Bob Hennelly

New York

Contributing Writer at InsiderNJ

Author, “Stuck Nation” (https://t.co/LLzvz0s43q), award-winning investigative journalist—politics, health, policy, labor, environment, law enf’t.

Articles

Listen: Trump’s Trade War on the World and a 9/11 WTC Betrayal — Work-Bites

2 weeks ago | work-bites.com | Bob Hennelly

By Bob HennellyOn Friday, China responded to President Donald Trump's 34 percent tariff with a 34 percent tariff of their own on the US. Over the weekend, financial markets in Asia continued the slide Wall Street experienced last week when investors lost $4 trillion in two days. The more than ten percent drop experienced by the Standards & Poor 500 Index at the end of last week was the biggest drop since the COVID pandemic hit in 2020.
Listen: Live Coverage of ‘Hands Off’ Protests — Work-Bites

2 weeks ago | work-bites.com | Bob Hennelly

By Bob HennellyFrom noon until 3 p.m. today [Sat. April 5] WBAI's producers and public affairs team will bring you LIVE rolling coverage of the labor and social justice protests scheduled for New York City and Washington D.C. against the Trump/Musk junta's assault on workers' rights and the U.S. Constitution. These events are part of a national day of action that's scheduled at more than 1,300 locations in all 50 states as well as several countries. We will also take listener calls at 212-209-2877.
Will union turmoil reduce NYC labor’s 2025 election clout?

1 month ago | cityandstateny.com | Bob Hennelly

New York City’s unions play an oversized role in municipal elections where fewer than one in four voters participate. For candidates for public office, unions can be a source for endorsements, volunteer campaign labor, campaign cash and thousands of votes. Mayoral candidates often start vying for labor backing before they even declare their candidacy, and unions derive much of their clout from backing the right candidates at the right time.
Listen: ‘A President is Not King Unless We Bow’ — Work-Bites

2 months ago | work-bites.com | Bob Hennelly

By Bob HennellyLess than a month into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, his full court press to let billionaire Elon Musk dismantle the federal government is getting major pushback. On this episode of the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, we’re looking at the protests that are cropping up in Washington D.C. and dozens of states.
Ras Baraka is campaigning on protecting immigrants. Across the Hudson, Eric Adams is doing the opposite.

2 months ago | cityandstateny.com | Bob Hennelly

Last month, hours after federal immigration officers raided a Newark, New Jersey, seafood business, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka blasted the raid as unconstitutional, vowing that Newark would “not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized.” At a packed press conference the day after the raid, Baraka asserted that in addition to the detaining of undocumented residents, U.S. citizens as well as a U.S. military veteran were caught up in what he described as a warrantless search that...
Black History Month: A. Philip Randolph Remembered — Work-Bites

2 months ago | work-bites.com | Bob Hennelly

By Bob HennellyJoin WBAI’s "What’s Going On?” at 7 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, to reflect on the labor-civil rights connection as well as the essential contribution made by A. Philip Randolph to both movements. For Randolph, an avowed socialist, enduring economic empowerment was won through the kind of collective action required by union organizing. It tracks that the massive gathering Randolph helped organize in 1963 at which the Rev.
Can New York City’s DOI Pierce the 9/11 WTC Coverup? — Work-Bites

2 months ago | work-bites.com | Bob Hennelly

By Bob Hennelly For years now, members of Congress and 9/11 WTC advocates have been rebuffed in their bid for the records maintained by the Giuliani and Bloomberg administrations about what they knew and when they knew it regarding the deadly air in lower Manhattan and western Brooklyn following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Listen: Pushing Back Against Trumpian Assaults on Workers; Nurses Fight Union-Busting — Work-Bites

2 months ago | work-bites.com | Bob Hennelly

By Bob HennellyLast Thursday, federal immigration officers executed a warrantless raid at an Ironbound business in Newark, New Jersey. Undocumented workers and American citizens—as well as a U.S. military veteran—were all swept up in the raid. Trump border czar Tom Homan told the press ICE arrested more than 1,300 immigrants in nearly 10 major cities across the U.S. and claimed that at least 1,000 of those detained had criminal records.
Listen: Trump 2.0 Fallout; MLK’s Ties to TWU Trade Unionists — Work-Bites

Jan 22, 2025 | work-bites.com | Bob Hennelly

By Bob HennellyOn this Inauguration/MLK edition of Pacifica Radio’s We Decide: America at the Crossroads with Jenna Flanagan—our panel of commentators, including “Attitude with Arne Arnesen” host Arne Arnesen and Washington-based investigative reporter and editor Dave Levinthal take a look at what having Trump back in the White House means for the country.
United Healthcare’s ‘Sir Andy’ Lampooned on Wall Street! — Work-Bites

Jan 17, 2025 | work-bites.com | Bob Hennelly

By Bob HennellyThis week, the big health care story was United Healthcare Group’s latest earnings report—the first since the murder of CEO Brian Thompson here in New York City on December. Though the company’s over $400 billion revenue for last year showed an increase, it was a disappointment to Wall Street analysts.