December 8, 2014 By SEIU President Mary Kay Henry Washington, DC – Intense grief and outrage fell upon the SEIU family with the news of a non-indictment decision in the…
…protect the city’s long-term fiscal health. That is the balance we all believe in and we have achieved it with this contract.” CSA members greeted the news loudly. Back in…
…for higher wages, the president of a public sector union said in the accompanying video that many of his members are also earning less than $15 an hour. Shaun Francois…
…been at their breaking point for a very long time,” Carey said. Despite the frustration, the fight to raise the minimum wage in New York remains an uphill battle, largely…
…inspired by participating in Thursday’s march. Rebecca Cornick said in the accompanying video that she hasn’t been able to buy her five grandchildren who range from five years old to…
…news broke that the impaneled grand jury in Staten Island decided not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner in July, several elected officials and…
…but the delivery of public goods and services. It is ironic, then, that Progressives miss an opportunity when they argue for increases in the minimum wage today. We routinely hear…
…about removing the box from the application. It’s about breaking the box that the criminal justice system imposes on the freedom and future on communities of color.” …
December 3, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—That’s what Councilmember Daniel Dromm said in the accompanying video after a press conference organized by an animal rights group one day…
…$15-an-hour salaries. At a store in North Bergen, New Jersey, over 100 protesters marched around the parking lot carrying signs that read: “People who work deserve a living wage” and…
