Vantage Sued in Washington Heights Over Tenant Harassment
Attorneys at Manhattan Legal Services recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of five Washington Heights residents against their landlord…
The Indypendent
Attorneys at Manhattan Legal Services recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of five Washington Heights residents against their landlord…
SEIU and the Election of Barack Obama: A Review of Labor Day
Labor Day Directed by Glenn Silber Catalyst Media Production, 2009 Labor Day is a documentary funded by the Service…
(This article originally appeared at http://counterpunch.org/macaray11022009.html) Even people who genuinely admire the United States say they are astonished by…
(This article originally appeared: http://counterpunch.org/jacobs10162009.html) When school started in September 1969 I was attending a Catholic high school located…
State Senator Liz Krueger calls for Monserrate to resign
State Senator Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens) avoided being convicted of a felony yesterday (though he was convicted of misdemeanor assault)…
The stunning audacity being shown by Toyota Motors in seeking $2 million in California taxpayer money is reminiscent of…
Unions are stuck in a rut that seems to be getting deeper every day. We are losing members to…
Town Hells and the New Welfare Queen
Race has always been central to American politics. At Jamestown, the first sustained European settlement in the North America,…
Foreclosures Could Loom for Rent-Regulated Buildings
City housing officials laid out their plan to deal with multi-family building foreclosures yesterday at the New York City…
It’s been reported that a coalition of “labor friendly” retailing giants—Costco Wholesale Corporation, Starbucks Corp., and Whole Foods Markets…