November 30, 2011 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter As the year winds down, multiple unions in the city are currently negotiating with their employers for new contracts. The outcome…
…company boosted its 2011 net income forecast to 24 million euros from 20 million euros. *DID YOU KNOW NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO APPLY FOR COLLEGE AID, SCHOLARSHIPS &…
…recent forum organized by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) Safety Net Working Group featured a distinguished panel who discussed the necessity to defend the nation’s social safety net in the…
October 4, 2011 By Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO President Millions of people who are ready, willing and able to work are unemployed or underemployed. But instead of focusing on job…
State of Downtown September 12, 2011 By Neal Tepel The Alliance for Downtown New York has issued a State of Lower Manhattan report, providing the most comprehensive review of Lower…
September 9, 2011 The President took an important and necessary step September 8th: he started a serious national conversation about how to solve our jobs crisis. He showed working people…
Jobs Plan Must Include Research Funds September 9, 2011 By Jerry Kremer Over the next few weeks President Barack Obama will be wrestling with the dilemma of how to create…
July 12, 2011 By Stephanie West Only a net of 18,000 jobs were created in June, while the unemployment rate inched up to 9.2 percent from 9.1 percent in May….
June 16, 2011 By Kismet Barksdale On June 14, 2011, District Council 37, the city’s largest public employee union, joined by labor and community groups, held a massive rally at…
June 3, 2011 By Adam Selene Mayor Bloomberg begins his climate summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil under a cloud. The planning initiatives of the C40 Cities, in which he has…
