New York
New York African American History Event 2/24: We’re Not Going Back!
February 22, 2013A Black Hisotry Month celebration in New York City, Feb 24, 2012 featuring Jarvis Tyner, Amiri Baraka, Pearl Granat, and Chris Owens among others. Will be streamed live!
Read moreUnion leader says politics behind attack on public workers
February 19, 2013Attacks have no basis in financial fact, President Harold Schaitberger says. They're part of a larger Wall Street scheme to get its hands on workers' pension money nationwide, he believes.
Read moreNew York’s school bus strikers gaining public support
January 28, 2013Mayor Bloomberg's anti-worker, anti-union bias again reared its ugly head when he and his DOE appointed head attacked school bus drivers and their union.
Read moreNew York Stop and Frisk police harassment found unconstitutional
January 10, 2013A federal judge has found the NYPD policy of "stop and frisk" unconstitutional.
Read moreToday in labor history: 2005 New York transit workers strike
December 20, 2012On December 20, 2005, thousands of workers began what was to be a three-day strike of the New York City transit system over retirement, pension and wage issues.
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