May 16, 2011 By Kismet Barksdale At a time when far too many working people struggle to survive, members of a growing citywide movement today demanded living wage jobs for…
May 13, 2011 Stephanie West More than twenty faculty and staff from the City University of New York gave lessons today at a massive teach in on Wall Street, part…
…Oscar winning documentary, “Gasland.” In the movie Fox, a self declared “natural gas drilling detective,” explores hydraulic fracturing, a controversial process of drilling and breaking rock formations to access oil…
…heads the Committee on Corporations and Authorities, and State Senator Martin Golden. Other top officers elected today included Behrouz Fathi, President of Local 375 of DC 37, the Civil Service…
Alliance For A Greater New York More than 75 leading community and labor organizations from around the state released a letter today calling on Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders to…
…the parties agreed to negotiate throughout the weekend. A tentative agreement was finally reached at 1 a.m. Monday morning. A contract ratification vote has been scheduled for later today. The…
…to Virginia and laying off 115 workers in the process. An article in the NY Daily News weighs in on the debate on keeping the pensions of public employees private….
…speaking city workers in Rochester, NY are suing the city over an English-only workplace policy. Increasing private sector activity in Cuba’s economy has lead to new additions to existing unions….
…Yonkers public schools are the latest to fall prey to budget cuts and teacher layoffs. On Friday, more than 700 workers were cut. In Valley Stream, a Target store will…
…hearing by noting that “too often the search for solutions to the city’s budget problems focuses primarily on lay offs and reduced funding for city services and pension and civil…
