“Drivers across this industry are in the worst crisis in generations, barely surviving, and an agency with mismanaged funds now wants to steal the food off their tables. This fee — on top of a devastating $2.50 congestion surcharge in Manhattan and after a 36% drop in revenue for yellow cab drivers — appears manufactured…
Employees at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum are demanding better conditions at the art institution and are close to negotiating as to whether they want to join IUOE Local 30, which is a union that represents art employees in other museums. “The vote is scheduled for Thursday,” said Director of Special Projects Andres Puerta of…
WASHINGTON, DC – AT&T plans to cut 1,880 American jobs over the next few months while expanding their overseas operation. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson had stated he would use the Trump tax cuts to add 7000 US jobs. Instead AT&T used the money from the tax cuts to expand operations in the Philippines and Mexico….
In a big victory for the UFT, union-supported legislation curbing exorbitant hospital fees charged to out-of-network patients for emergency care passed both houses of the state Legislature in June. It now needs Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature to become law. The bill, which passed the state Assembly on June 5 and the state Senate on June…
STATEN ISLAND, NY – A husband and wife stole approximately $771,000 in public funds by falsifying business records for The Gingerbread Learning Center, Inc., a pre-school serving special needs children on Staten Island. Throughout the course of the scheme, the defendants diverted public funds to purchase personal items. The defendants were sentenced in state Supreme Court,…
NEW YORK, NY – 1199SEIU President George Gresham has been re-elected for another three years Gresham has served as union president since 2007 in a union with over 450,000 members. “I want to thank my sisters and brothers in 1199SEIU for their faith in our union, and in our dedicated leadership team,” said Gresham. “As…
FORT WORTH, Tex.—Federal District Judge John McBryde issued a temporary restraining order June 14 barring the two unions that represent American Airlines mechanics from abetting a slowdown, including refusing to work overtime. The Transport Workers Union and the International Association of Machinists have both denied encouraging a slowdown, but American told the court that in…
TRENTON, N.J.—New Jersey public workers rallied outside the Statehouse June 13, supporting Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed tax on income over $1 million and state Senate President Stephen Sweeney’s plans to cut their pension and health benefits. “Come July 1, there will be a full accounting of who was on which side,” Communications Workers of America…
NEW YORK, NY — New York City is attempting to address the expanding homelessness on the subways by offering alternative pathways off the streets into transitional and permanent housing. The New York City Police Department, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the City’s Department of Homeless Services, will provide new options to individuals they encounter…
For years, we have been struggling with a housing affordability crisis in New York. Countless tenants have been forced from their homes due to skyrocketing rents, harassment, and retaliatory eviction. Loopholes added to the rent regulation laws since 1994 led to deregulation of approximately 300,000 apartments, contributed to tenant harassment, and drove massive speculation in…
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