By Bob Hennelly

What does Trump’s election mean for the struggle to save Medicare from privatization? Health insurance industry whistleblower Wendell Potter tells all. Plus, New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees President Marianne Pizzitola sits down with TWU Local 100 retiree Luis Uribe…

By Steve Wishnia

In a disastrous election that saw the most anti-labor President in recent history returned to the White House and labor champion Sherrod Brown of Ohio unseated from the Senate, several states voted to raise the minimum wage, enable workers to earn paid sick time off, and increase union rights for app-taxi drivers and cannabis workers.

By Joe Maniscalco

Having spent the last three years following New York City retirees and their counterparts in other states beat back repeated attempts to force them into profit-driven Medicare Advantage health insurance, we at Work-Bites are probably feeling less anxious about what comes next in this frightening country than some others might be today.

By Bob Hennelly

It’s Nov. 4 and tomorrow is Election Day. On this episode of Pacifica’s We Decide: America at the Crossroads, we look at how Close to 75 million Americans have already voted, and voters in North Carolina and Georgia have set early voting records. In nine states, officials reported half of the voters registered had already cast their ballots.

By Joe Maniscalco

The heads of New York City’s public sector unions are once again calling on Speaker Adrienne Adams [D-28th District] to spike efforts to safeguard the existing Medicare health insurance benefits thousands of municipal retirees and their families depend.

By Bob Hennelly

The other morning the quick drop in air temperature thanks to a near frost caused the loss of air in my tires requiring a stop by my local independently family owned gas station in Neptune, NJ.

By Joe Maniscalco

New York City Mayor Eric Adams attempted some nifty ducking and diving when Work-Bites correspondent Bob Hennelly asked him pointblank on Tuesday why his administration persists in promoting Medicare Advantage.

By Steve Wishnia

A state Supreme Court judge in Albany has annulled the state Department of Labor’s decision to cancel its investigations into wage theft from home health-care aides who worked 24-hour shifts but only got paid for 13 hours.

By Bob Hennelly

At this week’s regular press conference Mayor Adams refused to answer WABC-TV’s N.J. Burkett’s question  about when was the last time that he had spoken to former President Trump or his team.

By Bob Hennelly

On this episode of the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, we check back in with UAW Region 9 assistant director Ray Jensen about the UAW’s righteous battle to secure a smoke-free workplace for thousands of Atlantic City casino workers.

By Joe Maniscalco

As far as many working class people are concerned, New York has become an increasingly strange and cockamamie place where shuttering neighborhood hospitals, stripping retirees of their traditional Medicare coverage, forcing older women of color to work round the clock shifts as home health aides, and selling off NYCHA housing are all treated as viable economic actions—but compelling Wall Street traders to pay their taxes and help keep the whole place from completely falling apart is just crazy talk.

By Steven Wishnia

Every Democrat running for election this year should get a tattoo on the back of their writing hand: “You’re Supposed to Be the Party of Working People.”

By Steve Wishnia

As a caravan of striking Uber and Lyft drivers neared City Hall on Oct. 23, many of their rear windshields bore “Stop Unfair Deactivations!” placards.

A bill pending in the New York City Council is intended to do just that. Intro 276, sponsored by Councilmember Shekar Krishnan (D-Queens) and 11 others, would prohibit the “wrongful deactivation” of drivers at the two “high-volume for-hire vehicle” companies.

By Joe Maniscalco

As terrible as former New York City Transit worker Lloyd Archer knew profit-driven Medicare Advantage health insurance would be for TWU Local 100 retirees like him, he didn’t think they’d be experiencing the level of pain they’re experiencing now. 

By Steve Wishnia

Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers formed a massive caravan from Hudson Yards to City Hall Oct. 23, marking a one-day strike to protest the companies locking drivers out of their apps to avoid triggering an increase in the drivers’ share of fares.

By Joe Maniscalco

“We are winning this Fight!”

New York City municipal retirees rallied outside City Hall on Wednesday in advance of a new bill by City Council Member Chris Marte that could finally end Mayor Eric Adams’ ongoing campaign to strip former city workers of the Medicare health insurance coverage they where promised at the start of their civil service careers.

By Bob Hennelly

On this episode of the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, we dedicate our entire show to a blockbuster report from the New York City Department of Investigation finding serious problems the with non-profit contractors overseeing the city’s homeless crisis.

By Phil Cohen

Part III – Labor Board Crisis

During the bargaining period and through September, I made countless trips to Winston-Salem, presenting a total of thirty-four witnesses, some of whom had to return with me to provide supplemental affidavits in regard to information discovered during the Board’s own investigation.

By Joe Maniscalco

The annual Workers Unite! Film Festival is back in New York City for its 13th season this week, presenting another rare opportunity to shift the focus away from the corporate bosses—and place it squarely on the real world struggles and triumphs of working people everywhere.

By Phil Cohen

Confronting ‘Anti’s’ in the Breakroom

We learned that anti-union leader Billy Key was planning to take vacation and visit the breakroom on all three shifts to gather signatures on decertification cards. This would be in violation of a strict company policy prohibiting non-scheduled employees (whether on vacation or off-shift) from entering the building. I discussed this with Joe Wells, Rory Ford, and the corporate attorney, all of whom assured me the rules would be enforced.