…security officers with SEIU 32BJ held a rally at Foley Square and then marched to City Hall Park. Back in March, LaborPress reported on the union’s new organizing brigades where…
…country have raised fares and cut services. Here in Chicago, a 14 percent service cut took effect and in New York City, the country’s biggest public transit system, there have…
…will lead the way with a new Socialist president at the helm. Austerity has been the name of the game in Europe with an abundantly clear abysmal failure. Here in…
…and international workers trying to form unions in the face of unrelenting attacks. Alfredo Galdanez, a restaurant worker for Capital Grille in Chicago, which is owned by Darden Restaurants, which…
…programs have been reduced from 137,000 spots in 2009 to 94,000 in 2012. The Mayors executive budget further reduces capacity to 53,000. Quality childcare made available to hardworking New Yorkers…
…comptroller. These accounts allow for systematic savings, making it easier for New York’s hardworking immigrant families to save for their children’s futures. “We applaud Assemblyman Francisco Moya, Speaker Sheldon Silver,…
…in dire poverty. “Some of the world’s best known outreach organizations such as the United Nations’ World Health Organization and faith-based health programs have a difficult time reaching these remote…
…the labor movement. “People are starting to realize that the problems we face with international capital are international. Unless we deal with that on an international basis and support workers…
…projects, giving low-wage New Yorkers and taxpayers alike a boost. It will cover projects overseen by the largest urban economic development agency in the United States, New York City’s Economic…
…whether Obama could have been more vigorous on new job-creating measures. Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction Trades of Greater New York, said, “I think President Obama was…
