Author: Stephanie West
NYS Unemployed Hits Record
Stephanie West
May 22, 2020
Albany, NY – The New York State Department of Labor has paid out $9.2 billion in unemployment insurance benefits to two million New Yorkers. Melissa DeRosa, Assistant to Governor Cuomo
CUNY To Lay Off Staff
Stephanie West
May 19, 2020
New York, NY — CUNY colleges have announced planned layoffs of hundreds of adjunct professors. Adjuncts teach 56% of courses at CUNY. “Adjunct faculty are not expendable. They are talented teachers and devoted
COVID-19 Antibody Testing for Frontline First Responders
Stephanie West
May 2, 2020
Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the city’s 11 public hospitals [NYC Health + Hospitals] will offer free antibody testing for first responders on the frontlines of the COVID-19
NYC Introduces “Project Cupid”
Stephanie West
May 1, 2020
NEW YORK, NY — New York City’s “Project Cupid,” will enable the completion of the marriage license process to be completed online. All couples who want to get married in New York
Concern for Worker Safety Continues at McDonald’s
Stephanie West
April 29, 2020
San Jose, California – Twenty-two percent of McDonald’s workers reported they went to work feeling sick during the COVID-19 pandemic because of a lack of paid sick leave, fear of
Labor Unions Blast Trump Administration for Skirting CARES Act Payroll Requirements
Stephanie West
April 29, 2020
Washington, DC – Seven leading labor unions, representing millions of working people across the country, have blasted the Trump Administration for skirting payroll requirements in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and