November 30, 2011 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter As the year winds down, multiple unions in the city are currently negotiating with their employers for new contracts. The outcome…
Nov 14, 2011 By: Anthony Rivieccio, MBA, PFA So what is happening to our economy and the stocks within United States companies? Our Economy in short, right now, is subject…
…recent forum organized by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) Safety Net Working Group featured a distinguished panel who discussed the necessity to defend the nation’s social safety net in the…
October 4, 2011 By Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO President Millions of people who are ready, willing and able to work are unemployed or underemployed. But instead of focusing on job…
State of Downtown September 12, 2011 By Neal Tepel The Alliance for Downtown New York has issued a State of Lower Manhattan report, providing the most comprehensive review of Lower…
September 9, 2011 The President took an important and necessary step September 8th: he started a serious national conversation about how to solve our jobs crisis. He showed working people…
Jobs Plan Must Include Research Funds September 9, 2011 By Jerry Kremer Over the next few weeks President Barack Obama will be wrestling with the dilemma of how to create…
July 12, 2011 By Stephanie West Only a net of 18,000 jobs were created in June, while the unemployment rate inched up to 9.2 percent from 9.1 percent in May….
June 16, 2011 By Kismet Barksdale On June 14, 2011, District Council 37, the city’s largest public employee union, joined by labor and community groups, held a massive rally at…
…globe’s gross domestic product. But he left out the most important part: cities are not net energy producers, but primarily consumers. The real action in climate change is at the…
