May 25, 2015 By Neal Tepel With most labor unions, environmental groups, and advocate organizations opposed to Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, there needs to be a slowing down
May 22, 2015 By LaborPress Los Angeles will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The City Council’s 14-1 vote May 19 makes it the nation’s third
May 19, 2015 By Neal Tepel New York, NY–The former executive director in the infamous Met Council kickback scheme has been sentenced to jail time. Millions were stolen over 20-years from an
May 15, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – With fewer than 50 women in the ranks, fighting fires in the City of New York remains virtually an all male
May 14, 2015 By Marc Bussanich Bronx, NY—Mayor Bill de Blasio is getting slammed again, this time for traveling across the country to promote a progressive agenda. Norman Seabrook of
May 14, 2015 By LaborPress The Pennsylvania Senate's Finance Committee voted 6-4 May 11 along party lines to approve a bill that would eliminate pensions for future state workers and public-school
May 12, 2015 By Steven Wishnia The largest civil-rights demonstration in the South since the historic Selma-to-Montgomery march of 1965 took place last year in Raleigh, North Carolina—and it had
May 11, 2015 By Steven Wishnia Victor Gotbaum, who died last month at the age of 93, was a major figure in the third great wave of the American labor
May 11, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco Brooklyn, NY – Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to deliver his progressive “Contract with America” this week, and the announcement could have an immediate
May 11, 2015 By Kevin Zaph Hanes, Reprinted: www.afscme.org Following months of mounting pressure by AFSCME Council 3 members and allies, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan backed down from a plan
