POLITICS

Creating a Movement to Help Puerto Rican Workers Fight Debt Vultures and Austerity

May 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

By ALFREDO ALVARADO As Puerto Rico struggles with a staggering $70 billion debt owed to private investors and banks, union and community activists in New York City gathered [...]

DC 37 Launches Office of Community Partnership

May 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

By ALFREDO ALVARADO Immigration reform, affordable housing and the city hospitals budget crisis are among the issues the union’s new Office of Community Partnership plans [...]

Unmasking the Gig Economy

May 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

By GREGORY N. HEIRES What does the growth of the gig economy mean for American workers? Years from now, how many of us will earn our livelihood as online contingent [...]

Asian Americans and the Labor Movement

May 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

By MAF MISBAH UDDIN May is Asian Heritage Month, an opportunity to reflect upon Asian Americans’ growing contributions to the nation’s economy, politics, culture and the [...]

Trump: A Zero for Working People

May 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

When an erratic billionaire and reality TV star known for bizarre, contradictory utterances, self-pitying victimization and overblown arrogance becomes a presidential [...]

An Appeal For Unity

May 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Hillary Clinton has virtually ensured her nomination as the Democratic candidate for president. The numbers tell the story: The delegate count after her recent victories [...]

Fighting For Fair Budgets

May 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

By HENRY GARRIDO Executive Director, District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO As part of a coalition we played an important role in stopping nearly $1 billion in combined cuts in [...]

New York City Scraps Veolia Contract

May 5, 2016 // 1 Comment

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In a victory for providers and consumers of public services, city officials say a multi-million dollar contract with a private French conglomerate to [...]

Juan Gonzalez: Iron Man of the News Room

May 4, 2016 // 1 Comment

By TOM ROBBINS (Editor’s Note: After 29 years as a columnist for the New York Daily News, Juan Gonzalez retired from the paper in April to teach at Rutgers University. He [...]

Union Backs Mayor’s Call for $2 Billion Infusion of New Funds for the City’s Public Hospitals

April 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

By DIANE S. WILLIAMS In a show of commitment to NYC Health + Hospitals, Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a $2 billion infusion of aid to stop a financial hemorrhage that for [...]

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Creating a Movement to Help Puerto Rican Workers Fight Debt Vultures and Austerity

DC 37 Launches Office of Community Partnership

Unmasking the Gig Economy

Asian Americans and the Labor Movement

Trump: A Zero for Working People

An Appeal For Unity

Fighting For Fair Budgets

New York City Scraps Veolia Contract

Juan Gonzalez: Iron Man of the News Room

Union Backs Mayor’s Call for $2 Billion Infusion of New Funds for the City’s Public Hospitals