UNIQUE COMMUNITY-LABOR CAMPAIGN WINS UNION CONTRACT FOR FOOTCO/NY WORKERS
For Immediate Release Retail workers at citywide chain win first union contract as result of campaign by Make the Road…
School Translation
Catalina Martinez has worked as a factory worker, a housekeeper, and a beauty sales agent in the 14 years since…
In Modern Rarity, Workers Form Union at Small Chain
Among the thousands of stores in New York’s low-income neighborhoods, labor unions have virtually no presence, except in a few…
LATINO COMMUNITY MEMBERS DECLARE, “WE DESERVE TO BREATHE!”
For Immediate Release Hospital, Elected Officials and Advocates Release Report Linking Severe Asthma Epidemic in Bushwick to Poor Housing Conditions and Lack…
Asthma’s infesting Bushwick
Rampant rat, mouse and cockroach infestations in Bushwick apartments cause asthma rates to be four times higher than the city…
Study Links Poor Housing, Asthma Attacks
When Gloria Reyes’s heat shut off on a freezing night last week, a burning sensation flared in her lungs. Her…
Inmigrantes desafían veto de Bloomberg
Nueva York El alcalde vetó una ley que forzaría a su Administración a ampliar los servicios de traducción en…
Translation Bill Nixed
On Friday, Mayor Bloomberg vetoed the Education Equity Act, a hotly contested bill that would provide translation services to parents…
Mike Veto Doesn’t Translate: Activists
Advocates for immigrants scolded Mayor Bloomberg yesterday for vetoing a bill to increase translation services for non-English-speaking parents of public…
What’s Mike Got Against Ed Equity?
Thousands of immigrant parents of public schools students in the city cannot get effectively involved in their children’s education. Often…