…for this rally because of negotiations. In 2007, Peabody Energy and Arch Coal spun off a large chunk of their health care and retirement obligations to a new entity called…
…been a lot worse had the school lost electricity. “Luckily we didn’t lose power, which made cleaning up a bit easier. We were able to plug in water pumps and…
…donors stepping up to the plate and the efforts of the UFT and AFT, we can hopefully make this difficult time a little bit easier for these children. New Yorkers…
…current labor contract is scheduled to expire next week. Last week the nurses voted overwhelmingly for the leadership to call a strike if necessary. On Thursday morning outside the East…
…day. So, necessarily, building trades’ locals have to think a little bit differently than public employees.” The two most important issues for the building trades is the preservation of Davis-Bacon…
…voter ID will allow Mitt Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, http://bit.ly/SpKohY McDonnell said that because of Pennsylvania’s strict photo ID voter law, approximately 500,000 votes might not be…
…to be here.” He lost Gloria seven years ago after 59 years of marriage and lives quietly alone – if a bit restlessly – partly on a stipend from Local…
…West 51st Street. “People are very supportive,” Local 802 AFM Recording Vice-President John O’Connor says. “Having the music out there really makes a difference. The music really compels people to…
The Lock Out of Local 1-2 is Everyone’s Fight July 16, 2012 By Barbara Kestenbaum As many New Yorkers know, on Sunday, July 1 2012, Consolidated Edison—a company that raked…
…that’s a cut.” The roll call for the fare increase, however, didn’t occur without a bit of drama and performance. Remarkably, Commissioner Frank Carone simultaneously argued that drivers deserved an…
