By Erica Varlese Yesterday, the New York City Opera Union filed charges against the company for unfair labor practices and attempted to get a court order to prevent its move…
By Ercia Varlese Yesterday, residents of Newburgh, NY protested with “S.O.S.” signs to request that state officials take control of their city’s sinking budget. Gail Collins and David Brooks of…
…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…
By Erica Varlese NY Library president Paul LeClerc warned that budget cuts could shut down library branches and layoff 700 library workers. The Buffalo Bills have suspended pension payments to…
By Ercia Varlese The New York Times takes an in-depth look at an organizing campaign in a local Target store. General Electric began contract negotiations yesterday with the International Union…
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…
May 13, 2011 Stephanie West More than twenty faculty and staff from the City University of New York gave lessons today at a massive teach in on Wall Street, part…
…Oscar winning documentary, “Gasland.” In the movie Fox, a self declared “natural gas drilling detective,” explores hydraulic fracturing, a controversial process of drilling and breaking rock formations to access oil…
