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August 28, 2013 By Marc Bussanich Jason Ide of IBT Local 814 (l.) and Vinny Alvarez outside UBS offices. New York, NY—Swiss banking giant, UBS, reported that its second-quarter profit…
August 28, 2013 By Marc Bussanich Jason Ide of IBT Local 814 (l.) and Vinny Alvarez outside UBS offices. New York, NY—Swiss banking giant, UBS, reported that its second-quarter profit…
…South Korea staged a four-hour strike Aug. 20, demanding a $116-a-month raise and for 30 percent of net income to be distributed to workers. The strike was a show of…
August 8, 2013 By Neal Tepel New York – Public Advocate Bill de Blasio released a new analysis of Red Hook’s access to nearby hospitals, showing that one of the…
July 16, 2013 Nurses and healthcare workers rally outside SUNY DownstateBy Marc Bussanich Brooklyn, NY—Nurses and healthcare workers rallied outside SUNY Downstate Medical Center to save three hospitals in Brooklyn…
June 6, 2013 Reprint on LaborPress http://www.ironworkers.org Washington, D.C. – Iron Workers’s General President Walter Wise issued a call Friday for Congress to address the problem of America’s crumbling infrastructure. …
…wage had failed to keep pace with inflation, the social safety net had been eroded, and the gap between the top and bottom of the wage distribution had grown, and…
…When you look at covering operating costs, if you were driving a bus up our railroad and didn’t have to pay for what’s underneath, you’d make a profit,” said Boardman….
…strong advocacy for retired workers’ rights. Social Security and Medicare are now under serious attack in Washington, while our hard earned employee benefits are threatened in Albany and City Hall.”…
May 7, 2013 By Neal Tepel WASHINGTON DC – The AFL-CIO and the Utility Workers Union of America are urging shareholders of FirstEnergy (FE) to vote “against” the company’s advisory…
…last two decades, we’ve seen a net loss of jobs in Manhattan, and continued job growth in every other borough. Our city has changed over time, but our transit system…