June 16, 2015 By LaborPress Airlines at Philadelphia International Airport have agreed to pay the city’s $12-an-hour “living wage” to the about 2,000 baggage handlers, skycaps, and aircraft cleaners who
June 16, 2015 By LaborPress An amendment to a transportation-funding bill passed by the House June 9 could jeopardize nearly $3 billion in federal funding for building California's high-speed rail
June 3, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Last month several transportation agencies, including the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, convened in Lower Manhattan to discuss how
June 2, 2015 By Marc Bussanich Brooklyn, NY—That’s what the vice chair of Transport Workers Union Local 100 said in a video interview as the union, MTA and City officials
June 1, 2015 By Marc Bussanich Brooklyn, NY—Almost seven years after Edwin Thomas was tragically slain by a passenger while driving his bus in Brooklyn, family members, MTA officials and
May 29, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—In April 2014 the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced that it would adopt a minimum wage policy for
May 29, 2015 By Neal Tepel New York, NY – A new analysis released by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer finds that New York City taxpayers and businesses
May 28, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Most times business and labor leaders don’t see eye-to-eye, but they’re standing in unison on the issue of Middle Eastern governments subsidizing
May 22, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Anthony Coscia, Chairman of the Board at Amtrak, said at the recent Trans-Hudson Summit that to start construction on the Gateway Project
May 21, 2015 By Mark Henry, President/ Business Agent, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 1056,* and Chair, ATU NYS Legislative Conference Board Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) joined with labor, elected officials,
