May 19, 2011 By Kismet Barksdale The Big Apple Rx card is now available to anyone regardless of age, income, citizenship or health insurance status. The cards will save an…
…got to stand up for them like never before, and we demand fairness!” Raglan George, the executive director of District Council 1707, described child care services as “essential job support…
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…
Immigrant Worker’s Rights Awareness Weekend May 11, 2011 Assemblyman, Rory Lancman, Chair of the Subcommittee on Workplace Safety This week marks the first annual “New York State Immigrant Workers’ Rights…
…organization’s Executive Director. The new organization’s mission is to create good jobs, vibrant communities, and an accountable democracy for all New Yorkers. ALIGN’s work unites worker, community, and other allies…
…reverse the worst proposed budget cuts, including huge reductions to schools, police, firehouses, senior centers, child care, disability, antipoverty and HIV/AIDS programs.By ending big bank subsidies now and demanding the…
…prevent service cuts and layoffs. On Thursday, April 28, labor unions, community groups, fiscal policy experts and elected officials participated in a hearing called by District Council 37 that focused…
May 9, 2011 By Councilwoman Annabel Palma The Executive Budget released Friday May 6, 2011 is one step forward. However, for those low income and working families who rely on…
By Erica Varlese Gus Tyler, labor activist and writer, passed away this weekend in Florida. Two New York maids filed suit last month against their former employer for enslavement. Saturday,…
May 6, 2011 The Alliance for Quality Education released ten concrete recommendations for actions New York State, and school districts, can take to enact cost savings without making classroom cuts….
