Category: New York
CUNY Adjuncts to Get 71% Raise Following Agreement
Steve Wishnia
October 28, 2019
NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Professional Staff Congress union and the City University of New York announced Oct. 23 that they have reached a tentative contract agreement to cover the system’s almost
The Great Society
Dr. Leonard Golubchick, LaborPress Entertainment Editor
October 28, 2019
“The Great Society” is a continuation of Robert Schenkkan’s Tony award-winning play “All The Way” which dealt with the first year of President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s presidency and the passage
Blame Corey: Johnson Jeered for Sitting on Small Business Jobs Survival Act as NYC Shops Go Bust
Steve Wishnia
October 27, 2019
NEW YORK, N.Y.—About 20 small-business activists marched on City Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s Chelsea district office Oct. 24, lambasting his failure to enact legislation to protect local businesses from rent
Taking it Back to the Streets: Fast Food Workers Demand a ‘Voice on the Job’
Joe Maniscalco
October 26, 2019
New York, NY – This week, hundreds of fast food workers and their allies in organized labor took to the streets of Manhattan in a rising tide of militancy that
Betrayal: A Brilliantly Acted Drama of Deceit and Passion
Dr. Leonard Golubchick, LaborPress Entertainment Editor
October 25, 2019
The latest revival of Harold Pinter’s extramarital-affair play Betrayal, at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre, stars Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Cox, and Zawe Ashton—all of whom are making their Broadway debut. The
Teamster Turned Author Mark Torres to Read Latest at NYU
Naeisha Rose
October 24, 2019
Mark Torres, a nearly 30-year member of Teamsters Union Local 810 and its director of Legal Affairs for the Pension and Welfare Funds, will have a full circle moment at
Art Handlers Defy Union-Busting on Eve of Vote
Steve Wishnia
October 24, 2019
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Workers at the Uovo art-moving and storage company joined about 50 supporters for a rally outside its Long Island City warehouse Oct. 23, two days before they will vote
Striking for Social Issues in a deadly week for organized labor
Kris LaGrange, UCOMM BLOG
October 24, 2019
Due to bad work that was done by an anti-union ABC contractor, three people lost their lives and more than 30 were injured when the Hard Rock Hotel in New
A Message from the Working Theater
Mark Plesent, Producing Artist Director
October 23, 2019
We are very excited to announce the off-Broadway premiere of BORDER PEOPLE, written & performed by Dan Hoyle (The Block) and directed by Kel Haney. Fresh off its critically acclaimed,
