IN THE NEWS 2009: October-December Digest
Leave your thoughtsIn this issue: In December, MRNY began a new campaign with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union to instate…
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Tis the Season: Protesters Hit A Queens Mall With Demands For a Living Wage
Leave your thoughtsAs shoppers scurried to snatch up last minute gifts inside the Queens Center Mall, local elected officials and community organizations…
Workers Demand Living Wage From Mall
Leave your thoughtsThe holiday wish list for the owners and stores at Queens Center Mall most likely included increased sales. It probably…
Immigration Reform Next for Congress
Leave your thoughtsMillions of immigrants, documented and undocumented, have waited on the sidelines while Congress and The White House battled over healthcare…
Queens Center Mall Employees Rally for Better Wages
Leave your thoughtsMore than 25 workers in varying jobs at Elmhursts Queens Center Mall joined advocacy group Make the Road New York…
Protesters Converge on Queens Center Mall to Fight Lack of Living Wage Requirement
Leave your thoughtsOn the heels of a City Council decision to nix the Kingsbridge Armory mall project over the lack of a…
Urban Communities Seek Lift Through Living Wage
Leave your thoughtsEconomic indicators may be bouncing back this holiday season, but the working poor aren’t so lucky. As they’re forced to…
A Poverty Wage Center in Queens: New Report Details Low Wages at Queens Center Mall
Leave your thoughtsA RWDSU-backed coalition of unions, community groups, shoppers, and local elected officials released a report at Queens Center Mall yesterday,…
Queens Center Mall
Leave your thoughtsElmhurst, Queens, is a bustling neighborhood, one of the most ethnically diverse in New York City. Throughout the day, Elmhurst…
Council Mulls Report Card for School Safety Agents
Leave your thoughtsIts the fifth largest police force in the country. But it isnt the Mafia or drug lords that…