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…
By Ercia Varlese The New York Times takes an in-depth look at an organizing campaign in a local Target store. General Electric began contract negotiations yesterday with the International Union…
…Oscar winning documentary, “Gasland.” In the movie Fox, a self declared “natural gas drilling detective,” explores hydraulic fracturing, a controversial process of drilling and breaking rock formations to access oil…
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…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…
…to Virginia and laying off 115 workers in the process. An article in the NY Daily News weighs in on the debate on keeping the pensions of public employees private….
…speaking city workers in Rochester, NY are suing the city over an English-only workplace policy. Increasing private sector activity in Cuba’s economy has lead to new additions to existing unions….
…(still) facing an increasingly difficult job market. According to the Labor Department, inflation is up by 3.2 percent in the past year and 0.4 percent in just the past month….
…hearing by noting that “too often the search for solutions to the city’s budget problems focuses primarily on lay offs and reduced funding for city services and pension and civil…
