June 11, 2014 By Steven Wishnia With all the chairs full and more than 50 people standing, LaborPress honored what lawyer Vincent Pitta called “an all-star team of labor leaders”…
…Astorino with Governor Scott Walker. “The ability for workers to organize and have a union is an American right. While some politicians have tried to limit these rights in the…
…20 co-sponsors in the Assembly, and has already served as an effective pushback against those seeking to gut the Scaffold Law because they believe the safety measure has somehow become…
…to more effectively utilize hundreds of available police officers who are already on the payroll and put their training and skills to use serving all New Yorkers while saving millions…
June 6, 2014 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – Almost 100,000 jobs are currently available and listed on the State’s Jobs Express website (www.jobs.ny.gov). The site sorts thousands of jobs…
… WATCH VIDEO INTERVIEW “I’ve already proven that I am still an employee of the Board of Education, and that buyout was back in 1994 and was given an amount of…
…realistic and achievable standards. “Significant numbers of states, and countless communities across America, are currently heavily reliant upon coal-burning power plants. Our unions are concerned that these rules, insomuch as…
…wages, benefits and overall working conditions, such as health and safety. Local issues pertaining to each facility are negotiated at the local level between the local unions and management. …
…An op-ed published June 3rd in the Albany Times Union details our argument that residents have a right to decide, through local zoning and land use authorities, whether natural gas…
…as well as four women. In addition, the class features 100 veterans of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard. The new Firefighters, known as…
