May 16, 2011 By Kismet Barksdale At a time when far too many working people struggle to survive, members of a growing citywide movement today demanded living wage jobs for…
…down from 8.3 percent in March. Chrysler paid back $7.6 billion of its “rescue loan” yesterday. The NBA players’ union filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that…
By Ercia Varlese The New York Times takes an in-depth look at an organizing campaign in a local Target store. General Electric began contract negotiations yesterday with the International Union…
By Erica Varlese The American Guild of Musical Artists is considering filing unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board after the New York City Opera board voted…
May 13, 2011 Stephanie West More than twenty faculty and staff from the City University of New York gave lessons today at a massive teach in on Wall Street, part…
…heads the Committee on Corporations and Authorities, and State Senator Martin Golden. Other top officers elected today included Behrouz Fathi, President of Local 375 of DC 37, the Civil Service…
Alliance For A Greater New York More than 75 leading community and labor organizations from around the state released a letter today calling on Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders to…
…put food on the table,” said Feal, a construction supervisor, who lost part of his foot working at the World Trade Center site and later became one of the leading…
…the parties agreed to negotiate throughout the weekend. A tentative agreement was finally reached at 1 a.m. Monday morning. A contract ratification vote has been scheduled for later today. The…
By Erica Varlese The AFL-CIO recently announced a partnership agreement with the National Guestworkers’ Alliance and the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance. Restaurant servers in several of chef Mario Batali’s restaurants…
