April 17, 2014 By Steve Wishnia LaborPress will hold its second union health-care summit April 23 from 8am – 11am, discussing “The Future of Union Health Care: Taft-Hartley, the ACA,…
…about local jobs with local contractors,” O’Kane said. “But they do everything but that. There are people that come from Texas, Kansas, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, New…
…workers across the county. “We fought to win a strong first contract for these hardworking public employees, and we won,” said Ken Wood, President of Teamsters Local 79 in Tampa…
…family are appreciated. A fund has been set up to help deliver relief to these two families during this difficult time. Online gifts can be made through http://www.youcaring.com/help-a-neighbor/fundraiser-for-candida-gomes-and-osmin-hernandez/164148 – using…
…York Public Library at 5th Avenue and 41st Street. “[The governor] cut [the mayor] off at the knees in a power play that he didn’t have to make,” said Paula…
…for construction projects. Too few insurers are writing policies, the policies they are writing offer less coverage and, on top of that, premiums are increasing – in an industry where all…
…who tends to abuse workers and skim profits, and we’re creating a space where workers themselves are developing a business acumen and driving their own futures,” Axt said. Like León,…
April 11, 2014 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced that his office has filed a $70 million lawsuit against Federal Express Corporation for…
…attorney and community activist who graduated Cum Laude from Queens College – has also been at the forefront of 32BJ’s ongoing fight on behalf of low-wage workers at LaGuardia Airport. …
…organizations such as the National Organization of Women and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, demanded Mayor Bill de Blasio fulfill a campaign promise to end a…
