Labor’s Political Action Proves Formidable in NY Races
November 5, 2013 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—On the eve of the New York City mayoral election, Bill de Blasio seems to be on the verge of becoming the
November 5, 2013 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—On the eve of the New York City mayoral election, Bill de Blasio seems to be on the verge of becoming the
November 5, 2013 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – Rhode Island at-home childcare workers have voted to Join the Service Employees International Union. A secret-ballot election was held by the
November 5, 2013 By Stephanie West New York, N.Y. – Comptroller John C. Liu called on the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to discontinue its use of shelter provider Aguila
November 4, 2013 By Marc Bussanich Brooklyn, NY—Bill de Blasio stood on the steps of Borough Hall on Friday with an army of labor leaders to say that now is
October 31, 2013 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – An arbitrator has decided postal workers represented by the American Postal Workers Union are entitled to back pay for time postmasters
October 25, 2013 By Stephanie West New York, NY, — The New York Workers’ Compensation Alliance applauds Governor Cuomo and the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board for reducing employer
October 21, 2013 By Steven Wishnia The labor movement needs to unite visions of racial, ethnic, and gender justice with economic and social issues, veteran labor and civil-rights activist Norman
October 18, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Nurses defining the true “crisis” in healthcare as short-staffing, dwindling resources and increased privatization, got a boost from mayoral front-runner Bill
October 18, 2013 By David Cox Sr., AFGE President “On behalf of the 670,000 federal employees represented by AFGE, I am thrilled that a deal was reached to put our
October 15, 2013 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Investigative reporter Juan Gonzalez won the prestigious journalism George Polk award in 2010 for exposing massive fraud by consultants during implementation of