July 3, 2014 By Steven Wishnia New York—New York City has reached a tentative contract agreement with District Council 37, the union representing more than 100,000 city workers, Mayor Bill
July 2, 2014 By Marc Bussanich Newark, NJ—Ras Baraka was inaugurated as Newark’s 40th Mayor outside the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. He got emotional when a reporter asked him
July 2, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo may or may not heed the plea of union leaders to intervene in their stalemate with the MTA, but
July 1, 2014 By Steven Wishnia New York — Local and national unions reacted angrily to the June 30th Supreme Court decision exempting some home health-care aides from having to
July 1, 2014 By Stephanie West Washington, DC – The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents more than 16,500 Border Patrol agents and support staff, applauds Senate committee passage
June 30, 2014 By Steven Wishnia Washington— In a case that could have seriously undermined public-sector unions ability to exist, the Supreme Court split the difference. It created a category
June 30, 2014 By Steven Wishnia New York — With the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement enabling corporations to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in search of cheap wages, two
June 30, 2014 By Stephanie West New York, NY — Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the appointment of Joseph Esposito to serve as New York City’s Office of Emergency
June 27, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Queens, NY – Airport contractors who have yet to comply with Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye’s January order to bump up low-wage worker salaries,
July 26, 2014 Stephanie West Washington, DC – American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. has praised the White House for a memorandum intended to expand
