…safety.” “If working families bailed out the banks after they almost brought our country to the brink of destruction, they most certainly can renegotiate with the banks; that’s the very…
Where Did All Our Pensions Go? October 17, 2012 By Jackie Tortora – Reprint from AFLCIO Website 10-7-2012 A total of 84,350 pension plans have vanished since 1985. This figure…
August 9, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Just as one big labor battle ends, with Local 1-2, UWUA members returning back to work, another one may be looming,…
…In addition, the Health and Hospitals Corporation is about to complete the outsourcing of dialysis treatment at nine public hospitals around the city to a private for-profit company called Atlantic…
…increase because drivers deserve it, but I’m compelled to abstain on voting because the proposal is not fair and balanced.” Arout suggested that the Chairman “go back to the drawing…
…of New Yorkers cannot afford to take unpaid time from work, forcing them to choose between the health and financial security of their families. A Better Balance, a NYC-based national…
June 6, 2011 By Harry Kelber For a third year, the economic recovery in the United States is floundering, raising fears of a global slowdown as the European crisis escalates…
…than rely too heavily on outside consultants, Merchant said, “We have to combine the expertise we have in house with the expertise from the outside.” He added, “The goal is…
May 11, 2012 Around Town – By Neal Tepel AFSCME unions throughout New York State representing 420,000 members in New York and 150,000 in New York City, has endorsed Assemblyman…
May 11, 2012 By Ray Parker, Staff Writer Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, a six-term incumbent who has racked up an impressive record, told transit workers on Thursday that the…
