NYS Nursing Home Scandal Helps Fuel Support for Safe Staffing Bill
New York, NY – Last month Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther [D-Middletown] introduced the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act. This submission was the sixth time the bill was on the floor
New York, NY – Last month Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther [D-Middletown] introduced the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act. This submission was the sixth time the bill was on the floor
Special to LP – As UFCW 367 in Tacoma, WA, was about to reopen negotiations for Hazard Pay for nearly 8,000 essential grocery workers on Jan. 15, it didn’t take
New York, NY – Not long before this year’s inauguration, then-Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris sent the Jewish Labor Committee [JLC] a video message of congratulations, an act virtually inconceivable for her
New York, NY – U.S. workers continue to get sick and die from COVID-19 largely because the Trump White House refused to safeguard them with federally enforceable protections — and
Editor’s Note: Amanda Posson is a member of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union at Every Texan Mama, let’s be honest, you need a union because no other organization will have
New York, NY – The coronavirus crisis is putting everyone at risk. But that’s especially true for frontline workers like those who work in mass transit, where more than 130
The Affordable Care Act, often referred to simply as the ACA, can be a complex and trying exercise for fund trustees and administrators. This is especially true for those plans
Queens, NY – Come August, the MTA has plans to install protective barriers on buses before resuming front door service and fare collections — bus operators, however, remain dubious as
Queens, NY – NYC recently entered into Phase 3 of its planned reopening, which is allowing more businesses to reemerge from coronavirus lockdown. The MTA, however, continues to mandate riders
New York, NY – Teamsters Local 202 represents 1,500 food-distribution workers at the Hunts Point Terminal Market in the Bronx, as well as 3,000 other members, including social-service workers, ATM