New York
Domestic workers win basic labor rights
July 8, 2010NEW YORK-After a six-year struggle, domestic workers here won a huge victory.
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Some victories and more battles on NYC budget
July 1, 2010The new budget contains significant cuts to vital services, but the City Council, buoyed by a huge outpouring of rage from city residents and workers, turned back some of the worst cuts.
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NY Progressive Caucus demands: Tax the rich
June 23, 2010NEW YORK - As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget axe chops at public workers and services, a large section of the City Council wants another solution: tax the rich.
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Supermarket workers fight to bag a fair deal
June 22, 2010NEW YORK - With a possible strike approaching, thousands of Stop and Shop, Pathmark and King Kullen workers are urging the public to plan to buy their July 4 cookout ingredients elsewhere.
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Co-op City building workers back to work — for now
June 21, 2010BRONX, N.Y. - Management called it a strike, the workers called it a lockout - federal mediation is next at the world's largest co-op apartment complex.
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