May 13, 2014 By Neal Tepel In response to charges filed by the American Postal Workers Union, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint against the Postal Service…
…workers at the region’s three main airports. WATCH VIDEO OF UNION VOTE Back in January the Port Authority, the bi-state agency that operates the three main airports, led by its…
…non-perishable food items by their mailboxes on Saturday, May 10th to support the 22nd annual food drive, Stamp Out Hunger, organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). “Many…
…on Mayor Bill de Blasio to fulfill a campaign promise to equalize pay for more than 5,000 school safety agents by settling a long-standing gender-based equal pay lawsuit. WATCH VIDEO…
…are not alone and they are not disposable.” The National Restaurant Association – the largest foodservice trade association in the world – did not respond to repeated requests for comment,…
May 12, 2014 By Steven Wishnia Germany, one of the highest-wage countries in the world, has no legally set minimum pay. Neither do Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Austria, and Italy. The…
…Historically wage inequality appears to be less in those states where union density has been higher than the national union density. This was clearly the case during the 1980s when…
May 12, 2014 By Neal Tepel Washington, DC – The president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is calling on members of Congress to reject any…
…Video of Presser Weingarten visited the Hawthorne Avenue Elementary School, which is to be turned over to a charter school in September. She said that rather than celebrating the school’s…
…on how the Taft-Hartley Act enabled strikebreaking. Pat Beall of the Palm Beach Post won the newspaper prize for unveiling abuse and corruption in Florida’s for-profit Steve Ringman, left, and…
