New York

De Blasio and New York workers

The multinational working class of New York City — who seemed to have been submerged as a political factor during…

November 14, 2013

Large TWU protest for a decent contract

More than 4,000 people — mainly members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 — protested in front of the Metropolitan…

November 10, 2013

Boston bus drivers defend labor leaders

'Union busting is disgusting' Boston, Oct. 28 — It was a true indication of what workers’ power means. A mass…

October 29, 2013

U.S. in Colombia: Gen. Petraeus distorts reality

Students in New York City are so right-on to protest David Petraeus’ appointment as a highly paid professor at the…

October 23, 2013

Haitians seek reparations from U.N.

Around 100 people, mainly Haitian, gathered in New York’s Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, opposite the U.N. headquarters, for an eight-hour demonstration…

October 6, 2013

Behind the New Haven rail fiasco

By a railroad worker Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven line, the busiest commuter line in the United States, came to a…

October 3, 2013

Protests charge Petraeus = war criminal

Whether he shows his face in Los Angeles or New York, David Petraeus — the retired general who commanded U.N.…

October 2, 2013

Protests save Brooklyn hospital

Brooklyn Judge Johnny Lee Baynes ruled Sept. 12 that New York state’s justification for the closing of Long Island College…

September 18, 2013

New York livery drivers protest, occupy Taxi Commission

Two hundred livery cab drivers, union members of the Coalition of Taxicabs of New York, demonstrated outside the headquarters of…

September 12, 2013

Activists honor post o

A delegation from Community-Labor United for Postal Jobs and Services attended the national convention of Postal Office Women for Equal…

September 8, 2013