…was general agreement by the legislators that medallions should be made affordable enough through financing packages so people working in the livery taxi industry today can realistically purchase them. “For…
Reprint May 23, 2011 By Scott Stevens May 12, 2011 UFT/photo by Miller Photography http://www.aft.org/newspubs/news/2011/051211newyork.cfm AFT president Randi Weingarten told a rally of more than 1,000 child care workers and…
…a raise or benefit increase. “We will not be forced to pay for the city’s economic crisis with our bargaining rights,” she declared. Cruz was supported by the union’s national…
May 20, 2011 By Kismet Barksdale If the world doesn’t end this Sunday, people are going to need mass transit. And the MTA is going to need mass transit funding…
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,…
…are out here today. We want a city that works for everyone.” “We are the middle class workers who built this city and we deserve to be treated with dignity,”…
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…
May 16, 2011 By Kismet Barksdale At a time when far too many working people struggle to survive, members of a growing citywide movement today demanded living wage jobs for…
…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…
