May 10, 2011 By Stephanie West NY Jobs with Justice and Urban Agenda, two New York City based advocacy organizations announced the launch of their new unified organization on Friday…
…asking Mayor Bloomberg to get large financial institutions to pay their share of taxes, the mayor stated that he does not know how many layoffs are actually in the works….
…showed up less than half of what organizers hoped would be at least 10,000 was heavily weighted toward union staff and rank and file activists. Most of the crowd energy…
April 26, 2011 By Vanessa DeSantis Laborers took a crash course in land use on Friday, March 10th, at the SEIU building in Lower Manhattan. The workshop encouraged members to…
…advocacy organizations, and leaders in City government are all lending their support. Please join us in this important effort! Bloomberg needs to hear more voices telling him that these cuts…
…The flier link to: http://www.twulocal100.]}**org/sites/twulocal100.]}**org/files/earthday lockbox2.pdf says that supporting mass transit is the most cost effective thing a citizen can do to preserve and protect the environment, and makes points…
…going away,” said Bill Hohlfeld, labor management coordinator for the Metallic Lathers Union, Local 46, which organized the protests and is carefully tracking Zell’s schedule. When Zell spoke at the…
…$25 if a good photo goes with it. It’s not a lot, but it’s better than what the Huffington Post pays. Just send your writing sample and resume to news@laborpress.org…
First Hundred Days as Attorney General April 13, 2011 By Eric T. Schneiderman, NYS Attorney General Sunday, April 10, 2011 marked our first 100 days in office, and what an…
…provides a twisted incentive to go shoplifting. New York officials did not immediately return my calls. I have lots of questions about how the program works. From what I could…
