…several days. Larry Hales of the CUNY Mobilization Network, who co-chaired the rally, said marching to Wall Street “highlights the source of the problem. The banks and Wall Street investors…
…families. 16 Centers are scheduled for closing without an impact study to assess the short and long term damage to parents, children and the surrounding community. It‟s not proper procedure…
MTA Considering Elimination of L.I. Bus March 28, 2011 By Linda Gomez Long Island transit workers are facing their own tsunami, with the MTA holding public hearings on service cutbacks…
Save Long Island Bus March 28, 2011 Jobs with Justice Hundreds of LI Bus riders, advocates, and local community members attended the MTA Hearing at Hofstra University to demand that…
…court uphold what is essentially a direct attack on the rights of nearly 300,000 tenants. The Rent Guidelines Board orders that were upheld today subject some long term tenants to…
…teachers or professors would be fired; if the union sought to reduce benefits to maintain jobs to help the students get as good as possible education, everyone would be proud…
…requiring agencies to list the full time workers covered by outside contracts saying that would bring “greater transparency” to the process. The State legislation, which calls for a report prepared…
March 24, 2011 President John Samuelsen of Transport Workers Union Local 100, and Lillian Roberts, Executive Director of District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal…
…along with a 10 percent ($226 per full time equivalent) drop in Community College funding. If enacted, the latest community college cut will bring the total three year reduction in…
…system, and the Great Recession which has reduced tax revenues sharply and increased demands on safety net programs. Why is Social Security under attack? Social Security has had bitter…
