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Construction workers and general building laborers who make up LIUNA Local 79 planned to rally on Thursday, January 16, at 3 p.m. in front of the Empire State Building.The union has posted several large Scabby the Rat inflatables as sentries near the building’s entrance for more than a week now. Local 79 has been complaining about the Empire State Building’s record of working with contractors who employ non-union workers. Those workers, Local 79 claims, are not earning the type of salaries normally paid to building laborers in New York City.Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...

 The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified documents showing that it monitored Puerto Rican independence groups from the 1960s through the 1980s.Under an anti-leftist counterintelligence program known as Operation CHAOS or Operation MH/CHAOS, the agency monitored the actions of the Pro-Independence Movement (MPI), which later became the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP).The CIA is not legally allowed to collect intelligence on U.S. citizens, yet it was empowered to create and operate MH/CHAOS during the administrations of President Lyndon Johnson and President Richard...

The 2024 New York City Employment and Training Coalition (NYCETC) conference took place over two days in December. The get-together brought labor leaders, employers, politicians, educators, and workforce coordinators together to talk about where the city is headed and what kind of employment future New Yorkers will be engaged in.The conference was designed to focus on workforce development for the future, says NYCETC CEO Greg Morris. “What…was focused on was if you are in the workforce development space, if you are seeking talent and employers, let’s talk about how we do that work...

Like former First Lady Michelle Obama, we won’t be attending Trump’s inauguration, and that would be true even if we were invited. We have no idea why Michelle won’t be there (Barack will attend) or why she failed to show up for the funeral services for Jimmy Carter, though it was reported that she had a scheduling conflict that made it necessary for her to remain in Hawaii. It is our suspicion that she stayed away from the funeral because it would have seated her right next to Trump, and that was probably too close for comfort.Whatever the reasons for her keeping her distance from...