Posted on 04 February 2011. Tags: Building Trades, City Council, Gary La Barbera, Labor Solidarity, New York, Wal-Mart
Thanks a lot and here’s to labor solidarity: As fans and foes of Walmart geared up for a City Council hearing Thursday, the retail giant cut a deal with the powerful construction unions to build its city stores. The agreement with the Building and Construction Trades Council to use union labor gives Walmart a boost […]
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Posted on 02 October 2008. Tags: 1199, Building Trades, DC37, Labor, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Transit Workers, UFT
I am not going to say too much about whether I agree or disagree with the entirely self-serving, hypocritical, "Only I Can Save You" decision by his lordship NYC Mayor (or is that "God"?) Michael Bloomberg to reverse his position on term limits and seek a change in the law that would bar him […]
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