…when she took office in 2010, and a conference center it had borrowed heavily to build did not produce enough revenue to cover even its own operating costs. The college,…
…won and could have easily been avoided,” said IBEW business manager Rod Russell. Union Gains at Toyota’s Ontario Factories Unifor, the union that represents auto and communications workers in Canada,…
…Petitions Mike Burton, a worker at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee plant, said Oct. 4 that he had given management petitions signed by 563 hourly workers opposing the United Auto Workers. “There…
…more,” said Kia Hinton, education committee co-chair at ACTION United. “They deserve to have enough desks so students aren’t sitting on the floor.” Weingarten later spoke outside a local high school,…
…merger in Canada this year: The Canadian Auto Workers joined forces with the Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers Union of Canada to form Unifor, whose more than 300,000 members will make…
Compiled by Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel SAG-AFTRA Re-Elects Ken Howard President SAG-AFTRA co-president Ken Howard won the union’s presidency in his own right Aug. 15, defeating Esai Morales in…
August 8, 2013 By Neal Tepel New York – Public Advocate Bill de Blasio released a new analysis of Red Hook’s access to nearby hospitals, showing that one of the…
July 16, 2013 Nurses and healthcare workers rally outside SUNY DownstateBy Marc Bussanich Brooklyn, NY—Nurses and healthcare workers rallied outside SUNY Downstate Medical Center to save three hospitals in Brooklyn…
…they can move forward, even in a tough economy. Both organizations deserve credit for working out this constructive step forward.” Since its contract with Hyatt Hotels Corp. expired in August…
Compilied By Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel Walmart, Other Chains Release Rival Bangladesh Safety Plan Seventeen major American retailers who refused to sign a safety accord for factories in Bangladesh…
