June 13, 2013 By Stephanie West New York, NY – Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100, the union represents 38,000 active members in New York City and an additional 26,000…
June 12, 2013 John Schaffner, One WTC crane operator By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—John Schaffner has to contend with some headaches getting to work—a 61 mile drive from the…
June 12, 2013 By John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor Warning: I am going to be a multi-armed pollster. Zogby Analytics has just completed a poll – all taken after the revelation…
…manufactured this particular product. Arguments of supposed cost-savings do not take into account the environmental price of shipping steel from hundreds of thousands of miles versus 100 miles, nor…
…has spent the last five years at his son’s side – rarely seeing the rest of his family – as Chris endured excruciating surgeries and endless rounds of intensive physical,…
…it is difficult to get the time off to vote in any election. This will disenfranchise New Jersey workers. Either Governor Christie didn’t understand that, or he didn’t care. www.njaflcio.org/pages/news…
June 10, 2013 By Stephanie West George Gresham New York, NY – Just two days before New York’s National Puerto Rican Day Parade, 1199SEIU Pres. George Gresham hosted a “Speak…
…to provide a national rail network and over 4 million Americans would be without any transportation service if long-distance service was cut. In an interview with LaborPress, Congresswoman Brown said…
June 6, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Build Up NYC rallies outside BBPB offices. Brooklyn, New York – Build Up NYC, the coalition of organized working men and woman fighting for…
…all waiting on Congress to do what’s right for the American people.” Wise concludes, “How much longer will they have to wait?” [1] http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/ [2] http://www.npr.org/2011/09/16/140515737/california-turns-to-china-for-new-bay-bridge [3] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Feds-to-probe-Bay-Bridge-problems-4512267.php [4] http://www.news10.net/news/politcs/246795/13/Brown-orders-full-review-of-CalTrans…
