…billion in 2011. This sector was bolstered by ongoing work at the World Trade Center, Barclays Arena and Madison Square Garden. The Building Congress forecasts non-residential construction to increase to…
…unexpectedly weak economic conditions, but continues to face significant budgetary challenges in the years ahead, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “While the state…
May 10, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter The national unemployment rate recently dipped to 8.1 percent, but the City’s unemployment rate is unacceptably high. The City’s Comptroller, John…
May 8, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter Larry Hanley, Amalgamated Transit Union President, one of the few U.S. international union presidents to speak at this year’s Labor Notes…
…what has been going on? What lessons can be learned from France’s election by those who toil day-to-day to right the wrongs and put the powers that be on notice…
…and international workers trying to form unions in the face of unrelenting attacks. Alfredo Galdanez, a restaurant worker for Capital Grille in Chicago, which is owned by Darden Restaurants, which…
…United States of America, there has been one overriding American Dream: that people could come here, from around the world, and they would have the opportunity to work hard and…
…in dire poverty. “Some of the world’s best known outreach organizations such as the United Nations’ World Health Organization and faith-based health programs have a difficult time reaching these remote…
…the labor movement. “People are starting to realize that the problems we face with international capital are international. Unless we deal with that on an international basis and support workers…
…right on target today. I think he got the message across today that what’s good for the building trades is good for America.” While frustrated at Republicans as a whole…
