The Daily Read – May 30, 2011
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,…
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,…
May 16, 2011 The following is an excerpt of Mayor Bloomberg’s weekly radio address on 1010 WINS News Radio for Sunday, May 15, 2011 “People used to think that you…
…down from 8.3 percent in March. Chrysler paid back $7.6 billion of its “rescue loan” yesterday. The NBA players’ union filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that…
By Erica Varlese The American Guild of Musical Artists is considering filing unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board after the New York City Opera board voted…
Director Josh Fox and Working Families Party Team Up to Fight Against Hydrofracking May 13, 2011 By Abby Mitchell “Don’t drink this water” is the message of director Josh Fox’s…
…put food on the table,” said Feal, a construction supervisor, who lost part of his foot working at the World Trade Center site and later became one of the leading…
By Erica Varlese The AFL-CIO recently announced a partnership agreement with the National Guestworkers’ Alliance and the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance. Restaurant servers in several of chef Mario Batali’s restaurants…
…a pension cut for public workers to help balance the state budget. National union busting efforts may have an effect on the election outcome for New York’s 26th District. Employees…
…Participants at the news conference called on the State Senate to honor Mother’s Day by passing the measures. Assemblymembers Ellen Jaffee, Keith Wright, Michele Titus, Barbara Lifton and Linda Rosenthal,…
…Muslim world, and Middle East, which was to desert a true ally such as Israel in the hope of ingratiating itself with the Muslim world, making demands on Israel during…