New York
Union fights scheme to privatize NYC parking meters
August 6, 2012If New York's 90,000 meters are sold, private owners would reap profits for years while the city would be left with an annual $150 million revenue hole for decades.
Read moreTeamsters ratify new contract with Sotheby’s, ending 10-month lockout
June 4, 2012The 42 Teamsters who work as art handlers for the famed Sotheby's auction house in Manhattan overwhelmingly ratified a new 3-year contract with the firm on May 31, ending the company's 10-month lockout.
Read moreTaxi! Taxi! Cabbies form unlikely union
May 14, 2012If you ask a cab driver, there's a good chance he or she will tell you, "I'm a member of the National Taxi Workers Alliance."
Read moreDairy factory linked to animal torture
March 20, 2012Adirondack Farms, a dairy factory in New York, has been responsible for severe animal abuse investigators learned. While they tout their products as fresh and wholesome, the practices that go on behind the scenes are anything...
Read moreN.Y. archbishop fights child abuse legislation
March 13, 2012In a meeting with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Democrat, Cardinal Timothy Dolan stressed that he was resolutely opposed to the proposed Child Victims Act, which, he says, "unfairly" targets the Catholic Church.
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