ALIGN and the Transform Don’t Trash coalition will launch a new campaign and release a new report that outlines how the commercial waste industry is highly polluting, inefficient, costly to the City, disproportionately burdensome on low-income communities of color, and dangerous and exploitative for workers.
Brooklyn Downtown Star, By Chase Collum, September 18, 2013, Members of several activist organizations gathered in Fort Greene Park on Sunday, Sept. 15, to celebrate the first annual Grandparents' Day and raise awareness about issues facing persons needing home care and the workers who provide that care. The Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN) has joined the Caring Across Generations campaign, to promote the value of intergenerational relationships and highlight the increasing need for quality care of the elderly and disabled.
Al Jazeera America,By Wilson Dizard, September 5, 2013. Protesters demand a minimum of $25,000 per year for full-time employees and want fired colleagues reinstated.
Walmart employees held demonstrations Thursday in cities across the United States, demanding better pay and protesting the firing of those who previously demonstrated against the company -- the country's largest private employer, with 1.3 million American workers.
Buzzfeed, By Alison Vingiano, September 5, 2013. The New York Police Department arrested three Walmart strikers who wanted to meet with an executive on Thursday. Although there are no Walmarts in New York City, the protesters planned to deliver a petition directly to company board member Christopher Williams’ Fifth Avenue office. The petition demands Walmart provide employees with a livable, annual wage of $25,000, and stop punishing workers who stand up for their rights. Walmart fired or disciplined at least 60 strikers who protested in June.
Huffington Post,By Caroline Fairchild, September 5, 2013. The New York Police Department arrested three Walmart protesters in New York City on Thursday during demonstrations against the company's wages and worker conditions, according to Making Change At Walmart, a coalition of Walmart worker advocates.
YNN, September 4, 2013
Tuesday’s Senate Finance Committee Hearing on tax reform included testimony from a dozen groups. But only those invited to testify were allowed to participate. And that has some advocates arguing that the we need a bigger, more transparent conversation about the tax code in New York. Ron Deutsch of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, John Whiteley of the state Property Tax Reform Coalition, and Josh Kellermann of the Alliance for a Greater New York share their opinions on what else needs to be done.
Aljazeera America, By Wilson Dizard, September 3, 2013. Walmart employees held demonstrations Thursday in cities across the United States, demanding better pay and protesting the firing of those who previously demonstrated against the company -- the country's largest private employer, with 1.3 million American workers.
Democrat and Chronicle, By Tom Tobin, August 25, 2013. The County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency has a long name and a simple purpose: use tax relief to spur business and job growth in the Rochester area. By some measures, COMIDA, as the agency is known, is doing this better than other IDAs in New York state — figures that county officials are happy to promote. But to detractors, there are still too many instances where projects are funded that offer little or nothing in terms of job creation.
In These Times, By Michelle Chen, August 17, 2013. For many seniors, growing older means facing new kinds of stress—such as fragile health, a tight budget on a fixed income, or the travails of living alone. And for the people who care for the aging, the stress can be just as severe. When her client is going through a rough time, one domestic worker says she lives through every minute of it, too: “Sometimes we stay there for five days…and we don’t know what’s outside…You cannot leave the job.”