Joe Maniscalco

Brooklyn

Labor Correspondent at DCReport

Founder and Editor at Work-Bites

NYC product. https://t.co/pTyQrDMmUb founder and editor. I speak truth to power; organized labor and workplace justice issues nationwide. IWW.

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NYC Council Runs Scared of Garrido, While Endorsements Anger Retirees — Work-Bites

1 month ago | work-bites.com | Joe Maniscalco

Work-Bites wanted to know more about their decision-making process and why they ultimately rejected Garrido’s rationale for attempting to strip retired trade unionists of a public health benefit they earned on the job. Council Member Avilés said she took a lot of time considering Intro. 1096 talking to “experts outside the parties involved.” “I'm not a healthcare expert by any stretch of the imagination.
Pressure on Hochul to Back Off on New Scheme to Cut NYC’s Pension Obligations — Work-Bites

1 month ago | work-bites.com | Joe Maniscalco

By Joe ManiscalcoMunicipal workers—both active and retired—are being urged to rally outside New York State Governor Kathy Hochul’s Third Avenue offices on Thursday, March 27, to protest a new money-saving scheme many fear could blow huge holes in their pensions.
Newswire : Listen: “We have very few options. But to join together to organize for a General Strike”

1 month ago | greenecodemocrat.com | Joe Maniscalco

AFA President Sara Nelson says it’s time for American workers to organize for a general strike. By Joe Maniscalco, Work-Bites, a labor news serviceAFA President Sara Nelson says it’s time for American workers to organize for a general strike.
Targeted Labor Leader Warns of More Government Repression! — Work-Bites

1 month ago | work-bites.com | Joe Maniscalco

By Joe ManiscalcoIn an exclusive interview with Work-Bites in Times Square on Tuesday night, UAW Local 2710 President Grant Miner said the Trump administration’s naked attempt to crush the Columbia University’s student worker union is all part of an overall attack on labor and First Amendment rights. In other words: we’re all next.
Watch: Marchers Pack Broadway in Defiance of Trump, Musk — Work-Bites

2 months ago | work-bites.com | Joe Maniscalco

On Saturday March 15, scores of trade unionists, retirees, laid off workers, and their families took to the streets of NYC to march against the Trump administration's draconian cuts to the federal workforce. Here’s what the scene looked like on Broadway…
‘We Definitely Need to Do Something!’ Workers March in NYC Against DOGE Cuts — Work-Bites

2 months ago | work-bites.com | Joe Maniscalco

“We’re standing in solidarity with all our union brothers and sisters,” he said. “We’re here to fight back, we’re not here to back down. No matter what this president does, he’s going to have to hear us.”Work-Bites also spoke to Aimee from Queens and a friend who were both laid off from their USAID jobs in February when the Trump administration announced it was gutting 90 percent of the agency’s foreign aid contracts. “I think that radical action is probably needed,” Aimee told Work-Bites.
‘We Have Very Few Options but To Join Together To Organize for a General Strike’

2 months ago | portside.org | Joe Maniscalco

‘We Have Very Few Options but To Join Together To Organize for a General Strike’ Published March 11, 2025 Arguably the most potent and powerful figure in the labor movement today has just declared that American workers—no matter what you do or what sector you’re in—now have “very few options but to join together to organize for a general strike.” “What we have to understand is the people in charge, the people doing this, are doing this to make the federal workforce miserable—to make us all...
Listen: ‘We Have Very Few Options But to Join Together to Organize for a General Strike’ — Work-Bites

2 months ago | work-bites.com | Joe Maniscalco

By Joe Maniscalco Arguably the most potent and powerful figure in the labor movement today has just declared that American workers—no matter what you do or what sector you’re in—now have “very few options but to join together to organize for a general strike.” “What we have to understand is the people in charge, the people doing this, are doing this to make the federal workforce miserable—to make us all miserable and demoralized, and shrink into our own space—to inspire scarcity and...
NYC Home Care Attendants Protest ‘Unlawful’ Arrests; Challenge CPC’s ‘Powerless’ Claim — Work-Bites

2 months ago | work-bites.com | Joe Maniscalco

By Joe ManiscalcoThe Chinese-American Planning Council, the highly influential social services organization at the heart of NYC’s battle to end round-the-clock shifts in the home care industry, may insist those slavish 24-hour shifts are unfair to workers—at least 80 home care attendants working for its subsidiary are still doing them.
New York City’s ‘No More 24’ Fight is Getting Even Uglier… — Work-Bites

2 months ago | work-bites.com | Joe Maniscalco

The CPC, however, argues that the State of New York creates and enforces 24-hour cases, and it does not actually have the power to split 24-hour shifts on its own because they are “mandated by state law and determined by insurance companies.”“This includes capping reimbursement at 13 hours and determining whether such cases can transition to two 12-hour split shifts,” a CPC spokesperson later told Work-Bites in an email.

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5 Apr 25

RT @WorkBitesNews: NOW: Thousands march on 5th Ave in opposition to Trump cuts, deportations, attacks on women, labor, trans people, S.S,…

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5 Apr 25

RT @CentralLaborNYC: Get up, get down! NY is a union town! #HandsOff https://t.co/HVN5PAgQYA

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RT @WorkBitesNews: “If it ain't broke, why fix it?” UFT Retired Teachers Chapter Pres. Bennett Fischer told Work-Bites. “I don't understand…

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Articles

NYC Council Runs Scared of Garrido, While Endorsements Anger Retirees — Work-Bites

Pressure on Hochul to Back Off on New Scheme to Cut NYC’s Pension Obligations — Work-Bites

Newswire : Listen: “We have very few options. But to join together to organize for a General Strike”

Targeted Labor Leader Warns of More Government Repression! — Work-Bites

Watch: Marchers Pack Broadway in Defiance of Trump, Musk — Work-Bites

‘We Definitely Need to Do Something!’ Workers March in NYC Against DOGE Cuts — Work-Bites

‘We Have Very Few Options but To Join Together To Organize for a General Strike’

Listen: ‘We Have Very Few Options But to Join Together to Organize for a General Strike’ — Work-Bites

NYC Home Care Attendants Protest ‘Unlawful’ Arrests; Challenge CPC’s ‘Powerless’ Claim — Work-Bites

New York City’s ‘No More 24’ Fight is Getting Even Uglier… — Work-Bites

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