Listen to the Pilots: American Airlines Veterans Raise Alarm About a ‘System at Risk’
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Saying their pushed-to-the-limit schedules are disrupting both passenger service and their ability to get enough rest to do their jobs, about 200 American Airlines pilots held a silent protest outside the New York Stock Exchange June 2. Dressed in full uniform, they lined up in single file along opposite sides of the cobblestoned…
NYCDCC Apprentice Program: The Pathway to the Middle Class Begins Here
New York, NY – The New York City District Council of Carpenters [NYCDCC] functions as the voice for thousands of New York City’s most dedicated and skilled Carpenters, Millwrights, Dockbuilders, Timbermen, Cabinetmakers, Floorcoverers, and Industrial Workers. It consists of more than 20,000 union members from nine individual Locals. NYCDCC apprentices hard at work. LaborPress spoke…
Lower Manhattan Court At Risk of 9/11-Related Illnesses
New York, NY – There were thousands of people working at courthouses in Lower Manhattan on and after 9/11, all of whom were exposed to Ground Zero toxins which increases their risk of developing 68 types of cancer and many respiratory illnesses that have been scientifically linked to the 9/11 toxins. Michael Barasch. Many of…
Chipotle Workers Campaign Builds Momentum
New York, NY – Scores of labor activists and a large contingent of the New York City Council members rallied on June 2, in City Hall Park to demand Chipotle end what they charge is a pattern of illegal retaliation against employees who have been working with 32BJ SEIU for higher wages and better working…
Bus Operators Recount Horrific On-the-Job Attacks
New York, NY – According to Richie Davis, TWU Local 100 Vice-President for Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority [MaBSTOA], assaults on Bus Operators have increased 42-percent since 2018. “Our members are in fear of being harmed and being assaulted, spit on. Everything you can think of happens to us on a daily basis.” Davis…
Bus Operators Recount Horrific On-the-Job Attacks
New York, NY – According to Richie Davis, TWU Local 100 Vice-President for Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority [MaBSTOA], assaults on Bus Operators have increased 42-percent since 2018. “Our members are in fear of being harmed and being assaulted, spit on. Everything you can think of happens to us on a daily basis.” Davis…
The Continuing Cost of War, and Memorial Day Remembrance
New York, NY – With Memorial Day weekend being the unofficial start to the summer, it is incumbent upon us to remember this federal holiday is more than just a three-day weekend. This day of remembrance has history which dates back to the first official Memorial Day on May 30, 1868. Ben Kimmel. Originally called…
Stuck Nation Radio – Memorial Day Edition
New York, NY – On this special Memorial Day edition of Stuck Nation Radio we delve into the Dollar General worker campaign sweeping much of the nation; the Poor People’s Campaign’s June 18 march on Washington, D.C.; civil service jobs for U.S. veterans; and the AFL-CIO National Convention coming up in Philadelphia. Segment A: On…
Nursing Home CEO’s Don’t Want to Follow the Law; Seek Judge’s Help in Ducking Minimum Staffing Requirements
ALBANY, N.Y.—Less than two months after New York’s minimum-staffing requirements for nursing homes went into effect, a trade group has demanded that state courts block them. LeadingAge NY, a trade group for nonprofit nursing homes, and about 80 of its members filed the suit May 23 in State Supreme Court. They are seeking an injunction…
‘We’re Stealing People’s Wages’: NY Home-Care Aides Are Getting Ripped Off and the System Allows It
NEW YORK, N.Y.— New York State’s system of paying home health attendants who do 24-hour shifts has wage theft built in — and because the money primarily comes from Medicaid, changing that will likely require state action. “We could do it legislatively or administratively,” says Assemblymember Harvey Epstein (D-Manhattan), sponsor of a bill to end…