NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Penn South Houses unveiled a memorial plaque June 28 for Bayard Rustin, the late activist who planned the 1963 March on Washington in his ninth-floor apartment in
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 decision June 27 was intended to undermine public-sector unions, ruling that it violates nonmembers’ free-speech rights if they have to
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Chanting “Whose work? Our work!” more than 1,000 building-trades workers marched around Hudson Yards June 27, in another protest against developer The Related Companies’ decision to use nonunion
WASHINGTON—In a 5-4 decision almost as predictable as the sun coming up this morning, the Supreme Court ruled that public-sector employees can’t be required to pay any fees to the
NEW YORK, N.Y.—“The subminimum wage is a poverty wage, and it should be ended immediately,” Camille Rivera, political director of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, told a state
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Now the death meter has clicked up to six. Abdul Saleh, 59, a Yemeni immigrant who had driven a yellow cab for 31 years, was found dead June
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The crowd on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse June 13 chanted alternating slogans. First, “Who are we? Teamsters!”; then, “Who are we? Africans!”
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—Flight-readiness technicians at Boeing’s South Carolina plant voted May 31 to be represented by the International Association of Machinists—but the company is likely to resist bargaining with their
NEW YORK, N.Y.—“Kenny faced hardship he was not able to control,” taxi driver Richard Chow said, fighting back tears as he addressed a rally of more than 100 drivers near
NEW YORK, N.Y.—New York taxi drivers fear that a man missing for 11 days may have been the fifth cabbie to commit suicide in the last six months.
