Workers at the chain coffee shop Blank Street Coffee have had a decisive win. The company is owned by a private equity-backed company, not generally a good situation for those
In Ventura, CA, workers have had enough. They have voted to join the Teamsters Local 186, despite facing an aggressive union-busting campaign, which corporations are prone to do when threatened
The de Blasio administration was the first to propose the switch of retirees’ traditional Medicare coverage to a private plan. City officials were saying it would save the city almost
Millions of people throughout the U.S. suffer a steep decline in their credit scores due to one thing: medical debt. Now, the Biden administration has proposed a new action that
The latest battle cry from the Teamsters against their new nemesis Amazon involves what they say is an exploitative Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program. A bipartisan coalition of Senators is
Employees at the nonprofit legal services organization Mobilization for Justice have been on strike for 11 weeks. They have gone so far as to ask the City Council to cut
Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) announced that it received a state grant to expand its childcare access program on Tuesday. NEW’s President Leah Rambo, who took her post earlier this
Andy Byford, who at one point oversaw the NYC subways, a daunting task for anyone, is now the senior vice-president of high-speed rail at Amtrak. He is championing and advocating
Four Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives, two of them Republicans, have introduced legislation that would put a spotlight on corporations such as Amazon and hold them accountable for
On June 10, a 60-year-old MTA bus driver was stabbed in the neck while driving in East New York. The attack took place after the perpetrator began arguing with the
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