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Jobs and Labor

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    "Cypress Hills Weed And Seed Job Fair" Is Not What You Think (Hope) It Is

    If you go to the "Cypress Hills Weed and Seed Job Fair" in Brooklyn tomorrow and expect to come away with a sweet gig farming marijuana, you will be extremely disappointed.We got an email this afternoon from the United States Attorney's Office alerting us to the aforementioned job fair. Normally, em ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Happy May Day: NY Post Columnist Nicole Gelinas Argues Against Living Wage Bill (Of Course)

    No shocker here, but a New York Post op-ed contributor is peddling the same misleading bullshit about minimum wage increases that opponents always peddle. Enter Nicole Gelinas. Raising minimum wage -- as per the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act -- is "left-wing social engineering." (Classic Post p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Is New York's Minimum Wage Too Damn Low?

    If you've been following recent developments in the capital, you've probably heard that Dems in Albany have been pushing for a $1.25 minimum wage increase -- from $7.25 to $8.50. And most New Yorkers would be OK with this boost. This change would impact more than 600,000 New Yorkers who are someho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Occupy Wall Street Affiliates Chain Subway Gates Open For Fare Strike

    A group calling itself the "Rank and File Initiative" claimed credit yesterday for opening up more than 20 subway stations throughout the city for free entry. Chaining open emergency gates at stations on the F, L, R, Q, 3, and 6 lines during rush hour yesterday morning, the anonymous activists post ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Freelancers, Rejoice! Christine Quinn Pushes Forward With Health Center Plan

    In her state-of-the-city address last month, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is expected to run for mayor, announced that the City Council would work with the Freelancers Union to launch a flagship health center that would provide low-cost care to the city's self-employed residents. This ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    State Democrats Will Propose Minimum Wage Raise Today

    Fast food workers and retail employees everywhere -- rejoice! Democrats in Albany, led by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, will today propose a raise in the New York state minimum wage, from $7.25 an hour to $8.50. The proposal will also include a provision mandating automatic increases in the futur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Let's Be Clear: NFL Players Smacked Down the Owners

    NFL players' honcho DeMaurice Smith​As you may have heard, the NFL lockout ended just a short time ago, and since the TV commentators I'm hearing seem to be confused about who actually came out on top, let me give it to you straight. I'll repeat my words in this space on April 27: "I think I can c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    NBA Owners Will Lock Out Players at Midnight

    ​Labor negotiations between NBA team owners and players broke down this afternoon as the two sides couldn't reach a new collective bargaining agreement. The players union presented an offer that was rejected by the owners at their three-hour meeting in New York. This comes after one of the lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Wall Street Bonuses Down, But Nobody's Making Less

    With profits higher than ever on Wall Street, executives are starting to shift their compensation packages away from bonuses and into higher salaries, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said in an annual report today. While Wall Street salaries were up by six percent in 2010, bonuses declined by 8 perc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    House Republicans Give Unemployed the Finger

    ​Almost 100,000 unemployed New Yorkers whose unemployment benefits are expiring will have a very not-so-merry Christmas this year now that House Republicans have killed a proposed $56 billion benefits extension, the Daily News says.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Gov. Paterson Looks to "Sinister" Union Heads for NY State Layoffs-by-the-Thousands Woes

    ​New York Governor David Paterson is now talking about laying off thousands of state workers as part of a plan to balance the state budget. And he just brought some state workers' union leaders into the fold, by talking some serious smack on them.

  • News

    June 1, 2010

    Black Parents vs. the Teachers' Union

    Union intransigence hits a low point

  • Columns

    May 11, 2010

    Mass Transit Cuts Leave Passengers Stranded

    Big wheels unmoved

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2010

    Citigroup Plans to Raise Executive Salaries Up To 50%

    ​According to Bloomberg News, Citigroup Inc., which got $45 billion dollars in bailout money from the federal government, will be raising the base salaries of their investment bankers and traders as much as 50%. Citigroup's market value dropped 84% in the past year.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Unions to Bloomy: Un-Happy Term Limits Birthday

    The one-year anniversary of Mike Bloomberg's term-limits flip-flop is being celebrated today by a pair of unions who chose the date to announce their endorsement of Bill Thompson for mayor -- while throwing in some tough language about the incumbent. Electricians Local Union No. 3, one of the city' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Minimum Wage Increases Today, But Tipped Employees Still Shafted

