…congested, and passenger rail ridership is breaking records and demand will keep growing as the country’s population keeps growing. In 2012 Amtrak had a record ridership of more than 31.2…
…and three public schools—the Brooklyn School for Global Studies, the School for International Studies and Public School 368K. Success Academy charters, founded by former City Councilwoman Eva Markowitz, has been…
…icon. But these courageous members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union were fighting for something much bigger. That manufacturing workers should just be “happy to…
…ever do—testing before instruction. Last week’s English Language Arts tests and the Math assessments that today are largely based on material that has not been taught because the state promised,…
April 23, 2013 Stephanie West WASHINGTON, DC –The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is disappointed in the court’s decision upholding the legality of the pilot program to open our borders to…
April 22, 2013 By SEIU News Media As the federal government considers how to develop standards for coverage of part-time work under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), SEIU submitted comments…
April 22, 2013 By Harold Daggett International President, International Longshoremen’s Association Harold Daggert The institution of collective bargaining is the most effective mechanism to accomplish equity for workers and employers…
…whose job it is to make our public schools run.” Yetta has already received labor endorsements from Metallic Lathers Union & Reinforcing Iron Workers Local 46, Transport Workers Union Local…
…Volkswagen factory. In the past, union organizing at Mercedes was unsuccessful. Key efforts by the UAW in 1999 and again in 2007 failed. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace…
Apr 16, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1120…
