…drivers, are members of Teamsters Local 553. The union has put up a vigorous fight against the attempt to ban the industry, staging rallies at City Hall and building an…
…against pitting them against workers, maintaining that a $15 an hour minimum wage would be a “win” for both small businesses and working families. “By paying $15 an hour, small…
…clearly delineating an employee’s work hours are rapidly disappearing. A 2011 industry study found an incredible 43 percent of all retail workers in the City of New York are subjected…
…on AM/FM, Internet and satellite radio. In the accompanying video, we interviewed Ted Kalo, executive director of the musicFIRST Coalition, a broad coalition including musicians, artists, songwriters and organized labor…
…NYCHA’s recently negotiated Project Labor Agreement with the Building and Construction Trades Council (BCTC) of Greater New York, as well as its affiliated unions. The PLA will result in both…
…think anybody was happy,” Trevor Lawrence, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 638 said after a meeting Apr. 8 between trustees and union leaders in a Chicago suburb. “But the people in…
April 13, 2015 By LaborPress The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed Apr. 6 to hear the Christie administration’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that it illegally cut payments to the…
…last month, a motorist on the Upper West Side struck and injured a 13-year-old boy pushing his bicycle through a crosswalk at 77th Street and Columbus Avenue, near P.S. 334….
…children who fell asleep at her job as a nurse at a state group home in Syracuse. According to the story, prosecutors argue that the nurse, represented by CSEA, was…
…access? We have schools without science labs, and there are school buildings over 100 years old. That’s disrespecting education,” said Logan. Back in December, at CSA’s 47th annual conference at…
