affordable housing
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams speaks at the press conference outside City Hall (Photo by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CITY HALL—Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Tuesday called on Albany to pump the brakes on a measure that would increase the number of developments subject to prevailing wage requirements, putting
News
Local 79 Union rat at 1501 Voorhies Ave. Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead BitesA big, brown, inflatable rat with a money bag shackled around its neck has set up shop outside of the AvalonBay construction site at 1501 Voorhies Ave. The rat, which has signs that say “AvalonBay doesn’t
Education
Pam Harris at a press conference in Kaiser Park last week. (Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead Bite)New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) pledged last month to wage a vigorous defense of its endorsed candidates who have come under attack from a group pushing for a controversial private school education
Bensonhurst
Pam Harris at a press conference in Kaiser Park last week. (Photo by Alex Ellefson/Sheepshead Bite)New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) pledged last month to wage a vigorous defense of its endorsed candidates who have come under attack from a group pushing for a controversial private school education
cwa local 1109
Verizon workers rally for Bianca Cunningham (Courtesy of CWA Local 1109)Verizon Wireless’ recent firing of sales representative Bianca Cunningham [/union-members-elected-officials-protest-verizon-for-firing-union-leader/] was an attempt to silence and intimidate its recently unionized Brooklyn workers, a violation federal labor laws, according to a complaint approved by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
China
Source: joo0ey via flickrDespite a campaign mounted by local politicians, the MTA is going full speed ahead with its plan to import Chinese steel products in their planned $235 million renovation of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-outsources-235m-verrazano-revamp-article-1.1387639] that
amalgamated transit union local 1181
Source: Nesnad via Wikimedia CommonsSchools Chancellor Dennis Walcott announced that the citywide school bus driver strike is set to end this week. The strike lasted just over a month [/school-bus-strike-looming-resources-for-parents-and-guardians/] and will see the 8,000 drivers from the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 return to work this Wednesday. The
canarsie
Source: Koonisutra/FlickrProving that resistance is not futile, the All-American Ultra-Chain, Walmart, has retreated from efforts to plant its flag in East New York. Since at least 2007, Walmart has been paving the way for an invasion of Brooklyn’s Gateway II shopping center [/brooklyn-walmart-gateway-shoppin/]. Local activists claimed America’s
labor unions
In the above video, posted on website Politics On The Hudson [http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2012/03/13/video-in-fiery-speech-senator-defends-public-pensions/] , State Senator Diane Savino speaks at a rally for the New York State Professional Firefighters Association outside the State Capitol in Albany. Savino, a former labor leader [http://www.nysenate.gov/
Unions
Opponents of a potential Walmart at the Gateway II shopping center in East New York say that the big box retailer would bring Belt Parkway and the surrounding roadways to a standstill, and they’ve produced a report to prove it. According to the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/
beys specialty
Beys Specialty in Sheepshead Bay is accused of underpaying workers on a federal contractUnion protesters from Local 79 appeared this morning at the storefront of Sheepshead Bay contractor Beys Specialty with their ubiquitous inflatable rat. During a phone interview with Sheepshead Bites, police arrived on scene at the business owner’