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Wall Street has been occupied.
Thousands of Americans have built a small, self-sustaining shantytown in lower Manhattan where they eat, sleep and continue to protest wealth, corporate greed and Wall Street. Specifically, they have come together claiming that “1 percent of the population … has destroyed this nation and its values through their greed.”
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10/13/11
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Last week I wrote about Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano’s 2012 budget proposal, one that actively seeks to reduce Nassau County’s work force by an additional 700 employees. Mangano’s call for concessions by union leaders was met by steep opposition and what he referred to as “juvenile” criticism by labor leaders.
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10/6/11
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By ALEX COSTELLO
Last week, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced a plan to close a projected deficit of more than $300 million in the 2012 budget through layoffs and reforms, bringing …
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Alex Costello
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9/21/11
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The National Labor Relations Board is issuing a complaint to Target as a result of its ongoing investigation of numerous charges filed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 union against the retail giant’s conduct in a June federal election at the Valley Stream store.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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8/31/11
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In a controversial, attention-grabbing union vote at the Valley Stream Target on June 17, store employees were denied a fair and free election, says officials from United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 Union.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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7/13/11
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Employees of the Valley Stream Target store voted not to unionize during a federal election on June 17. The vote was 137 to 85 against joining the nation’s largest union for retail workers, announced the National Relations Board on June 18. Several reports cited it as a “test case” for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 to make it the first ever Target store to be unionized.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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6/21/11
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The target is retail giant Target. Workers at the Valley Stream store say its time for change, and United Food and Commercials Workers Local 1500 have heard the call. The nation’s largest union for retail workers have taken aim at Target.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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6/1/11
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The unofficial kickoff to summer fun begins with a trip to Jones Beach this Memorial Day weekend to watch some amazing aerial maneuvers at the Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show.
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Karen Bloom
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5/26/11
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To the Editor:
In Al D’Amato’s anti-union, anti-collective bargaining rant (“The leadership in middle America should make us proud” March 3-9), he wonders, regarding the Wisconsin …
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3/9/11
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I believe it was the great Mark Twain who said, “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”
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Al D'Amato
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3/3/11
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