October 23, 2013 By Stephanie West Yonkers, New York – The Yonkers City Council last week introduced a local Living Wage Law that would require city businesses that receive tax
October 18, 2013 By Leo W. Gerard, USW President Pittsburgh, Penn. – “For the past two weeks, the American people have watched helplessly as the extreme right-wing Tea Party Republicans
October 17, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Plumbers, paramedics and hotel workers rallying behind mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio in his first televised debate with ex-MTA boss Joe
October 10, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – While rightwing commentators do their level best to dismiss the impact the government shutdown is having on the nation, hardworking men
October 9, 2013 By John Zogby Washington, DC – President Obama won the first round of the shutdown fight, but at the same time failed to show leadership and lead
October 8, 2013 By Neal Tepel The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has focused on trying to end the shutdown and taking care of furloughed government workers. “If there
October 8, 2013 By Steven Wishnia “If you don’t have a strong political program, you can’t represent your members,” says Roger Clayman, executive director of the Long Island Federation
October 3, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Charged with emotion after becoming the “first woman of color to hold citywide office,” Councilwoman Letitia James – the former public
October 2, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union is one of the few private-sector unions to gain members in the last decade. The local
October 1, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Civil Service Employees Association Local 1000, New York State’s largest public-workers union, is solidly behind the AFL-CIO’s idea of building coalitions with groups outside
