From Cook to Carpentry: Outstanding Woman Hammers Out A New Life
June 17, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
Bronx, NY - Not long ago, Local 157 carpenter Saadia Walters, 43, was working a dead-end job as a line cook in a New York City Olive Garden where the best that she could hope for after years of sweating behind a hot stove was a lousy .35-cent raise. Then 9/11 hit, and the then 35-year-old single mom from the Bronx realized that not only did she want a better life for herself and son Darius John Ortiz, she also wanted to help her hometown recover.
Working Families Supports Todd Dobrin in Council 47th
June 17, 2013
By Bob Smith
New York, NY - Todd Dobrin, candidate for New York City Council in Brooklyn's 47th district, has received the endorsement of the Working Families Party, New York's grassroots progressive party. The Working Families Party endorsement will earn Dobrin the support of the party's formidable activist base, as well as the WFP line on the November ballot.
Actor Esai Morales To Oppose Ken Howard, In SAG-AFTRA Race
June 17, 2013
By Diane Cohen
New York, NY - Actor Esai has publicly announced his intention to run for SAG-AFTRA President against Ken Howard. Morales, is currently appearing in the new Starz series "Magic City," and is a national board member of SAG-AFTRA. The newly-merged union holds its first combined election in July. Ballots for the national elections will go out July 16 and the deadline for their return is August 15. The president, secretary-treasurer and the majority of the board seats will be filled.
RWDSU Takes Lead Organizing Carwash Workers
June 17, 2013
By Stephanie West
JAMAICA, NY -- Workers at the Sutphin Car Wash in Jamaica joined with community leaders on Saturday to demand that Sutphin owners Fernando Magalhaes and John Lage negotiate a fair union contract. The action comes on the heels of recent contract victories at Sunny Day Car Wash in the Bronx and Hi-Tek Car Wash & Lube in Queens through the WASH New York campaign, a joint effort between Make the Road New York (MRNY) and New York Communities for Change (NYCC), and Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).
NALC Concerned About Proposed Postal Reforms
June 17, 2013
By Neal Tepel
Washington, DC - On June 13, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) released what he termed a “discussion draft” of a possible postal reform bill that he hopes to introduce in the near future.
Billions for Economic Development, But Where are the Jobs?
June 14, 2013
By Marc Bussanich 
New York, NY—New York spends $7 billion annually for economic development, but there’s no way to know how many, if any, jobs were created with that money because the recipients do a poor job in reporting, according to a new report. Watch Video
Construction Workers’ Protest Blocks Traffic Near Ground Zero
June 14, 2013
By Steven Wishnia 
Chanting “Whose work? Our work!” more than 200 union construction workers blocked traffic in Lower Manhattan in a lunch-hour protest June 12, loudly demanding that developer SL Green stop using nonunion labor on a college dormitory it just started nearby.
United NYC Unions Vow to Build On Solidarity
June 14, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
New York, NY - There’s nothing like shared economic hardship to bring people together - but the solidarity that the city’s municipal unions showed earlier this week at City Hall Park rallying for new contracts, hasn’t always exactly been the norm. That, however, might all be changing according to union leaders who spoke to LaborPress at the scene. (Watch Video)
UFCW 700 Ratifies Contract with Kroger
June 14, 2013
By Neal Tepel
Indianapolis, Minn. -- UFCW Local 700 and their members working at Kroger stores in the Indianapolis area have ratified a new labor agreement with the Kroger Co. "We are pleased to reach an agreement that is good for our associates and provides wage increases, affordable health care and a stable pension fund to support their retirement," said Jeff Burt, president of Kroger's Central Division."
Unions to Bloomberg: 'Pay Your Bill'
June 13, 2013
By Joe Maniscalco
New York, NY - For years now, the city’s municipal unions have been banging their heads against the wall trying and failing to wrestle new contracts out of Mayor Michael Bloomberg - but as the billionaire executive enters his final lap around City Hall, they are vowing not to let him get away with blaming working men and women for sapping the city’s resources and potentially hurling it into financial chaos. (Watch Video)
TWU 100 Endorses Tish James for Public Advocate
June 13, 2013
By Stephanie West
New York, NY – Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100, the union represents 38,000 active members in New York City and an additional 26,000 retirees have endorsed Councilwoman Letitia “Tish” James’ for Public Advocate. It joins a growing number of New Yorkers who are supporting James’ campaign for Public Advocate.
NYC Parents Union President To Lead Political Action At Local 372, DC37
June 13, 2013
By Stephanie West
NEW YORK, NY - Mona Davids will continue in her position as President of the New York City Parents Union (NYCPU) but also take on the responsibility of political and policy strategist for Local 372. Mona as the founder and volunteer leader of an important parent organization has inspired parents to effect change in the governance of our public schools as well as quality of education in New York City public schools.
Liu on Mayor's Climate-Change Plan
June 13, 2013
New York, N.Y. – City Comptroller John C. Liu stated the following regarding Mayor Bloomberg’s climate-change plan:
“We applaud the Mayor for laying out this comprehensive report. Climate change poses serious risks to our City and, as the report pointed out, to our old building stock.
One WTC, Where the View is Never Boring
June 12, 2013
By Marc Bussanich
New York, NY—John Schaffner has to contend with some headaches getting to work—a 61 mile drive from the quaint town of Cornwall, New York to Journal Square where he then hops on a PATH train to his office at the top of One World Trade Center. Watch Video
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