Metro North Proposal Will Benefit City
May 20, 2013
By Neal Tepel
Bronx, NY - Metro North expansion is predicted to create 5,400 new jobs, increase home values by up to $142,400 and add over a billion dollars in added business sales in the Bronx. The MTA Metro North proposal includes building four new Metro North stations in the East Bronx on current Amtrak lines, in Co-op City, Hunts Point, Morris Park and Parkchester.
Workplace Deaths Too High - Says AFLCIO
May 20, 2013
By Neal Tepel
Washington DC - A recent AFL-CIO report, "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect," said in 2011, 4,693 workers were killed on the job and about 50,000 die every year from occupational diseases. The report noted that an average of 13 U.S. workers die on the job every day while an additional estimated 137 die each day from occupational diseases.
Victory Is Vowed In Trade Fair Lockout
May 18, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
Queens, NY - The last nine weeks have been tough on the roughly 100 Trade Fair meat department employees locked out of their jobs since March 13. But on Friday, Ed Lynch of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, vowed that the many employees who helped Trade Fair CEO Farid “Frank” Jaber build his supermarket empire would be victorious (Watch Video).
Lanza Backs Catsimatidis For Mayor
May 18, 2013
By Stephanie West
John Catsimatidis, the successful businessman and independent Republican candidate for mayor, was endorsed by State Senator Andrew J. Lanza (SD-24). Lanza, a Staten Island Republican made the endorsement at an afternoon news conference Friday May 17, 2013.
TWU and IAM Agree to Represent the 'New' American Airlines
May 17, 2013
By Neal Tepel
WASHINGTON, DC - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) have announced a partnership to jointly represent nearly 30,000 ground workers at the "new" American Airlines following the merger of American Airlines and US Airways.
Silverstein to Build Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown Manhattan
May 17, 2013
By Kismet Barksdale
New York, NY – Silverstein Properties is planning to construct a skyscraper at 30 Park Place in Tribeca that will include a Four Seasons hotel and Private Residences. At 926 feet, the property will be the tallest residential tower in Downtown Manhattan and one of the tallest buildings in New York City, offering residents panoramic views of the Midtown skyline and New York Harbor.
Extraordinary Leadership: What Happened?
May 17, 2013
By Thomas J. Mackell, Jr., Ed.D. President Association of Benefit Administrators
In 1969, the author David Halberstam wrote a book entitled, "The Best and the Brightest." In praising the book, The New York Post critic stated that "I predict that this brilliant and unsparing book will stir the conscience of the next generation if not of this."
Unfortunately, the jury is out on this prediction as is so clearly evident today. I would submit that we are in the era of "lackluster leadership."
Cooper Union Charges Tuition and Students Protest
May 17, 2013
By Stephanie West
New York, NY - Cooper Union has now eliminated education at no cost and students are angry. On Wednesday May 8, about 100 students occupied President Bharucha’s office demanding he resign. Student sit-ins at the college began last month following the Cooper Union Board of Trustees decision to put an end to free tuition for undergraduates. This policy has existed at the Cooper Union for more than a century. The decision was announced by Board of Trustees chairman Mark Epstein on April 23.
Carrión: ‘The Best Social Program is a Job!’
May 16, 2013
By Marc Bussanich
New York, NY—Independent candidate Adolfo Carrión, Jr. warned at an event organized by the Association for a Better New York this morning at the Penn Club that some of the proposals his Democratic rivals are prescribing on the campaign trail to intractable problems would be damaging to the City. Watch Video
UNITE HERE Hungry for New Contract
May 16, 2013
By Marc Bussanich
New York, NY—Smith & Wollensky Restaurant on 49th Street and Third Avenue is one of the highest grossing restaurants in the country, according to the owner, Fourth Wall Restaurants. But waiters, bartenders and dishwashers represented by UNITE HERE Local 100 protested outside on Wednesday because they’ve been working without a new contract for nine months. Watch Video
Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body
May 16, 2013
By Dr. William A. Gillespie, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, EmblemHealth
In keeping with EmblemHealth’s longstanding commitment to the health and well-being of New York’s working men and women, I have written Health and Wellness Tips, an article series dedicated to helping you stay healthy, get well and live better. We hope you’ll find the health information in these articles useful to you and your welfare fund members. Look for Health and Wellness Tipsarticles in future editions of LaborPress.
Verizon Abandoning Lower Manhattan
May 15, 2013
By Marc Bussanich 
New York, NY—Verizon received almost $200 million in taxpayer assistance after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and promised to keep its corporate headquarters in Lower Manhattan to help the area recover economically. But last week, the company announced plans to market the historic 140 West St. building for luxury condos, prompting union and elected officials to declare Verizon’s actions unconscionable and calling for federal and state action. Watch Video
Pro-Labor Artists Could Skip Frieze Art Fair
May 15, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
New York, NY - Frieze Art Fair's pig-headed refusal to work with unions traditionally responsible for erecting exhibitions throughout the city will be a whole lot tougher to pull off next year when the international event is expected to return to the Big Apple. Participating artists turned-off by Frieze's anti-labor policies are threatening to skip the entire shindig, while the alliance between labor and the arts community has grown significantly deeper.
Liu Reaches Fundraising Cap
May 15, 2013
By Stephanie West
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Friends of John Liu announced on Tuesday May 14th, that the campaign has reached the fundraising cap and is also eligible to apply for the maximum amount of public funds under the NYC Campaign Finance Program.
The campaign has raised $3,331,600 to-date. The campaign currently has $1,912,517 in cash on-hand. With $605,516 in total matchable contributions claimed to-date, the campaign is eligible to apply for the maximum amount of public funds under the NYC Campaign Finance Program.
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