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The Spectrum Strike was a workers' strike involving 1,200 Spectrum workers in New York City. [1] [2] The strike began on March 23, 2017, [3] when 1,800 Spectrum workers walked off the job in protest of a plan by the company to replace its union healthcare plan and union pension with a company-run healthcare plan and pension plan. [1]
Arsdale in 1981. Harry Van Arsdale Jr. (November 23, 1905 – February 16, 1986) was a labor and community leader in New York City.His father was a union electrician. Van Arsdale was descendant from 17th century Dutch immigrants to New York and a descendant of John Van Arsdale, a Colonial army veteran of the American Revolutionary War, who climbed up a greased flagpole to retrieve a Union Jack ...
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union that represents approximately 820,000 workers and retirees [1] in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, [3] Guam, [4] [5] Panama, [6] Puerto Rico, [7] and the US Virgin Islands; [7] in particular electricians, or inside wiremen, in the construction industry and lineworkers and other employees of public ...
The 14th Street–Union Square station has historically ranked among the New York City Subway's busiest stations. [184] Although the station had only 14 million passengers in 1913, [ 185 ] this had increased to 40 million passengers per year in 1925 shortly after the opening of the Canarsie Line platform. [ 186 ]
[5]: 6 The WPA Guide to New York City described 14th Street in 1939 as "perhaps the city's largest outlet for low-priced women's merchandise". [ 10 ] By the 1970s, J.W. Mays and S. Klein were the only major retailers remaining on 14th Street, and the street was lined with independent retailers and discount stores.
Repairs to the bridge forced the N, which normally ran express on the Broadway Line and via the bridge, to run local via the Montague Street Tunnel starting in 1986. [14] The south tracks were closed completely for repairs from 1988 to 2001. [13] This service change precluded W local service from running as envisioned.
Dominick Critelli, a 103-year-old World War II veteran takes a picture with revellers as people gather at Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve in New York City, U.S., December 31 ...
14th Street–Union Square station entrance. By 3 p.m. on August 4, 2023, a large crowd—including many people who were drawn to the event—had gathered in Union Square. [10] [13] The New York City Police Department (NYPD) became aware of the gathering as dozens of people began converging. [14] [15] The NYPD had mobilized officers to the area ...