…policy involves huge expenditures of public monies which, if not properly targeted, will not necessarily have the desired effects. Sure, various interests will benefit from grants and contracts. Moreover, because…
May 30, 2013 By Stephanie West Benjamon Kallos New York, N.Y. – The 38,000-member Transport Workers Union Local 100 announced its endorsement of City Council Candidate Ben Kallos in Manhattan’s…
…experience and vision needed to grow the middle class and expand economic opportunity for all New Yorkers.” For more information about the campaign and to get involved, please visit www.austin4council.com….
…for workers currently on our plans and push them onto the exchanges where many will pay higher costs for poorer insurance with a more limited network of providers. In other…
May 23, 2013 By Neal Tepel Councilman Steve Levine (right), SEIU 32BJ President Hector Figueroa (Middle), Council Candidate Noah Gotbaum (left) New York, NY – After nearly two years of…
…wage had failed to keep pace with inflation, the social safety net had been eroded, and the gap between the top and bottom of the wage distribution had grown, and…
…the Rana Plaza factory, which was structurally unsound, a fire that broke out in another facility last week, claiming eight lives. Another fire at Bangladesh’s Tazreen factory killed over 100…
…2011 and 2012 and directly asked Mr. Boardman how much money did the national passenger rail system lose on food and beverage service, by which Mr. Boardman replied a net…
…that the federal government is the largest low-wage job creator – with nearly 2 million low-wage workers employed under government contracts, loans and leases, including nearly 100,000 working under federal…
…benefits are threatened in Albany and City Hall.” The luncheon costs $40 per person. Anyone interested in attending should contact Jacob Judd at JJUDD18@optonline.net or John Hyland at jhyland38@gmail.com….
