February 12, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco It took 13 weeks, but the dozen “washeros” who were fired from the Sunny Day Car Wash in the Bronx after protesting withheld wages,
February 11, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco To the chagrin of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the most powerful voices speaking out in support of striking ATU workers on February 10,
February 7, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco and Marc Bussanich Build Up NYC, a broad coalition of 250,000 private sector workers in the building trades and their affiliates, issued its first
February 5, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco An already troubled development project in Long Island City, Queens is being lambasted as a construction site “sweatshop” in a controversy over how things
February 2, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco One of the most alarming flu seasons in some time remains in full swing, but scores of workers in New York City toiling without
February 1, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Union muscle mixed with street theater on the steps of City Hall on January 31, when organized labor and community activists teamed-up to blast
January 31, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Enough already! An accountant tasked with overseeing one Brooklyn transportation company’s troubled finances is fed up with Mayor Bloomberg’s refusal to meet with union
January 29, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco and Marc Bussanich
January 28, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco and Marc Bussanich Despite the valiant efforts of Occupy Sandy volunteers and others who helped residents throughout New York City clean out storm-ravaged homes
January 11, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco The New Year may not have brought an end to the demonization of the labor movement, but more unions are beginning to understand that
