…2016 financial disclosures of 705 multiemployer health and welfare funds. One of the more interesting statistics analyzed was net assets (shown as months of total expenses). This measures the number…
At first glance, one may not see strong parallels between the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision on June 27 and the New York City Building Trades unions’ #CountMeIn…
…from the prior year. On January 25, 2018 a complain had been filed with OSHA concerning a forklift safety issue in the XPO Albany facility which remains unresolved. A UPS…
…bad actors accountable. That’s why the AFL-CIO has consistently made the case for the use of tariffs to crack down on trade law violations. In the case of steel and…
…Council. The bill advanced despite criticism from the city’s building-trades unions and affordable-housing advocates. John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty, business manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, sent the…
…debt, with no net worth, while the top 1 percent have more than $10 million each. In 2013 1 percent of our population had 43 percent share of all wealth….
…then the largest privately funded building project in the U.S. After six workers there were killed in accidents within 18 months, building-trades unions went on strike, dubbing the complex “MGM…
…accountable. That’s why the AFL-CIO has consistently made the case for the use of tariffs to crack down on trade law violations. In the case of steel and aluminum, it’s…
…According to Gresham, the attacks on the Affordable Care Act in Washington is having a devastating effect on healthcare services across our state and around the country. The proposed federal…
…the MTA budget. The Council’s Committee on Transportation took testimony from the MTA and later the public as part of the committee’s March 8, 2018 consideration on the Mayor’s Preliminary…
