December 17, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – This past year has been an exciting time for the labor movement — epitomized by the Fight For $15 movement
December 14, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – No one mentioned Mayor Bill de Blasio by name at Saturday’s ceremony heralding the new $300 million partnership between the AFL-CIO
December 11, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Black and white hardhats — the former symbolizing the roughly 30 construction workers killed on job sites throughout the city since 2013,
December 10, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Trade unionists still seething over that Times Square billboard subverting the “Black Lives Matter” movement while also accusing organized labor of
December 8, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Freelancers who spend most of their time working alone as independent contractors are poised to achieve historic new protections that could
December 3, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – What could American icons Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez and Franklin Delano Roosevelt possibly have in common with the
November 26, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Amalgamated bank CEO and living wage advocate Keith Mestrich is calling on the MTA to rethink the controversial ad policy that nixed
November 24, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Struggling airport workers waiting for the multibillion dollar airline industry to catch up with the rest of the Fight for $15 movement
November 23, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – A paratransit strike affecting Access-A-Ride passengers throughout the city appears far less likely this week following another positive meeting between the
November 21, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Three months before Governor Andrew Cuomo took steps to establish a statewide $15 an hour minimum wage, Amalgamated Bank took the
