The campaign brings in people like labor justice organizers — who see clean energy as a way to advocate for healthy jobs for their members — as new allies for Read More >>
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Cuomo Vetos Newspaper Driver Bill
By Jon Campbell Among the other bills vetoed by Cuomo was a measure that would have clearly identified newspaper carriers as independent contractors rather than employees. For decades, many newspaper Read More >>
Joint Council Letter in Daily News
Re “Factory foreman Bill” (editorial, Nov. 9): The News has it right. Mayor de Blasio is giving New York City’s industrial sector the attention it deserves. It is industrial jobs Read More >>
Teamsters 272 Speaks Out After Garage Attendant Member is Mistreated by Customer
By Stephanie West New York, NY – Maximo is a Midtown parking attendant, and member of Teamsters Local 272, who received some unexpected attention after a video featuring him went Read More >>
Proposed Ban on Horse-Drawn Carriages Gains Little Traction
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>