Reporter’s Notebook: No Trickle-Down in This Economy
New York, NY – A common thread in numerous articles I’ve written recently has been employers that are making large to ludicrous amounts of money while weaseling out of paying…
New York, NY – A common thread in numerous articles I’ve written recently has been employers that are making large to ludicrous amounts of money while weaseling out of paying…
…(ICP) funding goes to the “Healthcare Empires.” These non-profit Healthcare Empires CEO’s and top administrators earn millions of dollars. They operate more than a 20% administrative overhead. The NYC H+H…
…have done regular advertisement and we are doing commercials. Black Lives Matter is not just a motivation, it’s an affirmation of Black lives and Black resistance.” — Eric Hall, Black…
…24 weeks of paid parental and family medical leave in our first collective bargaining agreement. Our unit is adding additional office calendar days to better cover public school holidays. We’re…
… pension funds were robust until the business tsunami caused by the COVID-19 pandemic created massive budget disruptions in the most populous, urban-centric states and municipalities. NYS had among the highest…
…Sanitation workers and other city employees, he added, couldn’t work at home. Trying to address the city’s budgetary issues “on the backs of labor,” he said in a statement, “is…
…set of benefits and services provided by state and localities. Among seniors, 38.6% of singles and 24% of couples have difficulty making ends meet. The cost of living adjustments whether…
…paid sick leave policy that has been adopted by McDonald’s applies to fewer than 10-percent of McDonald’s workers and fails to adequately protect the health of workers and their families,…
…time the fund was depleted. “Within 24 hours there were 300 families that had applied for relief and we immediately had to close it because we don’t have enough funds…
…“And misclassification hurts taxpayers because taxpayers carry the load for funding social safety net services that out-of-luck workers without protections turn to in times of need.” The situation is dire…