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Living Wage Is a Step in the Right Direction

Melissa Mark-Viverito | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: NYC Living Wage, Christine Quinn, Mayor Bloomberg, Rwdsu, Living Wage Coalition, New York City Council Progressive Caucus, New York News
Melissa Mark-Viverito

NYC businesses, especially those that receive city subsidies, must do something to alleviate the hardships faced by our city's poorest families. The Living Wage bill is the first step in a process that can ensure that this happens.

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Working People Are Hurting This Labor Day

Stuart Appelbaum | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Rwdsu, Labor Day, Middle Class, Underemployment, Labor Unions, Job Creation, Recession, Labor Day 2011, New York News
Stuart Appelbaum

As we observe Labor Day 2011, it's clear that working men and women in the U.S. and Canada are hurting. As more and more money continues to be siphoned off by the wealthiest, the middle class is being decimated.

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Macy's NYC Employees Could Strike For First Time In Nearly Forty Years

Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Herald Square, Pension, Strike, Rwdsu, United Food and Commercial Workers, Macy's Inc, Work Conditions, Better Wages, Standard & Poor's, New York Times, Health Benefits, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, Business News

NEW YORK (Phil Wahba and Roy Strom) - Workers at four New York City area Macy's Inc stores, including its Herald Square flagship, could strike lat...

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Labor Says Mott's Apples Are Rotten to the Core

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Mott's, New York State, Middle Class, Afl-Cio, Apples, Organized Labor, Dr Pepper Snapple, Labor Unions, New York, Rwdsu, Politics News
Michael Winship

Today, Mott's is owned by the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), based in Plano, Texas. Ever since DPS took over the New York factory, union members claim, family spirit at the company has been destroyed.

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