Author: Joe Maniscalco
Battle Over LIC ‘Sweatshop’ Continues
March 7, 2013 Joe Maniscalco The New York City District Council of Carpenters is keeping its vow to pressure developers of a notorious construction site "sweatshop" in Long Island City, Queens to
DC1707 Chief: ‘Bloomberg Is A Hypocrite’
March 6, 2013 Joe Maniscalco The administrative head of New York City’s day care workers union is blasting Mayor Mike Bloomberg this week as a vindictive hypocrite who is using
Cablevision Says Axed Workers Weren’t Fired
February 26, 2013 Joe Maniscalco Over a dozen axed Cablevision workers out of a job since January 30, where shocked on Tuesday when representatives from the communications conglomerate told a
Union Gun Control Coalition Defies NRA ‘Threats’
February 25, 2013 Joe Maniscalco Even though their plans to hold a massive rally in support of the NY SAFE Act later this week have been scrapped, gun control advocates led
Another ‘W’ For ‘Washeros’
February 21, 2013 Joe Maniscalco They were down and out, but after a pair of recently negotiated deals was struck on their behalf, workers at the soon-to-be defunct Lage Car
Fearing ‘Bad Grand Bargain,’ Activists Offer Alternatives
February 21, 2013 Joe Maniscalco If Democrats in Congress fail to put the brakes on devastating sequester cuts slated to kick-in March 1, they won’t be able to claim that
Fresh Dialogue Sparks 36th Annual National Labor & Management Conference
Joe Maniscalco February 19, 2013 Over 400 senior labor union officers joined top-level management officials and other labor professionals, as well as experts from the legal, health and financial professions,
Worker Advocates Cheer Prez On Minimum Wage Boost
February 13, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco The president's pronouncement that the existing federal minimum wage should be boosted to $9 an hour – and tied to inflation – is heartening
Carpenters Hammer TIAA-CREF!
February 12, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Despite an aggressive campaign highlighting their involvement in a notorious construction site “sweatshop” in Queens, the largest retirement fund in the country and the
