Voices of the 2019 NYC Labor Day Parade
Floats, marching bands, cheer squads and people in carnival costumes, face paint and union letters and numbers lined the streets of Fifth Avenue Saturday for the Labor Parade. Approximately 150
Floats, marching bands, cheer squads and people in carnival costumes, face paint and union letters and numbers lined the streets of Fifth Avenue Saturday for the Labor Parade. Approximately 150
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Saying that the city is “failing 80,000 low-income app-based drivers,” Independent Drivers Guild head Brendan Sexton on Sept. 10 called for abolishing the Taxi and Limousine Commission and
NEW YORK, N.Y.—What’s most important for the American labor movement going into 2020? Among 10 union leaders who spoke to LaborPress at the Labor Day parade Sept. 7, the three
On Labor Day president Trump said that union members should not pay union dues. My answer to Mr trump is this – you call yourself a good business man, well
A delegation of more than two dozen 32BJ SEIU supporters and employees of Eulen America, a private contractor that employs baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants and cabin cleaners at John F.
Baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants and cabin cleaners at John F. Kennedy International Airport have a list of grievances to air out on Thursday with Eulen America, the private contractor that
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Calling the half-unpaid 24-hour shifts common in the home health-care industry an “inhumane” 21st-century sweatshop, a group of home-care aides and state legislators rallied Sept. 4 to announce
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Union density in New York dipped slightly in the past year, but the state remains the most unionized in the country, with rates more than twice the national
I’m furious. The other elected officers at Transport Workers Union Local 100 are furious. Most importantly, the 40,000 bus and subway workers who move New York are furious. Mismanagement at
Editor’s Note: The following is a special Labor Day op-ed from NYC Council Member Justin Brannan representing Brooklyn’s 43rd District. They say a society grows great when people recognize the
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