January 11, 2016 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Packed with double-parked cars and half-crocked patrons, Steinway Street in Queens on the days leading up to New Year’s Eve,
January 8, 2016 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Advocates for a bill subjecting elevator mechanics to special training and licensing are confident they finally have enough support to
January 7, 2016 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – On this week’s edition of the LaborPress Radio Show/Podcast we look into the pending Elevator Safety Bill which, if passed,
January 7, 2016 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Widespread praise for Mayor Bill deBlasio’s plan to phase in a $15 an hour minimum wage for city workers over
January 6, 2016 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “two-track” strategy to establish a $15 an hour minimum wage now includes roughly 30,000 SUNY workers —
January 5, 2016 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Advocates for a statewide $15 an hour minimum wage have launched a new offensive to finally achieve their goal in
January 4, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Power naps are a matter of life and death for sleep-deprived Black Car operators and Taxi drivers increasingly forced to
December 31, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Traffic and Sanitation Enforcement Agents have some of the most thankless jobs in town — the public roundly disdains them,
December 24, 2015 LaborPress Staff New York, NY – Struggling women throughout the city will no longer be abruptly cut off from vital public assistance thanks to a new law
December 23, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Labor advocates are hailing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s move to extend six weeks paid parental leave to about 20,000 municipal
