…from stop-and-frisk policing and privatized prisons to the city’s cutting library budgets while increasing funds for charter schools. “We’re not connecting the dots,” says Roberts. “It’s a whole world of…
…its drive to create a lower tier compensation package for new hires, and force below-inflation-rate salaries onto union workers overall. (Watch Video) “We might not be out here tomorrow,” Central…
…in providing the components needed for these technologies. Our Union is committed to making sure that the industries of today will also be the industries of tomorrow. America’s workers are…
…raise the state’s minimum wage. Watch Video New Jersey’s minimum wage, currently at $7.25, has not increased since 2005. Governor Chris Christie vetoed legislation in January that would have raised…
June 28, 2013 By Wisconsin AFL-CIO News On Wednesday June 19th , in an unusually fast move, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed Gov. Walker’s 2013-2015 Budget on a 55-42 vote. …
June 28, 2013 By Wisconsin AFL-CIO News On Wednesday June 19th , in an unusually fast move, the Wisconsin State Assembly passed Gov. Walker’s 2013-2015 Budget on a 55-42 vote. …
…rail funding from $1.4 billion in 2013 to $950 million in fiscal year 2014. Watch Video Joseph C. Szabo, administrator for the Federal Railroad Administration, testified before the subcommittee on…
…number of fatalities may be due to an upswing in construction activity. Watch Video Kay Gee, Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Manhattan office, presented OSHA’s annual report…
…rank-and-file workers and nine of its 21 bargaining units. California Highway Patrol officers and state firefighters’ contracts run for the next several years, but the remaining 10 units, including those…
…Lisa Lopez of Tampa, who appeared in an OUR Walmart video posted on YouTube in May, lost her job June 21, officially for bringing a company rulebook into the deli…
