Labor Counts! The 2020 Census Begins Soon
By MIKE LEE Make sure you’re counted. Millions of dollars and adequate political representation are at stake for New York City in the upcoming 2020 Census. “It is not an [...]
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Public-Sector Training Partnerships Boost Job Satisfaction, Productivity and Unions
By GREGORY N. HEIRES All too often, employers set up training programs without the help of those who know the best way to improve the workplace — workers and their [...]
Building Worker Power
By HENRY GARRIDO As Labor Day approached this summer, a well-known polling organization, Gallup, released its annual, national survey on public attitude toward unions. The [...]
Union Fights to Fund and Save Parks Jobs
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS The Play Fair coalition – consisting of DC 37 locals, parks advocates, elected officials and even the Girl Scouts of New York – returned to City Hall [...]
Union Rallies for Climate Justice
By MIKE LEE The union came out in force at City Hall Park to demand action on climate change and to support proposed legislation before the City Council. The legislation, [...]
New York City’s Black Women Earn 57 cents for Each Dollar Earned by White Men
By DIANE S. WILLIAMS Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, Aug. 7, was a grim reminder of longstanding gender and racial income gaps, but data shows women who belong to unions fare [...]
Cuomo Signs Legislation Strengthening Workers’ Rights
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday signed landmark legislation to strengthen the rights of working men and women in New York state. This new law [...]
Juan Gonzalez: Iron Man of the News Room
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 [...]
Advocates Press City Council for Additional Library Funding
By GREGORY N. HEIRES Library advocates are pressing the City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio to restore $65 million in funding to maintain and improve services at the [...]
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