A blow against wage theft
Leave your thoughtsThe American dream holds that in this country everyone can achieve economic comfort and stability through hard work and perseverance.…
Archives
Public Comment Sought On Queens Center Mall Conditions
Leave your thoughtsCommunity organizations [including members of Make the Road New York] joined elected officials, clergy and labor leaders Friday to deliver…
Semi-Finalists In ‘Vans Custom Culture’ Contest Show Off Their Designs
Leave your thoughtsVans Custom Culture is a national contest, in its second year, that allows students to design their own collection of…
Theft prevention act becomes law in New York
Leave your thoughtsThe New York Wage Theft Prevention Act, which was passed last December, has recently gone into effect in the state,…
Gay Undocumented Immigrant Released From Rikers After Acquittal
Leave your thoughtsA month ago, a jury found Ricardo Muñiz innocent of assaulting a 65-year-old man during a fight outside a Brooklyn…
Workers Day rally Sunday in Port Richmond
Leave your thoughtsSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Make the Road New York will host an International Workers Day rally in Port Richmond on…
Wal-Mart in the Public Eye
Leave your thoughtsWal-Mart Stores CEO Michael Duke talks with WSJ’s Alan Murray about a class action gender-discrimination suit against the company and…
New York demonstrators target Walmart chief
Leave your thoughtsMike Duke, Walmarts chief executive, was targeted by protesters as he gave his strongest signal yet of the companys renewed…
NYC protesters plague Walmart
Leave your thoughtsOpponents of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s push into New York City greeted the company’s chief executive, Michael Duke, Wednesday morning with…
Protesters greet Wal-Mart CEO in New York City
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORK (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc Chief Executive Mike Duke got a New York-style welcome from dozens of union…