…A group from the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees carried “Safety for Sarah” signs, in memory of Sarah Jones, a 27-year-old camera assistant killed in February when she was…
…eight-hour day, and quickly spread around the world as International Workers Day. It is still the main holiday honoring workers in most of the world, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, France,…
…have a say in how the rules are rewritten.” **The USW represents 850,000 men and women employed in metals, mining, pulp and paper, rubber, chemicals, glass, auto supply and the…
April 29, 2014 New York, NY – Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1181 President Michael Cordiello released the following statement this afternoon upon news that the Department of Education would…
…the World Trade Center site, Port commish Ken Lipper said wait, let the developer, Larry Silverstein, get the money from the capital markets as his peers have done to rebuild…
April 28, 2014 By Neal Tepel Battle Creek, Mich. – BCTGM International President David Durkee and International Secretary Treasurer Steve Bertelli, together with locked out Local 252G Kellogg workers and…
…for Alliance for Downtown New York President Jessica Lappin told LaborPress. “Lower Manhattan has waited for more than 12 years for the restoration of the World Trade Center site –…
…“not-for-profit” status, charter schools are run by CEOs who are getting paid huge salaries, some as much as $485,000/year. In an article on the online journal, Portside, Alan Singer wrote:…
…affordable housing stock in New York City, apartments have become more expensive across every income level with the working poor disproportionately affected,” Comptroller Stringer said. Stringer’s wide-ranging report is a…
…of course, legitimate news. Hillary has lived her entire life preparing for this moment and Jeb was the one from his generation anointed by his elders to run, only to…
