affordable housing Brooklyn BP Tells Albany to Put Prevailing Wage Law on Ice 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 Voorhies Tower Is ‘The Beginning Of The End’ 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 Teachers’ Union Vows To Fight For Harris & Other Candidates Targeted By Education Reform PAC 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 Teachers’ Union Vows To Fight For Harris & Other Candidates Targeted By Education Reform PAC 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 Slapped With Labor Complaint After Firing Union Leader At 86th Street Store Verizon workers rally for Bianca Cunningham (Courtesy of CWA Local 1109)Verizon Wireless’ recent firing of sales representative Bianca Cunningham 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) this
China MTA Pushing Ahead With Plan To Use Chinese Steel On Verrazano Deck Project 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 that the MTA simply couldn’t find a
amalgamated transit union local 1181 With Strike Over, School Buses Return On Wednesday 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 and will see the 8,000 drivers from the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 return to work this Wednesday. The strike’
canarsie Walmart In Brooklyn? Fuggedaboutit! Nation’s Biggest Retailer Gives Up Fight For East NY Location 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. Local activists claimed America’s largest
labor unions In Fiery Speech, Senator Diane Savino Defends Pensions, Unions In the above video, posted on website Politics On The Hudson, 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, defends public pensions and comments on the state of the American labor
Unions Walmart Would Jam Belt Parkway Traffic? 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, the report states a
beys specialty Sheepshead Contractor Accused of Exploiting Workers 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’
