October 2, 2013 Daniel Squadron concedes to Letitia James By Marc Bussanich New York, NY–At about 10:00 pm last night the news flashed across the screen that Councilwoman Letitia James won…
October 2, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union is one of the few private-sector unions to gain members in the last decade. The local…
…boards run health care plans. Union leaders are concerned the way Obamacare affects multi-employer health plans. These employer plans, also called Taft-Hartley plans, are health insurance benefits typically arranged between…
…working class families. He fought for the release of medical data concerning World Trade Center victims and survivors, and was an influential factor in the passage of the Gender-Based Discrimination…
…District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. “We don’t care about your guns, if dudes can marry dudes, medical marijuana. It’s not our issue.” That…
…they see her writing a ticket; they fume and hurl invectives. But when they leave a car running in front of a crowded bus stop to run into Starbucks, she…
…in June of 2012 to join the Newspaper Guild by a two-thirds majority. But after contract negotiations began in earnest with Kaplan last November, the teachers are still without a…
September 26, 2013 By Prof. Oren M. Levin-Waldman, Ph.D. Graduate School for Public Affairs and Administration Metropolitan The minimum wage has recently been in the news because of the fast…
…building the world’s tallest modular building, the latest advances could undermine job prospects for building tradesmen. Ledwith was formerly the business manager for the Metallic Lathers and Reinforcing Ironworkers Union…
…of revenue, income tax withholding, is growing. However, the growth is slightly below updated projections for year-end. Much of the good news so far this year comes from one-time windfalls.”…
