…hardhats of several construction unions, including Bricklayers and Allied Craft workers, the Laborers International Union of North America, and the Iron workers, including Local 46. Union members handed out leaflets…
…Sea Town and Fish Market in Brooklyn after learning that they owe a former worker over $600 in back wages. Globalization and offshoring are affecting the current market for unemployed…
GOP Bills Will Maim the Middle Class Reprint, April 19, 2011 By John R. Durso March 24, 2011, Long Island Business News Republican lawmakers are pressing an extreme agenda in…
By Erica Varlese Al Jazeera provides pictures of May Day marches around the world. A new report was published yesterday by the Regional Plan Association claiming that open shops have…
By Erica Varlese A feature story in the Daily News suggests that unions are lessening in number and power nationwide due to cumbersome work regulations. Layoffs of 400 to 425…
…Domestic Workers Union. The International Fire Fighters Union has suspended all contributions to federal candidates out of frustration with the Democratic Party for not better protecting the legal rights of…
Everyone Has A Right to My Opinion – So Do I Have to Get Paid For It April 18, 2011 By Neal Tepel Today’s news that labor activist and sometime…
…money home. Meanwhile the cost of the United States making the world safe for those corporations continues to escalate. Military missions to places like Iraq never seem to end see…
…quickly act on this legislation.” “As we face a housing crisis, we must preserve our limited affordable housing stock and make sure our working families can afford to live in…
…the multi level brick apartment buildings in what is now the city’s Russian section in Brighton Beach, near Coney Island. He gave my wife Suzanne and me a tour of…
