NYC

NYC school bus strike ends, struggle continues

New York — After a month-long strike during the coldest days of winter, the executive board of the school bus drivers…

February 18, 2013

On the picket line

Illegally fired Cablevision workers fight back Cablevision-Optimum illegally locked out and fired 22 workers Jan. 30 for attempting to address…

February 14, 2013

Safety becomes issue in NYC school bus workers’ strike

New York, Feb. 14 — Organizers with PIST — Parents to Improve School Transportation — have begun talks with union…

February 14, 2013

Activists denounce MTA’s union-busting tactics in NYC school bus strike

Protesters crashed the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority's first board meeting of the year in solidarity with the school bus…

February 5, 2013

Unions, parents support NYC school bus workers

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 has been on strike since Jan. 16 against a plan by billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg and…

January 29, 2013

Unions, parents support NYC school bus drivers

New York — More than 8,000 school bus drivers and matrons who transport 152,000 pupils in this city every day, many…

January 21, 2013

NYC school bus drivers forced to strike for safety, security

New York — More than 8,000 school bus drivers who transport 152,000 pupils in this city every day, many of them…

January 17, 2013

NYC struggle over racist subway ads

New York — When the far-right blogger Pamela Geller collaborated with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in September to run a series…

December 19, 2012

Six hospital evacuations in NY-NJ

Capitalist priorities intensify storm crisis The storm that hit the U.S. East Coast Oct. 29 exposed the harm done by…

November 7, 2012

From Oakland to NYC, family members, activists assail police brutality

New York — “I am the proud father of Alan Blueford, murdered by the Oakland police,” stated Adam Blueford. His…

November 1, 2012