…a woman electrician, a woman sheet-metal worker and once a blue moon a woman plumber. But that’s was it.” Today, however, Spicer said that it’s impossible to go through the…
…of any new technology that’s out there,” said Labor Technical College instructor Ron Zimmerman. Thirty years ago, the use of heavy cage steel framing was rare. But today heavy steel…
…distributed plumber apprenticeship applications to over 1,000 men and women. At a time when the national and city economy, especially for workers without advanced college degrees, remains challenging, the opportunity…
…New Yorkers is devastating, considering the hundreds of residents, faculty members and graduate teaching assistants that flooded the City Council hearings on the NYU 2031 Plan. Today’s decision once again…
…up in canvas. Asbestos – or more specifically asbestos abatement is – no longer part of Local 12’s profile. Today, mechanical insulators operate inside all types of buildings of varying…
…city has some of the highest paid workers in the world, it is the most unequal of the 25 largest cities in the U.S. For example, John Lage, CEO of…
July 23, 2012 By Harry Kelber “Leave behind what you know of’ “Robert’s Rules of Order” and structured union meetings. A new generation of labor leaders across the country is…
July 19, 2012 By Donnalynn Darling Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. Although a large portion of our family budget goes to paying automobile liability insurance premiums, few of us…
…by Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel, motivated the crowd before the first speaker. John Duffy, National Vice President of the UWUA, said “We have to turn up the heat,” but…
…and skills of the future that require a college degree? 3) How can CUNY and other institutions of higher education better prepare students for the labor market today and in…
