August 30, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Fast Food worker Tamara Green addresses critics. New York, NY – Low-wage workers taking part in the latest multi-city walkout of fast food outlets…
…you’ve probably stocked up on school supplies, hit the back to school clothing sales and bought the latest superhero or princess lunch box. Getting your child ready for the annual…
…rose 32 percent, but that’s not stopping the financial behemoth from pursuing labor cost cutting. According to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, UBS recently dropped a moving contractor in New…
August 28, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco IAM&AW celebrates victory with drivers. Brooklyn, NY – When the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW) District 15 inked a pioneering contract on behalf…
August 27, 2013 By Stephanie West Pittsburgh, Penn. – Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) have ratified a new, four-year collective bargaining agreement with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company that…
August 26, 2013 By John Zogby The probable use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime dominated the news of the week, even pushing the Egyptian crisis down from lead…
…international airlines that serve Americans. The improved network and higher quality product will attract new customers, allowing the airlines to compete with the megacarriers in a way neither airline can…
…honest city government. “Today’s override votes are truly an impressive achievement and the latest in a series of progressive measures by the City Council that define New York as…
…seriously flawed that students were tested on material they had not yet been taught. Just as predictable were the hysterical headlines and the doomsday cries from self-proclaimed “reformers” who see…
August 21, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees calls itself the union’s “mother local.” Founded in 1886, it’s “the oldest entertainment union…
