Category: Municipal Government

September 8, 2015 By Justin Brannan Labor Day marks the unofficial end of another summer but, more importantly, it is the one day we set aside each year to celebrate

September 7, 2015 By Neal Tepel, LaborPress Editorial New York, NY – As the country celebrated Labor Day — a national holiday founded to celebrate the American worker — the anti-union movement

September 7, 2015 Reprinted: news@armaollp.com New York, NY – Labor Day as a national, legal holiday had an interesting evolution. The legalized celebration of Labor Day began as individual state

September 7, 2015 By Vincent Alvarez New York City Central Labor Council President As our economy continues to battle income inequality, an increasing number of New York City workers are

September 7, 2015 By Bill Hohlfeld Whether or not we choose to attend our local parade, most of us manage to connect the month of September with Labor Day. Unfortunately,

September 4, 2015 By Bill Hohlfeld The village of Port Chester crackled with energy last night, and most of it was being generated at the local Knights of Columbus, where

September 4, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel With federal funding for road and transit programs scheduled to expire on Oct. 29, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is planning

September 3, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel Verizon has refused $3.4 million in federal funds to expand high-speed Internet service in the Buffalo area—and a Communications Workers of

September 3, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel Birmingham, Alabama became the first Southern city to set a higher local minimum wage on Aug. 18, when the City Council

September 2, 2015 By Bill Hohlfeld In her new children’s book Joelito’s Big Decision, Ann Berlak takes on the daunting but necessary task of introducing American youth to the concept