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NEW YORK, NY – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced a settlement with Tennessee-based Southeast Financial Credit Union. The settlement with Southeast Financial provides $2.25 million in refunds for duped New Yorkers and requires the credit union to clean up any students’ negatively-affected credit ratings.
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The yellow and purple that blossomed all over Park Avenue Apr. 11 weren’t crocuses. They were a few thousand 32BJ SEIU members carrying “Fair Contract Now” and “Ready to Strike” signs in the union’s colors.
NEW YORK, NY – New York City has added a fifth firefighter to many engine companies. This allows for a quicker stretch of the hose line and the ability to put out a fire faster.
NEW YORK, NY – On April 6th, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo toured MTA New York City Transit’s 207th Street Car Overhaul Shop with MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota and announced a series of accelerated car repairs.
MADISON, Wisc.—Labor-backed judge Rebecca Dallet won election to a vacant seat on the state Supreme Court Apr. 3, defeating Michael Screnock, a circuit judge from rural Sauk County backed by Gov. Scott Walker. Dallet, a Milwaukee County circuit judge for 11 years, won a 10-year term by a 56%-44% margin, reducing the court’s pro-Walker majority…
On our last broadcast we had the distinct pleasure of welcoming Mike Hellstrom to the LaborPress family. Mike has spent over three decades of his life as a New York City Building Tradesman and now serves as the point man in the NYC Building and Construction Trades Council’s fight to save Hudson Yards from the…
When the Republican tax cuts were proposed last October, Trump and Ryan stated that cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent would result in a $4,000 to $9,000 jump in America’s average household income. Wow, an economic plan that raises income of workers.
ALBANY, N.Y.—The budget passed by the New York state legislature on the night of Mar. 30-31 includes a provision that would let public-sector unions reduce the services they provide to employees who don’t pay them dues or fees.
DENVER, Colo.—Bus drivers and train engineers for the Denver area’s Regional Transportation District have ratified a contract that will give them the biggest raise they’ve had since the authority was established in 1969.