Confronting Power with Power…
Ray Rogers
June 8, 2021
New York, NY – The NewsGuild of New York and IBEW Local 3 are currenlty fighting a couple of very powerful corporations who view them like an invasion of the
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Pride Month And The Call To Update Our Thinking
Ben Kimmel
June 8, 2021
New York, NY – I admit that my generation is different from today’s. No one really talked about sexuality or sexual preferences when I was growing up. As kids, we
Workers’ Compensation Fraud: A Trap for the Unwary
Robert Grey
May 28, 2021
New York, NY – We’ve all seen the headline: “Worker Arrested for Comp Fraud.” But the story that goes unreported is that more often than not there was only one
Let’s Make Sure Essential Workers Get the Support They Need and Deserve
Ben Kimmel
May 24, 2021
New York, NY – Now that plans are in motion to get back to normal, the city is beginning to show more life. Traffic is picking up, people are returning
AFT, Weingarten ‘All In” on In-Person Learning; Dissenting Teachers Pushing Back
Joe Maniscalco
May 20, 2021
New York, NY – Dissenting teachers challenging the safety of in-person learning during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remain skeptical about fully returning to the classroom later this fall, despite AFT
NYSNA, 1199 SEIU Push for ‘Medicare for All New Yorkers’
Steve Wishnia
May 19, 2021
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Will the COVID-19 pandemic be the impetus for New York State to enact a law to create a single-payer universal health-care system? The bill, the New York Health
We Still Need a Good Plan for Reopening Post-COVID
Ben Kimmel
May 14, 2021
New York, NY – Although COVID-19 infection rates are down, the pandemic’s impact goes far beyond statistics and hospitalizations. Nevertheless, the city is looking to fully reopen in the near
Under Pressure From Worker Advocates, Cuomo Signs NY HERO Act Into Law
Joe Maniscalco
May 6, 2021
New York, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo finally signed the NY HERO Act into law on May 5, just weeks before the state is set to more fully emerge out
Some Gave All: Essential Workers Need More Than ‘Applause’ and ‘Hashtags’
Silver Krieger
April 29, 2021
New York, NY – Labor leaders, workers, and elected officials gathered on Wednesday, April 28, across the street from Elmhurst Hospital in Queens — once the “epicenter of the epicenter” during
Ohio College-Student Workers Go on Historic Strike for Union Recognition
Steve Wishnia
April 28, 2021
GAMBIER, Ohio—At least 140 student workers at Kenyon College in Ohio joined a walkout on Apr. 27, the second day of what the Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee (K-SWOC/UE) union
