…providing a comfortable social safety-net for decades. The Occupy Wall Street movement in the U.S. expanded into a wider movement with more participation generated in a multitude of cities across…
December 24, 2011 By Neal Tepel No one among the fifty-odd labor leaders assembled in DC 37’s 5th Floor conference room could remember a comparable event: Virtually every union representing…
…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….
…collective bargaining between the union and the Head Start Sponsoring Board Council and the Day Care Council of New York, two organizations that employ DC 1707 Locals 95 and 205…
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…
…via e-mail that, “The fragile stability in the MTA’s budget is achieved through a number of assumptions, including achievement of cost-reduction targets, receipt of forecasted revenues and implementation of net-zero…
Nov 14, 2011 By: Anthony Rivieccio, MBA, PFA So what is happening to our economy and the stocks within United States companies? Our Economy in short, right now, is subject…
…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…
…a bad deal for working families: • The Korea agreement is the biggest trade deal since NAFTA. It would displace an estimated 159,000 net U.S. jobs, mostly in manufacturing. •…
…business district achieved a net business increase and significant economic diversification over the last ten years. Among other key findings of the report: • Since 2005, 37% of relocations to…
