…than veteran drivers. And because the 800 members now work for a private company, the state will not continue to finance their pensions, despite some members driving for 25 years….
…Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) similar American Health Security Act, S. 703 call for the FTT to finance elements of their proposals. Unfortunately, all the representatives’ single-payer health care reform bills…
…As rush hour crowds streamed out of the station, City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez talked about using the subway for 50 years and being angry about proliferating rats for at least…
…clamoring for change and their protesting has attracted public sympathy. Recently, hundreds of thousands of disillusioned Indians cheered a rural activist on a hunger strike. Israel reeled before the largest…
…will always be remembered first and foremost as a civil rights leader. School children today are taught about his civil disobedience, the marches he led and the speeches he gave…
…employee or a 25 percent contribution per employee to finance health care benefits. But the union couldn’t accept the pay cuts. “A lot of our members earn between $37,000 and…
…had earlier announced that he would only accept donations of less than $800 apiece. The legal maximum donation under New York City’s campaign finance laws is $4,950 — more than…
…that, “In New York City, an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher.” But Robert Troeller, president of Local 891, International Union of Operating…
…in the cauldron of struggle for collective bargaining rights with the City while simultaneously fending off inter-union rivalry for the right to represent staff analysts. Today’s OSA members work in…
…in 1996. She’s been a cleaner at a Fox News building on 6th Avenue for the past 20 years. “It’s always scary to strike, but more so now because I’m…
