EXPERIENCE SHOWS LIVING WAGE POLICIES WORK

After recently scuttling a bill that would require paid sick days, the Bloomberg administration and the business community now are training their sights on two more City Council proposals intended to help workers. The bills ask developers who receive major taxpayer...

TEACHER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WILL BEGIN SOON

GFT will be submitting a letter soon with the proposed changes to the Teachers’ Contract for the upcoming negotiations. Fortunately, our Teachers’ Contract Committee have been meeting every week for the past few months already discussing the various issues that...

VOTE FOR LABOURSTART’S PHOTO OF THE YEAR

It’s time to vote for the LabourStart 2010 Labor Photo of the Year. This year’s finalists dramatically illustrate the struggles of workers around the globe. The contest recognizes the talents of worker-photographers around the world, and at the same time...