…together by unprecedented borrowing and seemingly perpetual fare increases – and this is no way to run a railroad, let alone the nation’s largest transit system. What New York City…
April 26, 2012 By Ed Koch On April 14th The New York Times published an editorial discussing the efforts and direction of a newly-formed committee, “New York Leadership for Accountable…
…New York Times won the esteemed Pulitzer Prize this year, one for writing a series about corporate greed. The bitter irony is, however, that the New York Times Company wants…
April 25, 2012 RE: Proposed Rate Increase for FY 2013 Today, I join with the overwhelming majority of Bronx residents in opposition to the New York City Water Board’s proposal…
April 25, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter In November 2011, the AMR Corporation, parent of American Airlines and American Eagle, filed for bankruptcy protection in New York claiming…
RWDSU President Appelbaum and the Living Wage Bill April 23, 2012 LaborPress Editorial By Neal Tepel, Publisher There is no doubt that the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act is…
…Center, 55 Water Street, New York, NY To RSVP today, contact Stephanie West at Labor Press at laborpress.stephanie@gmail.com. In the coming months, I’ll be writing more about changes to the…
April 20, 2012 By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter The New York City Central Labor Council held a presser on the steps of City Hall on Thursday, April 19 to…
…on the City of New York City Charter. “But prevailing wage law is set by state law, which trumps the City Charter, and insofar as civil service law has a…
…communities. The programs created safe havens that are no less real today.” Council Member Jumaane Williams said that he’s getting tired of having to fight again to restore services when…
