WASHINGTON, DC – President Trump on Thursday August 30th announced he would cancel a scheduled 2.1 percent across-the-board pay increase for federal workers. Trumps proposal can set up a fight with Congress, which could overturn his action.
Education, Features, Finance, Law and Politics, New York
Teacher’s Choice for 2018-19 school Year
NEW YORK, NY – Following a strong lobbying effort by the UFT, the City Council maintained the previous year’s big increase in funding for Teacher’s Choice in the city budget. As a result, eligible UFT-represented educators will be reimbursed the same amounts as last school year for materials and supplies for the 2018–19 school year.
Features, Finance, Labor News Briefs, Law and Politics, National
Steelworkers Call U.S. Steel’s Two-Tier Contract Offer ‘Insulting’
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—With the United Steelworkers’ contracts with two major steelmakers expiring at midnight Sept. 1, U.S. Steel has proposed a seven-year deal that would cut wages and benefits for future hires—and phase out raises for all workers in favor of profit-sharing bonuses. The proposal would give the more than 16,000 union employees signing bonuses of…
Features, Finance, Health and Safety, Law and Politics, New York
False Medicare Billing Costs NYS Millions
WHITE PLAINS, NY – A fraudulent operation of Dolson Avenue Medical practice (DAM), a multi-disciplinary medical clinic located in Middletown, New York, has cost New York State millions.
Features, Finance, Labor News Briefs, Law and Politics, Municipal Government, National
Alaska City Workers Protest Expired Contracts
FAIRBANKS, Alaska—About 100 people rallied in a park across from City Hall here Aug. 23 to protest that the city’s firefighters, police, and office staff are all working under expired contracts. “If you can’t bargain in good faith, you need to go,” Alaska AFL-CIO President Vince Beltrami declared, in comments aimed at an apparently absent…
Features, Finance, Law and Politics, New York, Transportation
NYC Launches Lower East Side Ferry Route
NEW YORK, NY — New York City has launched the Lower East Side water route, the sixth and final of the city’s water ferry system. The new route starts in Long Island City, Queens, proceeds to East 34th Street and two new stops at Stuyvesant Cove and Corlears Hook on the Lower East Side, before…
Features, Finance, Law and Politics, Municipal Government, New York
Transformation Of Governors Island Into Year-round Jobs
NEW YORK, NY — New York City has initiated the public review process for a rezoning of the southern half of Governors Island. This effort has the potential to unlock up to 4.5 million square feet of commercial, academic, cultural and institutional development that would add thousands of jobs to the city. The rezoning will…
Features, Finance, Law and Politics, Municipal Government, National
Outsourcing of Jobs Continues Under Trump
WASHINGTON, DC – Good Jobs Nation has released a report – Promises Broken #2 – that documents outsourcing of American jobs has increased to record levels on Trump’s watch. Since the election, over 142,000 American jobs have been shipped over seas.
Features, Finance, Labor News Briefs, Law and Politics, National, Transportation
S.F. Tech-Shuttle Companies Hire Scab Drivers—Before Strike Vote
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—After tech-shuttle drivers in San Francisco rejected a contract offer in mid-August, the two companies involved began training strikebreaker drivers—even though Teamsters Local 853 members have not authorized a walkout. “This is really extraordinary, considering the members have not voted to strike,” Doug Bloch, political director of Teamsters Joint Council 7, told the…
Environment and Energy, Features, Finance, Labor News Briefs, Law and Politics, National
Three More Towns Deny National Grid Permits Until Lockout Ends
QUINCY, Mass.—Three more Massachusetts towns have announced that they will deny the National Grid gas company permits for any non-emergency work until it ends its two-month lockout of more than 1,200 union workers. On Aug. 14, Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch told the company that would be “the formal policy of my administration,” and the Melrose…
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