May 9, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Organized labor groups in the city are applauding the second-largest pension fund in the world and its decision to no
May 2, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – A powerful group of building trade organizations and elected officials – including a trio of mayoral candidates – is calling for
April 30, 2013 By Neal Tepel New York, NY – Private sector construction employment in New York City rose 2.4 percent in 2012 while wages have remained virtually unchanged, according
April 25, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Brooklyn, NY – Build Up NYC, the broad alliance of labor organizations opposing developers who routinely shortchange workers citywide, delivered thousands of post cards
April 19, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Bronx, NY – The new outlet mall slated to replace the Whitestone Multiplex Cinemas on Bruckner Boulevard promises a spate of new construction jobs, and has
April 18, 2013 By Marc Bussanich Brooklyn, NY—Building services workers were fired on February 28 for organizing themselves to demand their employer pay them higher wages mandated by law. The
April 18, 2013 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Members of the New York City Building Trades rallied outside the properties of family-owned Reider Holdings and Sam Zell’s Equity Residential on
April 17, 2013 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—The president of the Economic Development Corporation, Seth Pinsky, said in order to protect as many New Yorkers as possible from future
April 5, 2013 New York, NY – Calling for an ambitious Moynihan-Penn Station Master Plan to spur economic development and transportation growth, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer issued Uniform Land
April 1, 2013 By Neal Tepel – LaborPress USA Washington DC – AT&T has reached a tentative agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in wireline contract negotiations primarily
