…nearly 100 new billionaires between March 2020 and March 2021. Worldwide, the figure approached nearly 500. All told, the world’s super-rich stuffed another $5.5 trillion into their already bloated multi-trillion…
…only an apprentice, however. I had just passed my onsite test, which officially made me an engineer. I know exactly where I was when the news came about planes hitting…
…face drastic changes as well. Since the Second World War we’ve seen and dramatic rise and decline of Union involvement, wage stagnation, and degradation of the quality of life of…
…in Netflix’s Stranger Things, represents the more militant Membership First slate. SAG-AFTRA represents film and television actors, journalists, recording artists and other media professionals around the world. The two factions…
…other NYC locales. He comes from a long line of union workers. Kemprowski’s grandfather joined a sign hanging local in New Jersey immediately after the Second World War, followed by…
SMART Local 137 apprentice Andrea Tapia is breaking new ground with her union. New York, NY – Andrea Tapia is a fourth-year SMART Local 137 apprentice. When she graduates, she…
…way they operate,” Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union [RWDSU] told me. Big employers, including Amazon, are charged with breaking existing labor law in 55.4-percent…
…outside JFK8, where members often put on barbecues and provide lunches for their hard pressed co-workers. “[Workers] are breaking out of their shells and getting the courage to tell Amazon,…
…world — whether I was in a suit and tie or in a uniform — I have watched talented and dedicated workers go unrewarded. Meanwhile, someone who was untrained and…
