Information.dk, By Martin Burcharth, February 14, 2013. The president's proposal to increase the minimum wage is well received by unskilled workers who must live on an hourly rate of $ 7.25. But an increase of $ 9 is not enough to bring the poorest families out of poverty.
Brooklyn Downtown Star, By Andrew Pavia, February 6, 2013. Over 300 local union workers rolled out the red carpet in a “Hall of Shame” induction ceremony for Acadia Realty at City Hall last week.The unions criticized the company for receiving millions of dollars in subsides, but not hiring union workers for the City Point development project in Downtown Brooklyn.
In These Times, By Michelle Chen, February 6, 2013. Three months have passed since Hurricane Sandy battered New York and trashed the New Jersey coastline, and she hasn’t left. She’s still stalking the landscape strafed with mold and broken homes, and local activists worry that the government’s promises of tens of billions of dollars in federal funding will flood the storm-battered regions with further political turmoil.
The Times Ledger, By Karen Frantz, February 4, 2013. Members from several labor unions are putting pressure on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to address a growing problem in homes ravaged by Hurricane Sandy: mold. “It’s been nearly three months since Hurricane Sandy, yet thousands of residents are still out of their homes because they can’t go back because of the mold infestations in their houses,” said Nathalie Alegre, an organizer for the Alliance for a Greater New York, a labor-backed nonprofit that advocates for social and economic justice, speaking from the steps of City Hall Jan. 24 with several other labor union leaders and medical professionals.
ABC News, by Eileen AJ Connelly and Katie Zezima, February 3, 2013. Esther Tauscher stood outside her Staten Island home, leafing through boxes of family photos that had been steeped in storm water. She paused to point out life events — her honeymoon, holding her baby boy in a hospital bed. The photos are just about all she has left. Behind her, the home where she and her family lived for 14 years was being dismantled by a masked volunteer crew that tossed out her possessions and ripped out floorboards and walls.