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A screwed up NYC Real Estate Tax System
March 2, 2016
By Corey Bearak, The Public Ought To Know 
Queens, NY – When I opened my New York Times Real Estate Section this past weekend, I looked as usual at the “Residential Sales” listings. I often analyze the sales price and real estate taxes for one- and two-family home listings; that's Class One in New York City assessment parlance. NYC currently, and for the last serval years, assesses Class One properties at 6% of market value.
Workers vote to authorize Stop and Shop strike
March 2, 2016
By JoAnne Powers 
Workers Independent News
Boston, Massachusetts - workers at supermarket chain Stop & Shop voted Sunday to authorize a strike after their contract expired at midnight. The vote was in protest of company wage and benefit offers that the workers consider unfair.
Ontario Rules Medical-Marijuana Workers Can’t Join Unions
March 2, 2016
By Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel 
Toronto, Canada - MedReleaf, one of Canada’s largest medical-marijuana producers. Last fall, well over half of the 50 employees at the company’s facility in the Toronto suburb of Markham signed cards to join the United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents medical-cannabis workers in five U.S. states.
GAP Outsourcing In BK: Carpenters Jeer
March 1, 2016
By Joe Maniscalco
Brooklyn, NY - The New York City District Council of Carpenters is butting heads with retail clothing giant Gap, Inc. this week, charging the company with using "sweatshop" labor imported from out-of-state to build a new Banana Republic store at 422 86th Street in Bay Ridge.
Drivers Challenge Uber's Rosy Take On Rate Cuts
March 1, 2016
By Joe Maniscalco
New York, NY - Despite of storm of criticism and job actions against the company, ride share giant Uber is touting its latest round of rate cuts as a boon for drivers.
AFL-CIO Exec Council Takes On Critical Issues
March 1, 2016
By Kenneth Quinnell 
Reprinted: http://www.aflcio.org
Washington, DC - At their meeting this past week, the AFL-CIO Executive Council issued a variety of policy statements on important issues, from the retirement crisis to investing in infrastructure, from the Zika virus to Supreme Court nominations. Here is a brief look at the policy statements issued last week.
Municipal Workers Under Attack in Wisconsin
March 1, 2016
By Neal Tepel 
Madison, Wisconsin - Scott Walker has returned to Wisconsin and he’s not wasting any time attacking municipal workers.The New York Times Editorial Board recently published a revealing look into Walker’s anti-worker activities. His brazen union-busting attacks on employees in 2010 is only part of his plan to dismantle public servant protections in Wisconsin.
Pink Slips Ahoy: Nabisco Workers Face Grim Future
March 1, 2016
By Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel 
Chicago, IL - The Nabisco plant on Chicago’s Southwest Side was once a bulwark of black working-class prosperity, but the company’s plan to lay off half of the 1,200 employees as it moves operations to Mexico will be “devastating,” workers say. “I have one daughter in college now and another one aspiring to go to college,” said Titus Banks, 53, whose last day will be March 21.
LaborPress Now Provides Daily News and Services for Unions
February 29, 2016
PROVIDING DAILY LABOR NEWS: 
Thanks to our growing readership, LaborPress is now the largest labor news network in the nation. Our media operation produces daily labor news across all social media platforms, as well as the LaborPress.org site and print magazine. As our coverage of the labor movement expands in New York and across the country, we continue to receive accolades from union leaders, legislators and advocates throughout the labor community.
United Mechanics Authorize Strike
February 29, 2016
By John Quinn, LaborPress USA 
Washington, DC - United Airlines mechanics are educating passengers at several airports about upcoming possible strikes. UA mechanics have been distributing leaflets noting "Passengers Brace for Summer Strike at UNITED". Picketing is taking place at the San Francisco, Los Angeles (LAX), Newark, LaGuardia, Washington Dulles, Cleveland, Boston Logan and Orlando airports.
Nursing Homes Must Be Safe for Seniors
February 29, 2016
By Neal Tepel, LaborPress Publisher 
New York, NY - Health facilities throughout New York State are not addressing violations noted by the Department of Health (DOH). In many cases, poor quality of services and unsafe conditions have resulted in serious problems for seniors. This past December, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released an audit that called for better oversight of providers of adult day care centers. This report noted that the state Department of Health needs to more effectively monitor nursing homes.
No Happy Ending for Cheated Construction Crews
February 29, 2016
By Steven Wishnia 
New York, NY - Early in the afternoon of Monday, Feb. 22, Patrick Ronayne, project manager for the ATR Consultants concrete subcontractor, promised to pay the about 20 nonunion workers who haven’t seen a check in anywhere from three weeks to two months for their work on a new building in East Harlem.
Review of Hughie
February 29, 2016
By Dr. Leonard Golubchck, Entertainment Editor for Labor Press 
New York, NY - This is a new production of Eugene O'Neill's play starring Oscar winning actor Forest Whitaker who is making his Broadway debut. The play first appeared on Broadway in 1944.
Week In Review
February 28, 2016
By Doug Cunningham 
Economic Policy Institute Senior Economic Analyst Dave Cooper says raising the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour would save American taxpayers $17 billion in public assistance spending. That's because many corporations pay workers so little they qualify for public assistance programs.
1199ers Are Helping to Meet Climate Challenge
February 28, 2016 
Reprinted: http://www.1199seiu.org
New York, NY - Last December at the 21st Annual UN Climate Change Conference (a.k.a. Climate of the Parties or COP21), some 200 nations reached a commitment to limit global temperature increases. The agreement represented the most significant step in the fight to reduce global warming.
Stop & Shop Seeks Scabs as Strike Looms
February 28, 2016
By Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel 
Stamford, Conn - With some 6,000 workers at Stop & Shop supermarkets considering going out on strike Feb. 29, the Dutch company that owns the chain has begun advertising for strikebreakers.
Chicago Unions Sue to Void Suburb’s ‘Right-to-Work Zone’
February 28, 2016
By Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel 
Lincolnshire. IL - Four Chicago-area building-trades unions filed suit against the suburb of Lincolnshire Feb. 18, seeking to void its ordinance that lets workers in union shops refuse to pay dues or fees.
Alabama Legislature Votes to Ban Local Minimum Wages
February 27, 2016
By Steven Wishnia and Neal Tepel 
Montgomery, AL - The Alabama state Senate voted Feb. 25 to prohibit local governments from enacting their own minimum wages, sending the bill to Gov. Robert Bentley.
United Flies High On Billions; Mechanics Get 'Peanuts'
February 27, 2016
By Joe Maniscalco
Queens, New York — Airline passengers in nearly 10 cities around the country — including those at LaGuardia Airport — saw Teamsters mechanics take to the picket line this week, in angry opposition to company plans to shrink wages and benefits and eventually outsource all wide-body maintenance overseas.
On the Frontlines of the Fight For $15
February 26, 2016
Reprinted: http://www.1199seiu.org
Staten Island, NY - Homecare members of 1199SEIU flexed their political muscles last year, as they took part in major actions against the growing inequality that threatens the well being of millions as well as our democracy.
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