May 9, 2014 By Marc Bussanich Newark, NJ—Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, was joined by several New Jersey elected officials on Wednesday calling for Newark Schools
May 6, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Outside the Clinton Park Horse Stables on Friday volunteers with NYCLASS, the animal advocacy organization, protested and called for the end of
May 5, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—The United Federation of Teachers, whose members have been working without a contract for five years, announced with Mayor Bill de Blasio
April 30, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—The NBA’s Adam Silver announced from the NY Hilton on Tuesday, April 29 that the league is banning Los Angeles Clippers basketball
April 28, 2014 By Marc Bussanich While Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building & Construction Trades Council, rallied and led tradesmen outside the Port Authority’s NY offices last week to
April 25, 2014 By Marc Bussanich Brooklyn, NY—In a video interview, John Samuelsen, the president of TWU Local 100, talks about the new, five-year contract with the MTA, why he
April 23, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—“Hey!, Hey!, Ho!, Ho!, Poverty Wages Gotta Go,” chanted airport workers outside the Port Authority’s offices on Park Avenue South as the
April 23, 2014 By Marc Bussanich Brooklyn, NY—“There oughta be a law,” boomed Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction Trades Council outside Borough Hall as tradesmen gathered to
April 21, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Richard Trumka, the AFL-CIO prez, was at last year’s auto show at the Javits Center and said Nissan workers working in Mississippi
April 18, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—After nearly two years when about 100 teachers working at Kaplan decided to join The Newspaper Guild of New York in June
