January 16, 2015 By Marc Bussanich Over 2,600 mental health workers went on strike in California starting Monday because they say their health care employer, Kaiser Permanente, refuses to increase
January 14, 2015 By Melissa Lazaín In August, when the Lee County School Board in Southwest Florida voted 3-2 to opt out of the state’s mandated tests tied to the
January 14, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—A big priority for Governor Dannel Malloy since he was first sworn in as governor of the Nutmeg State four years ago
January 13, 2015 By Joshua Pechthalt Los Angeles, CA—The Republican victory in November reminds us that organized labor and the progressive movement can’t rely on elections to advance our agenda.
January 8, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—That’s how the president of the 500,000-member California Building and Construction Trades described the fierce political battle over the last 15 years
December 31, 2014 By Marc Bussanich Happy New Year Working Folk! New York, NY—Perhaps the biggest public works project since the New Deal of the 1930s, California will be officially
December 25, 2014 By Marc Bussanich Happy Holidays Working Folk!! New York, NY—The former president of Workers United and UNITE HERE! called the recent $1.1 trillion budget compromise a “debacle”
December 24, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—That was the message Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli gave when he spoke before business and labor leaders on December 12 about how the
December 23, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—A securities litigator warned on December 12 that the growing rightward shift in the federal courts, along with a recent decision by
December 19, 2014 By Marc Bussanich Brooklyn, NY—That’s what the president of the state’s second largest union said in an exclusive video interview as the state recently notified members with
