New York, NY – New York City has reached an agreement to jumpstart construction of 1,100 affordable apartments on six acres of Willets Point. The new homes will be the
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A Hollywood stuntwoman’s charge that the practice of having men do movie stunts while disguised as women—nicknamed “wigging”—is sex discrimination has rattled the industry, in which none of the
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—UNITE HERE members wearing green T-shirts that read, “7,000 Jobs / No Taxpayer Dollars” rallied here Feb. 6 to support MGM Resorts’s plan to build a casino on
Hangmen is a wonderful work by playwright Martin McDonagh, who also directed and wrote the screenplay for the Golden Globe award-winning movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri. Directed by Matthew
As we begin a new year, multiemployer plans will need to renew their efforts for managing the benefits they offer members based on their healthcare budgets. In doing so, trustees
TRENTON, N.J.—A bill to split New Jersey police and firefighters’ unions pension fund off from the main government-worker fund advanced Feb. 5, when it was approved by the state Senate
Toronto, Canada – Hotel workers at 17 hotels around Toronto have decided to remain with UNITE HERE Local 75 on the heels of raiding efforts by Unifor, including the Toronto
ALBANY, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan and Speaker Carl Heastie have announced that a three-way agreement has been reached on Lavern’s Law: legislation that would
SEATTLE, Wash.—Teamsters Local 174 and the First Student school-bus company met with a federal mediator Feb. 8 in an attempt to settle a week-old strike by 400 drivers. The drivers
New York, NY – Striking Spectrum worker Alfred Boothe, 40, didn’t much like his job when he first started out in the warehouse nine years ago. But his mom, a
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