December 8, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Freelancers who spend most of their time working alone as independent contractors are poised to achieve historic new protections that could
November 26, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Amalgamated bank CEO and living wage advocate Keith Mestrich is calling on the MTA to rethink the controversial ad policy that nixed
Novemer 24, 2015 THIS WEEK: Airport Workers Strike, A Wage Thief Gets Jail Time and Culinary 226 Questions Duetsche Bank. Also: An Appeal to Poultry CEOs, A Union at HuffPo?
November 13, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Shaun D. Francois I knows that the workplace is tough enough already — there should be no room for fear or
November 10, 2015 By Bill Hohlfeld Murder in Chicago – Yet Some Called it Justice Slightly before 11 AM on November 11,1887, hundreds of people gathered in and around a
November 9, 2015 By Richita Anderson In my job as a Labor Services Representative for the New York State Department of Labor for over 30 years, I witnessed the unending
November 6, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – There are now more women in the FDNY than at any time in the department’s history — and it took
November 6, 2016 By Doug Cunningham Reprinted from WIN November 6, 2015 AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement shows that the AFL-CIO’s
November 5, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel Several Long Island labor unions and the Working Families Party are considering challenging Rep. Kathleen Rice next year to “hold her
October 29, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel Workers at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz. overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract Oct. 25, after management dropped a wage-freeze
