By Erica Varlese A National Labor Relations Board Judge found that the workers fired for posting about their job conditions on Facebook must be rehired. Only one-quarter of U.S. teens…
By Erica Varlese President Obama’s Labor Day speech entices American workers to listen to his proposed infrastructure and job creation plans on Thursday. The New York Daily News takes a…
The Regents Folly and Long Island Schools August 8, 2011 By Richard C. Iannuzzi Pencils down! Standardized tests in math, science, social studies and English Language Arts for third through…
Welcome to Grey Matter August 8, 2011 By Robert Grey A Column Devoted to Workplace Safety This week’s current event is the U.S. Department of Justice’s release of proposed regulations…
August 5, 2011 By Neal Tepel New York City’s public and private institutions moved forward with $11.4 billion in new construction starts during the three year period from June 2008…
By Erica Varlese More than half a million new jobs need to be created to restore the New York workforce. The unemployment rate in New York is closer to 15…
August 1, 2011 Tom Canty, Vice President Sales Empire BlueCross BlueShield One of the things I enjoy most about summer is that it gets us out into the beautiful outdoors….
August 1, 2011 For over twenty-five years, Salvatore J. Armao has provided accounting, auditing and consulting services to labor unions and Taft-Hartley employee benefit plans. The son of a…
By Erica Varlese The Communications Workers of America speculates that Verizon is slow to respond to post-Irene damages as a way of punishing workers for the strike. The president of…
By Erica Varlese United Automobile Workers is pushing for increased entry-level pay as part of a national labor agreement. The Communication Workers of America is campaigning against the Republican push…
