The Daily Read – August 3, 2011
By Erica Varlese Concrete workers continue to strike after walking off the job yesterday at the World Trade Center construction site. Carpenters also joined the concrete workers in striking. Pharmaceutical…
By Erica Varlese Concrete workers continue to strike after walking off the job yesterday at the World Trade Center construction site. Carpenters also joined the concrete workers in striking. Pharmaceutical…
…kept the sense of family alive and campaigned for support, even traveling to Brynwood’s corporate headquarters for a rally. There was a burst of elation when a federal judge ruled,…
…which produced a dramatic decline in office employment along with a sharp rise in office vacancies and a dearth of financing for office construction. The good news, however, is that…
…Bx9 with her uncaged dog. Medina attacked Bien-Aime, dragging her down the stairs and out of the bus, breaking her nose and giving her a black eye and numerous bruises….
June 24, 2011 Today’s Daily News broke the story of what Local 100 President John Samuelsen called “one of the most horrifying near-misses” he had ever seen – a wheel…
…their strike. The U.S. Department of Labor has stepped in to help retired workers of the, now defunct, J.P. Maguire get their benefits. The New York Daily News covered the…
…night. The New York Daily News takes a look at the Bronx’s Kingsbridge Armory and its potential to create living wage jobs for neighborhood locals. Last night, Vincent Alvarez was…
June 10, 2011 By Stephanie West On Wednesday June 9th, over two hundred Macy’s employees gathered outside the flagship store on Herald Square despite the extreme heat to rally for…
By Erica Varlese Kaleida workers in Buffalo, NY ratified a new contract yesterday. The Daily News takes an in-depth look at the ongoing struggle between the New York City Opera…
…world’s largest store at Herald Square to make a very public statement about how Macy’s treats its workers. Local 1-S of the RWDSU/UFCW is trying to secure a new contract…