Lynn, Mass.—Hundreds of Boston-area transit workers rallied outside the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s garage here Aug. 15, protesting Gov. Charlie Baker’s plans to outsource bus maintenance to private companies.
New York, NY – On August 25, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed two packages of bills that seek to curb tenant harassment. The first package, Stand for Tenant Safety (STS), affords tenants better protections from
Suffolk, Va.—The 240 workers at the plant that makes nearly all of the Lipton tea sold in North America have a union contract for the first time since it opened
The first span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is open. The iconic twin-span cable-stayed crossing “The new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is much more than a magnificent, cutting-edge
IAM District 37 President Byron Williams says the strike at Houston’s Wyman-Gordon plant was triggered by the company trying to cut disability pay and wanting to start entry level workers
1,800 IBEW Local 3 Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable) workers have been on strike against Charter Communications since March 28, 2017. Charter is trying to take away the hard-earned pension,
New York, N.Y.—Housing and homelessness, transit and transparency, crime and corruption topped the list of issues debated Aug. 23 by Mayor Bill de Blasio and former City Councilmember Sal Albanese,
The Empire BlueCross BlueShield Foundation works with organizations in Empire’s 28-county service area to help improve the health of New Yorkers. Through our focus on heart health, cancer prevention, prenatal
The Taiwanese electronics supplier Foxconn has announced plans to invest as much as 10 billion dollars to build a factory for flat-panel display screens in Wisconsin. But before the euphoria over this
Thunder Bay, Ontario— Mechanics and technicians at Lakehead Motors here ended their 16-day strike Aug. 18, ratifying a new five-year contract. “We settled a number of issues that the company
