October 12, 2011 Reprint – www.UnionsMatter.wordpress.com Barbara Kestenbaum is a passionate union activist. Wherever there is a rally, demonstration, picket line with union members fighting for justice you will often
October 8, 2011By Marc Bussanich Local 372 President Santos Crespo and union members stood again on the steps of City Hall on Friday October 7th the last day of work for
October 7, 2011By Marc Bussanich The Occupy Wall Street Movement got a big lift October 6th from the city’s union. Assembling at Foley Square, different union leaders standing atop a flatbed
October 6, 2011Around Town – By Neal Tepel Each year Local 338 RWDSU/ UFCW – representing thousands of local workers including those in the retail and grocery businesses runs a
October 5, 2011By Marc Bussanich This upcoming Friday is D-Day for 700 members of Local 372, who have received letters from the Department of Education (DOE) that they will be laid
October 4, 2011By Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO PresidentMillions of people who are ready, willing and able to work are unemployed or underemployed. But instead of focusing on job creation, Congress
October 4, 2011By Marc Bussanich Whereas the protestors leading and participating in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement in NYC couldn’t get catch a sound bite from the major media in
October 3, 2011By Neal TepelBronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr has announced that Monica Major, who currently represents the Bronx as its appointee to the Panel for Educational Policy, has
October 3, 2011By Neal TepelMeeting in national convention in August 2011, the 340,000 member United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry, or “UA” as
