…conservative now and assume that that won’t occur,” Ring said. In his opening testimony to the committee, Ring boasted about how important the MTA’s transit network is to the City’s…
…project — which culminated in a 60-page dossier – and claimed it smacked of religious profiling. Governor Chris Christie, then the state’s US Attorney, said he had no recollections of…
…the union attorney during oral arguments, while Renaissance was telling the union it was losing money, it was in fact using $4 million to refinance its Flatbush Gardens complex with…
Stagehands Working for Single-Payer Health Care March 3, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter The Affordable Health Care Act is two years old, and recently the Department of Health…
…“Peoples’ Mic” to call attention to the fact that activists with that organization are in solidarity with TWU Local 100’s membership and their contract fight. Watch that video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67V6sbvFr8w&;feature=player_embedded…
February 27, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter First Trade Union Bank (www.ftub.com) likes to pride itself on big bank sophistication wrapped in small bank customer service. It offers…
Health Care Costs – Billions and Billions February 23, 2012 Thomas J. Mackell Jr. In the U. S., $2.6 trillion is spent on health care annually! The common questions…
February 16, 2012 By Neal Tepel State Senator Martin J. Golden (R,C,I –Brooklyn) and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R,C-Brooklyn, Staten Island) had a convivial session with a dozen unions representing the…
…at a loss to cover their long term care needs. The decades long assault on the middle class―organized labor in particular, has weakened the healthcare and socio-economic safety nets of…
February 14, 2012 NEW YORK, NY – City Comptroller John C. Liu statement in response to questions on the Industrial Development Agency’s vote to approve a major subsidy for Fresh…
