…labor costs, including wages, benefits, and other work rules. But Equity Residential backed away from the deal. Non union contractors are now finishing the apartment tower, which topped off in…
By Erica Varlese The cost of living in New York has risen by 14 percent just last year. The community organization, Make the Road New York, organized a protest against…
GOP Bills Will Maim the Middle Class Reprint, April 19, 2011 By John R. Durso March 24, 2011, Long Island Business News Republican lawmakers are pressing an extreme agenda in…
By Erica Varlese Al Jazeera provides pictures of May Day marches around the world. A new report was published yesterday by the Regional Plan Association claiming that open shops have…
By Erica Varlese A feature story in the Daily News suggests that unions are lessening in number and power nationwide due to cumbersome work regulations. Layoffs of 400 to 425…
…protest Mike Duke, Walmart Chief Executive, who was addressing a forum hosted by Wall Street. Walmart is trying to open a store in New York City. Rutgers students occupied a…
By Erica Varlese Barbara Ehrenreich wrote a profile piece for the New York Times on Columbia University graduate Ai jen Poo, one of the organizers of and masterminds behind the…
By Erica Varlese The New York Times reports on the NLRB case against Boeing. According to the report, the company may have set up a non union production line in…
…in Wisconsin will give leeway for Cuomo to “look good” in comparison while cutting back on benefits. The New York Times today reports that The Regional Plan Association, which advises…
Everyone Has A Right to My Opinion – So Do I Have to Get Paid For It April 18, 2011 By Neal Tepel Today‘s news that labor activist and sometime…
