Doc: Market Street collapse site was ‘absolute recipe for disaster’
Local 98′s John Dougherty said the building collapse site on Market St was unsafe and enforcement was lacking there, as with other city construction sites.
Queens car wash workers sign groundbreaking union contract
The first car wash workers to unionize in New York City are now also the first to ratify a contract [...]
Unions protest outside Fox 29′s Philadelphia studios
Three Philadelphia unions – complete with rat mobile – protested outside Fox 29, whose camera technicians have been working for months without a contract.
NYU students meet with Christine Quinn to push for union
Teaching assistants want to unionize at NYU.
Number of city workers living in poverty doubled under Mayor Nutter
The number of D.C. 33 and 47 municipal employees who earn less than federal poverty standards has doubled since Mayor Michael Nutter took office in 2008.
Activists rally at Union Square for May Day labor protests
People joining the protests ranged from immigrants to jazz musicians.
City Council to Mayor Nutter: Pay your employees
Labor disputes eclipsed the agenda of City Council’s first budget hearing Monday.
VIDEO: Mayor Nutter is booed out of budget address
Hundreds of municipal workers booed Mayor Nutter until he cut short his annual budget address.
Since Mayor Nutter was drowned out by boos, here’s the budget breakdown
$3.75 billion operating budget includes cuts to municipal unions and enactment of Actual Value Initiative.
PHOTOS: Mayor Nutter is booed out of budget address
Hundreds of municipal workers booed Mayor Nutter until he cut short his annual budget address.