…day. So, necessarily, building trades’ locals have to think a little bit differently than public employees.” The two most important issues for the building trades is the preservation of Davis-Bacon…
…voter ID will allow Mitt Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, http://bit.ly/SpKohY McDonnell said that because of Pennsylvania’s strict photo ID voter law, approximately 500,000 votes might not be…
…to be here.” He lost Gloria seven years ago after 59 years of marriage and lives quietly alone – if a bit restlessly – partly on a stipend from Local…
…West 51st Street. “People are very supportive,” Local 802 AFM Recording Vice-President John O’Connor says. “Having the music out there really makes a difference. The music really compels people to…
The Lock Out of Local 1-2 is Everyone’s Fight July 16, 2012 By Barbara Kestenbaum As many New Yorkers know, on Sunday, July 1 2012, Consolidated Edison—a company that raked…
…that’s a cut.” The roll call for the fare increase, however, didn’t occur without a bit of drama and performance. Remarkably, Commissioner Frank Carone simultaneously argued that drivers deserved an…
…from union organizations looking to evaluate competing banking service providers. Interestingly, the proposals we’ve seen of late vary greatly in content and complexity, which started me thinking that it might…
…Time scandal that ultimately cost City taxpayers $780 million for private IT contractors. The union noted at today’s presser that instead of paying 230 private consultants $400,000 a year, the…
…big reason: Our efforts to support the expansion of soundstages and production companies and to make it easier than ever to film here. All told, TV and film production supports…
May 10, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter The national unemployment rate recently dipped to 8.1 percent, but the City’s unemployment rate is unacceptably high. The City’s Comptroller, John…
