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NYC picketers say ‘Shame on Kenny Bakery!’

After working for more than eight years at Kenny Bakery in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, Moraima Ortiz was fired…

May 21, 2014

NYC meeting kicks off actions on Ukraine

Meeting at Riverside Church on May 10, anti-war activists from the New York metropolitan area gave a kick-start to three…

May 14, 2014

Unions hit education cutbacks

The United Federation of Teachers, which represents kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and staff, and the Professional Staff Congress, which…

March 30, 2014

Protest hits NYC Wendy’s

A lunchtime protest in downtown Manhattan, N.Y., offered a strong show of support for former Wendy’s worker Rynetta Bennett, who…

February 21, 2014

Protest hits NYC Wendy’s

A lunchtime protest in downtown Manhattan, N.Y., offered a strong show of support for former Wendy's worker Rynetta Bennett, who…

February 14, 2014

NYC transgender community demands ‘Justice for Islan Nettles!’

New York — Despite bitterly cold temperatures, more than 100 people — chanting “Not one more!” — protested Jan. 30…

February 1, 2014

NYC airport workers demand living wage

Local 32BJ of the Service Employees union organized a protest on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 20, to…

January 24, 2014

Art aids struggle to keep NYC hospital open

On the heels of 12 hospital closings in the last 10 years, a creative new tactic has emerged in an…

January 22, 2014

On the picket line

Sign NYC transit workers’ petition A massive turnout of New York City transit workers and their supporters on Oct. 29,…

December 14, 2013

On the picket line

Baltimore longshore workers strike Hundreds of members of the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 333 voted to strike Oct. 16 over…

October 27, 2013