New York, NY – The city threw essential workers a ticker tape parade along the canyon of heroes earlier this month. And somehow, Gotham’s gilded oligarchs were spared the unsavory
WASHINGTON—The average ratio of CEO compensation to their workers’ median pay increased to 299 to 1 at S&P 500 companies in 2020, up from 264:1 in 2019, according to the
NEW YORK, N.Y.—With the Municipal Labor Committee scheduled to vote July 14, on a proposal to switch retired city workers’ health care from traditional Medicare to a private Medicare Advantage
JERSEY CITY, N.J.—When Superstorm Sandy hit New York and New Jersey in September 2012, the PATH train system’s maintenance crews who worked around the clock to repair the flooded tunnels
New York, NY – In May, the AFL/CIO released its 30th annual report about death on the job. The 250-page report included many major findings that should concern every working person.
NEW YORK, N.Y. — More than 200 retired city workers and supporters marched through lower Manhattan June 30, protesting a possible deal to switch their health-care coverage from traditional Medicare
Editor’s Note: Joseph A. Geiger is Executive-Secretary Treasurer of the New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters New York, NY – On February 9, 2021, we launched Carpenters RISE with
NEW YORK, N.Y.— This month, city inspectors halted work on more than 300 construction sites in a “zero tolerance” campaign begun after three construction workers fell to their deaths during
New York, NY – This past spring, the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board announced that the maximum weekly workers’ compensation benefit rate will rise to $1,064.05 per week for
WASHINGTON—President Joseph Biden announced June 22 that he has nominated David M. Prouty, general counsel for the SEIU 32BJ union, to fill a soon-vacant seat on the National Labor Relations
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