May 26, 2011 By Stephanie West Actors’ Equity Association celebrates its 98th Anniversary today, May 26, 2011. The oldest performing arts union in America, Equity proudly represents more than 49,000…
…United for Respect at Walmart, that will push for better wages and benefits. Labor leaders have planned a protest against city layoffs at City Hall today. The Wisconsin Supreme Court…
…while it leads the anti-union bandwagon at home. More news on striking Kaleida Health workers in Buffalo, NY—management is claiming that the three unions representing the 7,700 workers aren’t “cooperating.”…
…year. An editorial in the New York Daily News speculates on the City Council’s role in Friday’s union vote for Target employees. The National Labor Relations Board is taking Boeing…
…was general agreement by the legislators that medallions should be made affordable enough through financing packages so people working in the livery taxi industry today can realistically purchase them. “For…
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…
…on the city council for years and continue today under his watch as mayor,” she said. Many union members held signs during the protest that said “Stop the Lies!” Cruz…
May 20, 2011 By Kismet Barksdale If the world doesn’t end this Sunday, people are going to need mass transit. And the MTA is going to need mass transit funding…
By Erica Varlese Two unions are grappling over jobs at a new Qatar Airlines gate at JFK International. The New York Daily News states that poor business practices, not unions,…
…are out here today. We want a city that works for everyone.” “We are the middle class workers who built this city and we deserve to be treated with dignity,”…
