NYU Workers Demand Justice at NYU Langone!
Reprinted 1199.org
May 18, 2018
New York, NY – Langone’s Abrupt Withdrawal from City-Wide Bargaining Threatens Stable Jobs and Patient Care for New Yorkers.
Category: Features
Teachers Paying for School Supplies
Joe Levine
May 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC – In a recent report from the National Center of Education Statistics, teachers in public and private schools across the country pay for their classroom supplies. This became
Colorado City Teachers Say They’ll Strike ‘As Long as It Takes’
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
May 18, 2018
PUEBLO, Colo.—More than 2,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, and supporters marched through downtown Pueblo May 9, the third day of a strike by education workers in this city of 110,000. Their two
Labor History Happened Here—And Why It Matters
Jane LaTour
May 17, 2018
May is Labor History Month. Bill Hohlfeld, LaborPress’s resident historian and educator, started out as an ironworker. He describes labor history as “literally, our story. It’s the chronicle of our
Ultra-Posh Buildings Built On A Foundation Of Stolen Wages!
Steve Wishnia
May 17, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Several luxury apartment buildings and hotels recently erected in Manhattan were literally built on a foundation of stolen wages, District Attorney Cyrus Vance charged May 16.
NYSUT Members Elected to School Boards
Stephanie West
May 17, 2018
ALBANY, NY — Voters put their trust in educators to help run their local public schools, newly electing at least 29 members of New York State United Teachers to school boards
AFL-CIO Fighting back against Janus
AFL-CIO
May 17, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court will make a decision in the coming weeks whether or not to undermine the freedom of millions of teachers, nurses and other public workers to have strong
New York Remains on the Forefront of the Labor Movement
Ed Murphy
May 17, 2018
New York, NY – New York is union strong. The quality of the building trades union work comes from their classroom and on-the-job paid training of apprentices. Think of the
Study: Minnesota’s Economy Far Outpaced Wisconsin’s in Walker Era
Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel
May 17, 2018
WASHINGTON—Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Minnesota’s Mark Dayton have pursued diametrically opposed labor policies since they took office in 2011—and the result, says a study released by the Economic Policy
Building Trades Back Hochul for Lt. Gov.
Steve Wishnia
May 16, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York formally endorsed Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul for re-election May 15.
