…collect $725,720 from energy company Keyspan, which was supposed to benefit the community near the company’s Long Island City power plant that went online in May 2004. In addition…
…trash pickups, buy better garbage cans, and seal rat holes in station walls. Public reaction was strong as news reporters heard many riders give a thumb-up to the union effort….
…show them the strength of the African American community. “I brought my two sons,” said Orrin Barfield, an African American member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 3….
…treatment of the housekeeping staff. According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, of 50 hotel properties from five different hotel chains, Hyatt housekeepers had…
…teachers and public sector unions’ supposedly overgenerous benefits. But also working in the hundreds of school buildings throughout the city are the custodian engineers of Local 891 of the International…
…efficiency of the nation’s building stock. In New York, thanks primarily to state and city government financial support, the weatherization sector is proving to be a resilient source of employment…
…speech, as you probably know). Do not say “Americans are tired of political games.” Don’t talk bold, be bold! Remind U.S. multinationals that the world is their oyster because the…
…“And it has been the drive and initiative of our workers and entrepreneurs that has made this economy the engine and envy of the world. “Let’s get to work, and…
…show the power of the labor movement — but you wouldn’t know it by reading the newspapers. “Look at this turnout,” said Mike Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of…
September 12, 2011 Bendix Anderson One World Trade Center Rises Anew Within a few months, the tallest building in the U.S. will rise at One World Trade Center. At press…
