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There Cannot Be One More Death – There Cannot Be Another ‘Mo’
Joe Maniscalco
April 18, 2019
New York, NY – The chilling bagpipe wail of “Amazing Grace” mixed with the cacophonous sounds of ongoing construction at Varick and Broome streets on Tuesday afternoon — site of
S.I. Coalition Demands Amazon Rehire Fired Worker
Steve Wishnia
April 3, 2019
NEW YORK, N.Y.—About 100 people traveled to the isolated western reaches of Staten Island Apr. 2 to demand that Amazon rehire warehouse worker Rashad Long, who recently filed a complaint
McDonald’s Cries ‘Uncle’ In The Fight For $15 And Shatters Another Anti-Worker Trope
Joe Maniscalco
March 30, 2019
New York, NY – This week, the mighty McDonald’s empire officially cried “uncle,” announcing its vast, french fry-fueled resources will no longer be used to oppose the Fight for $15
How Sisters, Daughters, Girlfriends And Nieces Are Changing The Face Of The Building Trades In NYC
Joe Maniscalco
March 25, 2019
New York, NY — If you are at all interested in seeing the trade union movement build strength and expand diversity, the stubbornly single-digit figures reflecting the overall percentage of
NYC Union Leader Vows To Help Eradicate ICE’s ‘Deportation Machine’
Joe Maniscalco
March 16, 2019
New York, NY – The head of the largest proper service workers union in the country, this week, vowed to help eradicate ICE’s “deportation machine” after a union member who’s
Unions Back Effort To Block Deportations; Create Pathways To Citizenship
Steve Wishnia
March 13, 2019
WASHINGTON—Several major American unions have endorsed a bill introduced in the House March 12, that could protect more than 2 million people from deportation.
It’s Alive! (Maybe) NYC’s Continuing Debate Over Amazon HQ2 And What It Means For Trade Unionists
Joe Maniscalco
March 6, 2019
New York, NY – Whether or not the deal is really dead, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to revivify the ashes of “Amazon HQ2” have already succeeded in stoking lots anger
Rank & File Relief Fund Aides Hardhats Refusing To Cross Hudson Yards Picket Line
Joe Maniscalco
February 27, 2019
New York, NY – A new GoFundMe page aimed at aiding Ironworkers who choose to sacrifice a day’s pay rather than cross a union picket line, awarded its first donation