the union’s bargaining committee met with the Realty Advisory Board (RAB)…
