Labor union, Unite Here, is drawing attention to a provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows employers to redefine job classifications and as a result thousands are being cut off from healthcare.
New Yorkers, in the hundreds, held a late afternoon rally in Manhattan on Thursday to show solidarity with Palestinians, call a stop to the Israeli offensive in Gaza and an end to the seven year blockade.
Labor Department says there are less layoffs and workforce watchers are encouraged about those declines and the uptick in employment figures, but it is still a slow recovery.
The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held a hearing on Wednesday to identify persistent challenges and opportunities for women entrepreneurs.
The US Department of Justice, following the recommendation of the Obama Administration, has been investigating the nation's police departments. On Wednesday, the Department of Justice released its findings from a three-year investigation of the Newark Police Department in New Jersey following 418 allegations of police misconduct.
New York City service providers and government officials discussed the coordinated strategy they are undertaking, as part of the New York State Unaccompanied Minors Working Group, to meet the needs of close to 3,000 migrant children who are already in New York State, with another 7,000 minors expected to reach the state in the coming months.
Nurses and caregivers, members of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, have a new four-year working contract. The deal came following early hour negotiations on Tuesday, after five months of impasse, when shop stewards for 1199 SEIU members reached a tentative agreement with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes.
NY BLA Caucus demand a swift, thorough investigation into tragic death of Eric Garner, who died follow an arrest where a chokehold was used, a police tactic banned since 1993.
US and UN officials meeting to discuss a ceasefire while 100,000 Palestinians are homeless and nearly 500 people have died since the Israeli Forces operations began.
California voters will have a chance in the November elections to vote on a ballot measure asking them if Congress should amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.
Obama Administration wants to revamp its federal employment and training programs so that more Americans can get relevant job training to help secure a better financial future.
New York community activists call for the resignation of Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, a federal investigation into the death of Eric Garner and an end to the Broken Windows theory of policing.
Obama Administration approves seismic testing of mid and southern Atlantic coastlines to update its geological and geophysical surveys which will help oil and gas companies identify where untapped deposits might lie for future drilling leases. Environmentalist are outraged because of probably affects on marine life who use sonar to communities, breed and eat, and the effects in the long term for coastal communities livelihoods.
Human Rights groups continue to speak out about unaccompanied border children saying they are running away from gang violence and sexual abuse. President Obama will meet with the presidents of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras next Friday.
At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday, diplomats stood up and held a moment of silence for all those who had lost their lives on the downed Malaysian Airliner plane over eastern Ukraine.
A survey of cable news shows, interviews and debates shows 84 percent of guests are white and 72 percent are men. The survey Who Gets to Speak, conducted by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting — a media watchdog group), studied six primetime programs on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC for a total of five weeks.
LIRR workers, 5,400 of them, were set to walk off the job Sunday over failed contract negotiations. For four years, union officials and MTA officials have been fighting over pay increases and contributions to health insurance program. The strike would have affected the lives of 300,000 daily commuters.
A Malaysian Airliner was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, killing 295 people. The U.S. State Department won't confirm if there were Americans on the flight. No one has taken responsibility.
A federal judge has ruled California's death penalty is unconstitutional because of prolonged delays on death row. Inmates are dying of natural causes before they are being executed.
Employees of the Metropolitan Opera Company are publicizing the growing dispute in their contract negotiations. Fifteen unions will see their contract expire at the end of July. The company claims ticket sales and the endowment are down and they want cuts of 16 percent; workers maintain there is over spending and the general manager has over paid himself.
Economists, anti-poverty advocates and journalists comment on the implications BRICS announcement creating the New Development Bank and currency reserve pool.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a lawsuit this week on behalf of three plaintiffs against the City of Bellflower, California for violating their voting rights under the California Voting Rights Act of 2001. The City of Bellflower uses an at-large method to elect its Council members, a method that critics say has denied Latino and African-American residents the ability to elect council members of their choice.
