…by the Assembly would hurt students and fracture communities, by allowing undemocratic minority rule to overpower the will of the majority of voters who want to invest in their local…
May 26, 2011 By Stuart Applebaum Two years ago, i decided to affirm my gay identity within the American labor movement. I wanted to define myself publicly, and not just…
…for the presidency of the New York City Central Labor Council. Four teens share their quest for summer jobs as they face a changing job market for their age bracket….
…York City to form the Union and to improve the wages and working conditions of all men and women working in the noble profession of acting and the American Theatre….
…while it leads the anti-union bandwagon at home. More news on striking Kaleida Health workers in Buffalo, NY—management is claiming that the three unions representing the 7,700 workers aren’t “cooperating.”…
…year. An editorial in the New York Daily News speculates on the City Council’s role in Friday’s union vote for Target employees. The National Labor Relations Board is taking Boeing…
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…
…pension shortfalls is the stock market crash in 2007-09,” she said. “This flies in the face of those who would suggest that it is caused by ever increasing or overpromised…
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,…
