By Erica Varlese State workers in Connecticut rejected a deal with Gov. Daniel Malloy that would lead to wage freezes and increased contributions to healthcare, but would have prevented thousands…
NYC Construction Employment Drops Lowest Level in 13 Years May 23, 2011 By Neal Tepel Construction employment in New York City declined to 101,200 in the first quarter of 2011,…
Reprint May 23, 2011 By Scott Stevens May 12, 2011 UFT/photo by Miller Photography http://www.aft.org/newspubs/news/2011/051211newyork.cfm AFT president Randi Weingarten told a rally of more than 1,000 child care workers and…
Reprint May 23, 2011 By David Bacon, May 20, 2011 Truthout http://www.truthout.org/city-worker-bargaining-rights-under-siege-silicon-valley/1305819127 SAN JOSE, CA 5/17/11) Members of the city workers union in San Jose, the capital of California’s Silicon…
…Jim Brennan, Chair of the Committee that oversees the MTA, State Senator Martin Golden, and TWU Local 100’s John Samuelsen crowdedinto the Times Square subway entrance on 41st Street and…
…average of 47 percent on prescription medications and can be used by anyone who lives, works or visits the City. This drug card program will help all New Yorkers get…
…cuts to child care funding. This massive crowd of DC 1707 members was joined by many locals of the Central Labor Council, TWA Local 100, DC 37 and the UFT….
Reprint, May 16, 2001 By Micah Landau, Cara Metz and Michael Hirsch published May 12, 2011, http://www.uft.org Photo By Miller Photography Lower Manhattan on May 12 was flooded with tens…
…of a major mobilization in Lower Manhattan organized by a coalition of community, labor, and progressive groups Over 100 “classes” took place at the event, which also featured a march…
…Samuelsen of TWU Local 100 and Angelo Tanzi of ATU Local 726, to serve as Chair and Co Chair of the MTA Labor Coalition. The Coalition, which has a history…
