April 1, 2014 By Stephanie West New York, NY – Several Sandy survivors, participated in an important City Council hearing on Monday March 31st to discuss the recovery and re-building
March 27, 2013 By Marc Bussanich Newark, NJ—The race for the next mayor of Newark is heating up as fellow politicians and organizations endorse their preferred candidate. Councilman Ras Baraka
March 27, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Who’s the best friend working men and women have in the New York City Council? According to a newly-released report card compiled
March 26, 2014 By Steven Wishnia “We would like to think that what happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory was long ago, and conditions have gotten better since then,” says
March 24, 2014 By Alan Schulkin, City Hall Reporter New York, NY — Mayor de Blasio has announced the appointment of Mitchell Silver as Commissioner of the Department of Parks
March 21, 2014 By Marc Bussanich Jersey City, NJ—At Wednesday’s Port Authority Board of Commissioners meeting here the public and some New Jersey officials joined the chorus of organizations and
March 21, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Astoria, NY – This week, Greg Floyd, president, Local 237, International Brotherhood of Teamsters [IBT], is being hailed as a “warrior,” and “one of the
March 19, 2014 By Neal Tepel The modern labor-union movement was born in the Great Depression, in organized uprisings like the New York dressmakers’ strike of 1933 and the United
March 18, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Expansion of the paid sick law takes effect in two weeks. The sponsor of the original bill, Gale Brewer, said there are
March 18, 2014 By Stephanie West New York, NY — Mayor de Blasio has appointed Kathryn Garcia as the city’s Department of Sanitation Commissioner. Garcia will be charged with running
