June 9, 2015 LaborPress New York NY – Members of Day Care Employees Local 205 and Head Start Employees 95 will rally on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, June 9,
June 8, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Fast food workers of the world rejoice — you really are getting closer. Not only have two more major American cities started
June 5, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Tens of thousands of farm workers still toiling under Jim Crow-era conditions throughout the state may finally be close to winning
June 4, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – When pressed, the de Blasio administration says reforming NYC’s 421–a tax abatement program with a prevailing wage component for construction workers,
June 3, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The debate over reforming the city’s controversial 421-a tax exemption program is largely being portrayed as an all or nothing proposition.
June 2, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Advocates for low-wage earners across the city have launched a new campaign to help workers strike back against unscrupulous employers who
May 30, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The ongoing affordable housing debate raging between Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York’s building trades may have just gotten a
May 29, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The de Blasio administration is hitting back at organized labor groups this week after the New York State AFL-CIO and New
May 28, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Sallie Robertson and Effie Tucker, both 73, appear to be the sweetest retirees anyone would ever want to me. But
May 27, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Bill de Blasio is facing tough questions this week about why hizzoner is pushing a national agenda urging a $15 an
