Labor Day – A Holiday Born Out of a Brutal History
…became an annual day of solidarity with the Haymarket Martyrs in the United States and around the world. It is also thought that Congress and President Cleveland made Labor Day…
…became an annual day of solidarity with the Haymarket Martyrs in the United States and around the world. It is also thought that Congress and President Cleveland made Labor Day…
…on the shoulders of those who came before us, those who fought and sometimes died to give us the rights we all enjoy. Today our movement is smaller than it…
…the worldwide economic crisis, saw its economy shrink between April and June in the wake of plummeting exports. Still, the rich are getting richer, and their obscene wealth continues to…
…who want to work but are unable to find jobs—working people didn’t cause the economic crisis, but they certainly have paid a heavy price for it. Today, jobless people have…
…go back to work to provide for her. Some good news was announced to the rallying members, as the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., recently ruled that the…
Unionization in NYS Ranks First September 2, 2011 By Neal Tepel September 2, 2011 – Today, researchers from the City University of New York issued a new study of unionization…
By Erica Varlese Today, the Occupy Wall Street protestors will join forces with those protesting education cuts at City Hall. The Transport Workers Union stated that New York police can’t…
…“There are also substantial numbers of patients who live between Reade Street and Canal Street who are receiving treatment in the World Trade Center Environmental Health Center program,” Birnbaum added….
September 1, 2011 By Marc Bussanich At the Ritz-Carlton in Battery Park City, not far from the new World Trade Center Construction Site, Chris Ward, Executive Director for the Port…
…of who is running the system.” The County announced in June that the privatization, scheduled to go into effect on January 1st of 2012, will be run by Paris based…