…47,000 slots in this year’s budget would net a 61.1 percent reduction of available slots since 2009 Some elected officials stood with the organization to say that they would not…
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…
…he cited the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, which manages $55 billion in net investment assets on behalf of 420,000 members, as an example of a union pension plan that…
…support from labor and the public, but also because its Internet outreach is well coordinated on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. Check out their link at http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5647 Do petitions work?…
…conservative now and assume that that won’t occur,” Ring said. In his opening testimony to the committee, Ring boasted about how important the MTA’s transit network is to the City’s…
…– but hold off on the extra cheese and sour cream. Myth: Pills and supplements can give you the nutrients you need Reality: Only fruits and vegetables – not pills…
…net jobs could be created with FTT money by enrolling everyone 65 and older. “Almost 3 million net jobs, after jobs loses we calculated from loses in the insurance industry,…
…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…
…not depart from the Authority’s declared “net zero” budgeting plan (in which every union gain is to be paid for via a concession), Lhota gave the impression that he didn’t…
…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….
