April 2, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Worker advocates hoping to check unscrupulous building contractors by raising lending standards, say that some of the biggest investors in the
April 2, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – School crossing guards throughout the city are cheering a modest pay raise today, but the union representing them is hardly pausing
March 31, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – This week, hard-pressed construction workers who have for years borne the brunt of widespread industry abuses, will be calling on the
March 26, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The City of New York has allocated over a million bucks in the current budget to encourage fledgling worker cooperatives throughout
March 23, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Time is ticking down on 28 financially distressed hospitals around the state in need of an immediate $290 million cash infusion
March 19, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Is the labor movement spending too much energy lobbying politician in the hopes elected officials will act on behalf of working men
March 19, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The head of New York’s largest union for registered nurses is criticizing segments of the labor movement this week for
March 13, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco Bronx, NY – Innovative worker cooperatives throughout the five boroughs have gotten a significant boost this year from both Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration and
March 12, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – The author of a new report touting the enormous economic and social benefits of single payer healthcare and the New York
March 11, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Career construction workers fearing the further proliferation of junk jobs that offer men and women in the industry low-wages and little
