…Thomson said. The agreement resolves a class-action suit against the department filed in 2017. Lead plaintiff Jose “Pancho” Olivas told the court that when he and his wife remodeled a…
…Budget. As mass transit professionals, ATU offers unique and valuable insights. ATU 1056 and ATU 1179 members – bus operators and mechanics – work respectively for MTA New York City…
…a dream for a better life for our families, and [Elite] comes in and takes away the dream,” Johnston said before introducing security guard Samer Katabi as an example. Katabi,…
…Healthcare and Family Services, has about $46 deducted from his paycheck every month to cover the collective-bargaining expenses of AFSCME, the union that represents employees at his state agency. Although…
…that he’d asked his mistress to get an abortion when she thought she was pregnant. Murphy, an often pro-labor Republican, had run unopposed in 2014 and 2016. Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conor-lamb-organized-labor-shows-force-pennsylvania-special-election_us_5aa7e620e4b04042d27e853e…
…gotten much, much worse recently. They know because they live there, and they are right. The conditions are disgusting. There are significant health and safety hazards at these facilities, and…
…as early as April 2018 and all projects are expected to be operational by 2022, adding over 1,380 megawatts of capacity and generating over 3,200,000 MWh annually. Gary LaBarbera, President…
…workers successfully push for a tax on stock buybacks? “You can’t call yourself a progressive and be regressive on the economy,” PSC-CUNY President Barbara Bowen told a group of about…
…employees have now ratified agreements with 30 freight railroads. Rail labor unions that have agreements with management include the American Train Dispatchers Association (1,600 members); Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and…
…threats from the federal government. “There’s no question that the Trump administration’s policies are meant to damage progressive states such as ours,” Mulgrew told the assembled legislators, calling for a…
