By Mara Gay and Josh Dawsey Two years ago, then-mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio promised that if elected, he would rid Central Park of horse-drawn carriages in his first week Read More >>
Wall Street Journal
Alex Moore
Teamsters Endorse Lynch for Queens City Council Seat
First Labor Endorsement in the Race NEW YORK, NY – Teamsters Joint Council 16 endorsed Rebecca Lynch for City Council in Eastern Queens today. Lynch, who was born and raised Read More >>
New York Times
Conditions That Put Sanitation Workers’ Lives at Risk
To the Editor: Re “A Sanitation Worker’s Dreams Collide With Dangers of the Job” (news article, May 18), about a worker who died when a trash bin fell off a Read More >>
New York Times
Sanitation Work Offers Middle-Class Incomes for Some, but Comes With Dangers
By Rachel Swarns On the last day of his life, Robert Meehan Jr. shook himself awake around 2 p.m. He was a sanitation worker for a private company, gearing up Read More >>
Teamsters Cheer Governor’s Fast Food Announcement
NEW YORK, NY – Teamsters Joint Council 16 President George Miranda had the following statement about Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announced wage board to explore higher pay in the fast food Read More >>
Politico
Teamsters: Workers reinstated after public pressure
By David Giambusso Two workers who said they were fired from a New York City private trash hauling firm after testifying to the City Council about poor working conditions were Read More >>
Fired Sanitation Workers Who Testified at City Council Win Their Jobs Back
Councilmembers and Community-Labor Coalition Cheer the News, But Pledge that Fight to Reform Private Waste Industry Will Only Grow Larger NEW YORK, NY – The two private sanitation workers who Read More >>