Count Me In, Too!
Bill Hohlfeld
April 9, 2018
On our last broadcast we had the distinct pleasure of welcoming Mike Hellstrom to the LaborPress family. Mike has spent over three decades of his life as a New York
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This Week’s Buzz: #CountMeIn; More on the Spectrum Strike; FDNY Deaths, and Airport Raises
Joe Maniscalco
April 4, 2018
On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz we’re talking about the #CountMeIn movement with Campaign Director Michael Hellstrom and the the fight against so-called “open shop” development in NYC; United
Blue Collar Corner: NYC Charter/Spectrum Strike – 1 Year And Counting…
Joe Maniscalco
April 1, 2018
Latest Buzz: Laid Off Wendt Workers Speak Out; Sheet Metal Workers Training Director; Workers’ Comp; Lowering Rx Costs
Joe Maniscalco
March 29, 2018
On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, we’re talking with two laid off workers at Upstate NY’s Wendt Corporation who were sidelined and replaced with temps after shop employees
Latest BCB Buzz: Ulrich Slams City On Spectrum Strike; CVS Workers Fight For Union Contract; Robinson Vies for NYS Senate; Wendt Worker Layoffs
Joe Maniscalco
March 22, 2018
On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, NYC Council Member Eric Ulrich criticizes the city’s inability to help bring about an end to the year-long Charter/Spectrum Strike; UFCW Local
Latest Buzz: Charter/Spectrum Audit; Steel Tariffs; Striking For a Year!
Joe Maniscalco
March 14, 2018
On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers International President, discusses the impact announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are having on workers; Kate Blumm,
Latest Buzz: Wife of Striking Spectrum Worker Hits Back at Corp.
Joe Maniscalco
February 28, 2018
On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, Staten Island mom Sanela Djencic talks about the 11-month-old strike against Charter/Spectrum and what the corporate fat cats are doing to working families
This Week’s Buzz: Corp. Reform; Organizing and Worker Retirement
Joe Maniscalco
February 26, 2018
On this episode of LaborPress’ Blue Collar Buzz, labor law expert Alexander Schmidt talks about restructuring U.S corporations in ways that actually benefit workers; union organizer Phil Cohen talks about
Be All That You Can ‘B’
Bill Hohlfeld
February 26, 2018
This week, instead of talking about what a bad player Spectrum is, (and it is, no matter how many corporate shills write in) perhaps we might be better served by
