January 17, 2012By Mona Davids, President, New York City Parents UnionYesterday, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo violated the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by exploiting and manipulating
January 17, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman told reporters last week that he sees Amtrak having a bright future because ridership and revenues are going
January 16, 2012 “I applaud and thank Mayor Bloomberg for joining our call to increase the minimum wage. As I have said, it is wrong to expect anyone – let
January 14, 2012By Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate for the City of New YorkThis Monday will mark the 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which we celebrate as a
January 14, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter The Jewish Labor Committee honored three labor leaders and the President and CEO of Montefiore Medical Center, where a strike by the New
January 12, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Living Wage NYC, a coalition of labor unions, clergy and community groups, have been fighting a tough campaign to ensure that workers working
January 12, 2012Bendix Anderson, LaborPress Senior Editor Fourteen pre-school teachers lost their jobs August 2010 after they voted to form a union. “We won an election, and three days later
January 12, 2012By Bendix Anderson, LaborPress Senior EditorThis November, George Miranda became the first Puerto Rican ever elected to the executive board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is
January 10, 2012By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter The Great Recession continues to rear its ugly head in the New Year as unemployment stands at 8.5 percent. President Obama couldn’t pass