    Marcin Wichary/flickr The federal minimum wage increases to $7.25 today. And that's good news, unless you happen to be a bartender or waiter. According to a report released by the National Employment Law Project, the wage for tipped employees will remain a measly $2.13 per hour. That rate, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    GOP Congressman Apologizes for Obscene Anti-Union Video

    It's getting so you can't even make a bleeping joke in politics anymore. GOP House Whip Eric Cantor, angry about an ad from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees that unfavorably mentions him as an opponent of the stimulus, forwarded to a reporter at the liberal Talking P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Ron Carey, 1936-2008

    It's getting so you can't even make a bleeping joke in politics anymore. GOP House Whip Eric Cantor, angry about an ad from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees that unfavorably mentions him as an opponent of the stimulus, forwarded to a reporter at the liberal Talking P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Passing the bucks

    It's getting so you can't even make a bleeping joke in politics anymore. GOP House Whip Eric Cantor, angry about an ad from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees that unfavorably mentions him as an opponent of the stimulus, forwarded to a reporter at the liberal Talking P ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2008

    Hoffa & Obama: The Labor-Latte Alliance

    Now divorced from the mob, the Teamsters choose a Bobby Kennedy type for president

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    A Teamster Big Dips His Beak

    Now divorced from the mob, the Teamsters choose a Bobby Kennedy type for president

  • News

    December 12, 2006

    The Sinner Within

    How Brian McLaughlin betrayed the labor movement and conned us all

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2006

    Labor Big Takes a Walk

    How Brian McLaughlin betrayed the labor movement and conned us all

  • News

    May 2, 2006

    Labor War in Chelsea

    For the first time, non-union immigrants are building Manhattan's high-rise towers

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2006

    Peace March: Largest Labor Contingent Ever?

    For the first time, non-union immigrants are building Manhattan's high-rise towers

  • NYC Life

    March 28, 2006

    Malice's Restaurant

    What Rao's and a gangster-run school bus drivers' union have in common

  • News

    January 31, 2006

    Toussaint's Transit Trauma

    Union big walked a tightrope between enemies abroad and at home

  • News

    January 31, 2006

    The Fonz's Pitch

    Open door policy

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2006

    NYC Transit Workers Reject Contract

    Open door policy

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2005

    Report: Strike End in Sight

    Open door policy

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2005

    The Strike is Over

    Open door policy

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2005

    Transit Breaks

    Open door policy

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2005

    Transit Countdown

    Open door policy

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2005

    Labor Bigs Hit NYU

    Open door policy

  • News

    September 20, 2005

    Labor Costs

    Union endorsements are dirty, if the mayor loses them

  • News

    September 13, 2005

    Bush to Rebuild New Orleans, Somehow

    President throws expensive bag of gimmicks at Katrina disaster

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2005

    Mike's Labor Love Fest

    President throws expensive bag of gimmicks at Katrina disaster

  • News

    August 9, 2005

    The New Movement Against Wal-Mart

    Fresh blood joins the battle to keep the mega-retailer out of NYC

  • News

    July 26, 2005

    Union Gap

    At AFL-CIO, a splitting issue for the nation's biggest labor organizations

  • News

    July 5, 2005

    Helping Bloomberg?

    Fulani aide sues union

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2005

    Democrats Miss Key Endorsement

    Fulani aide sues union

  • News

    March 8, 2005

    Let Them Eat Comp Time

    Bush, Congress nix minimum wage hike, push tough bankruptcy bill

  • News

    October 12, 2004

    Bush's Other War

    At the national labor relations board, the president's appointees change the rules

  • News

    August 31, 2004

    Labor's Beef with Bush

    In the brave new world of outsourcing, you get to train your own replacement worker

  • News

    June 29, 2004

    Challenge to a Quiet Boss

    Flying squads, charges of dirty tricks by incumbent plague a teamster local election

  • News

    March 9, 2004

    New School's Labor War

    Union Wins Election Fair And Square, But Prez Kerrey Wants A Do-Over

  • News

    January 27, 2004

    Plumbing the Depths

    After Arrests, a Union Agrees to Its Own Investigation

  • News

    December 9, 2003

    Infernal Racket

    The Mafia Doesn’t Just Break Legs. It Can Also Break the Spirit.

  • News

    August 26, 2003

    CEOs: Higher and Fire

    For Execs, the Bigger the Layoff, the Bigger the Payoff

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