The Daily Read – July 20, 2011
…planning to shut down its tax-processing site, TechCity, next year, potentially affecting 900 positions at the company. To restore trust in the state government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unleashed his…
…planning to shut down its tax-processing site, TechCity, next year, potentially affecting 900 positions at the company. To restore trust in the state government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unleashed his…
…Meister, a San Francisco-based freelance columnist, has covered labor and politics for more than a half century as a reporter, editor, author and commentator. Contact him through his website, www.dickmeister.com….
…In response they organized a 20,000 worker strike, refusing to quit until justice prevailed. As a result of this protest a reform was created that brought big improvements to the…
…NOW web site or by President Trumka, but it was disturbing news to labor leaders who are trying to organize workplaces in construction, agriculture, retail sales and hospitals, where millions…
…the Hip-Hop Community will petition the New Jersey Government to officially declare the site in and around the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ as “District 97” the first…
…even the owner can’t enter until the dispute is settled. Strikebreaking is prohibited. A new labor law would change most of that. Companies would be able to hire workers in…
…opposite of what the law requires from your employer. The fact is your employer is bound by the law of FECA- (The Federal Employees Compensation Act) and must file your…
Reprint May 23, 2011 By Scott Stevens May 12, 2011 UFT/photo by Miller Photography http://www.aft.org/newspubs/news/2011/051211newyork.cfm AFT president Randi Weingarten told a rally of more than 1,000 child care workers and…
Reprint May 23, 2011 By David Bacon, May 20, 2011 Truthout http://www.truthout.org/city-worker-bargaining-rights-under-siege-silicon-valley/1305819127 SAN JOSE, CA 5/17/11) Members of the city workers union in San Jose, the capital of California’s Silicon…
…BigAppleRx card can be used at more than 58,000 pharmacies nationwide. Any New Yorker or organization interested in learning how to get or distribute the BigAppleRx card should visit www.bigapplerx.com…