Weekly Digest – Sept. 4, 2013
…Warehouse Union announced Aug. 29 that it was breaking off from the AFL-CIO. The biggest reason was the West Coast-based union’s jurisdictional disputes with other AFL-CIO unions over handling grain…
…Warehouse Union announced Aug. 29 that it was breaking off from the AFL-CIO. The biggest reason was the West Coast-based union’s jurisdictional disputes with other AFL-CIO unions over handling grain…
…wage and overtime. Non-Union W. Va. Construction Fined for Breaking Safety Rules The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a subcontractor building a Marriott hotel in Charleston, W. Va….
…make $14 an hour and have no pension or health benefits. The strikers are represented by the Industrial Workers of the World, and being helped by the cross-union group Railroad…
…the way into the 21st Century economy. Bill Rudin is Chairman of the Association for a Better New York and Vice-Chairman and CEO of Rudin Management Company (http://abny.org/Content/News). …
…from seven to five was welcome news to the American Federation of Government Employees. Upon hearing the news, the American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr….
…the resources and supports—the curriculum, the professional development, the time, and the extra help kids need to achieve the deeper knowledge and understanding embedded in the Common Core. Even today,…
…attendees were asked to opt in by texting “LICH” to a certain phone number. Later the union could instantly reach these people with texts such as: “BREAKING: City Council to…
August 10, 2013 By Neal Tepel MLC Chair Harry Nespoli New York, NY – The Municipal Labor Committee (MLC) today filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New…
…of businessman John Catsimatidis in the upcoming Republican primary race for New York City mayor. (Watch Video) “I think that under the current climate and what the City of New…
…to shut down two of the city’s three immunization clinics, is enough to make labor leaders, community groups and elected officials sick. (Watch Video) “Once again, the people who can…