…until after the vote. Local One said that it was important to reach a deal this week, because otherwise the Met’s 2021-22 season, scheduled to begin Sept. 27 with the…
…by the 2021 fiscal year. To do that, the city is now soliciting bids from insurance companies to administer a Medicare Advantage plan for the estimated 245,000 retirees and their…
Editor’s Note: Joseph A. Geiger is Executive-Secretary Treasurer of the New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters New York, NY – On February 9, 2021, we launched Carpenters…
…department’s 2019-2020 Construction Safety Report, also released on June 28. They accounted for six of the 12 deaths in in 2019 and four out of eight in 2020. In five…
…accidents that happen on or after July 1, 2021. The current maximum benefit rate (for accidents after July 1, 2020) is $966.78 per week, and in the year before that…
…NLRB in 2015 expanded when employers could be considered “joint employers” responsible for labor-law violations by their subcontractors or franchisees; the Trump NLRB reversed that in January 2020 (after its…
…Amtrak’s top speed now is 79 mph. In contrast, a bill introduced by Moulton in May would devote $205 billion, $41 billion a year for the next five years, to…
…Legislature in its just concluded 2021 session, finally confers First Responder status to 911 dispatchers in New York City, who are Local 1549 members, as well as others throughout the…
New York, NY – The July 29, 2021 final deadline for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund applies to claims by two primary groups of claimants — all those who passed…
