How Many More Must Die? NYC Cabbie Death Toll Now At Eight
Steve Wishnia
November 15, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—New York City cab drivers’ financial crisis has now claimed two more lives than Son of Sam did.
Category: New York
Charter To NLRB: Proceed, Forthwith, To Decertify Local 3!
Joe Maniscalco
November 13, 2018
New York, NY – Cable-TV giant Charter Communications is pushing ahead with efforts to decertify IBEW Local 3, even as efforts to end the punishing 19-month-old Spectrum strike reportedly continue,
What The Attack On NYC’s African Burial Ground Says About The Elite’s Attempts To Divide Workers
Joe Maniscalco
November 13, 2018
New York, NY – If the fetid tide of white supremacy and hatred Donald Trump and his minions tried riding into the midterm elections wasn’t already familiar to trade unionists,
#CountMeIn Holds Rally In Front Of Fox NFL Thursday Night Football Cameras
Joe Maniscalco
November 9, 2018
New York, NY – The Building Trades’ #CountMeIn campaign against so-called “open shop” development seized the national stage on Thursday night, holding a surprise demonstration during a live broadcast of
Thousand Oaks Shooting Another Tragedy
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
November 8, 2018
ALBANY, NY – “Once again, the nation is shaken by the news of another horrific shooting, this time at a bar in Thousand Oaks hosting college students from multiple schools
SAG-AFTRA Opens Doors to New Industries
Stephanie West
November 8, 2018
The SAG-AFTRA agreement for low-budget and indie game productions provides an important framework for organizing new members in an expanding industry.
UFT Members Ratify Contract
Stephanie West
November 8, 2018
Members of the United Federation of Teachers ratified a new contract that gives members a 7.7 percent pay raise over the 43-month pact.
NYC ExpressCare Medical Clinics
Stephanie West
November 7, 2018
NEW YORK, NY – New York City is opening ExpressCare clinics throughout the five boroughs. Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst – one of three new urgent care centers in operation will provide faster
Anti-Semitism Showed its Face at the Tree of Life Synagogue
UNITE HERE President D. Taylor
November 3, 2018
In a most horrific act, anti-Semitism showed its face at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday October 27th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We grieve with the families and the Jewish
SAG-AFTRA Rallies Against Bartle Bogle Hegarty
Silver Krieger
November 2, 2018
New York, NY – About 200 striking members of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) rallied in front of the ad agency Bartle,
