News — Workforce
Press Release: CSS Report: Women, Blacks and Older Workers Struggle in Post-Recession New York City
Ignoring the Facts on Paid Sick Days
The July 24 edition of the New York Observer featured an editorial praising Speaker Christine Quinn for resisting pressure from proponents of legislation calling on employers to provide a minimum number of paid sick days for employees. Unfortunately, the editorial misses the point on the question of leadership.
Press Release: Statement: CSS Urges Council Speaker Quinn to Act on Paid Sick Days
A CSS Proposal to Combat Long-Term Joblessness
A CSS Proposal for Hiring the Long-Term Unemployed
New York’s Workers Deserve Paid Sick Leave
The Mayor Should Support Paid Sick Leave
Some Business Leaders Still Fighting Basic Worker Protection Like Paid Sick Leave
Half of Recovery Jobs Offer Low Wages. So Raise Them!
'It hurts the young. It helps too little. It boosts unemployment.' There are plenty of myths about the minimum wage. The reality is, more and more workers are working at a pay rate that puts them in poverty.
Expand NY Works, Dump Stop-and-Frisk
NYC Needs Paid Sick Days, Not Lame Excuses
Thousands of New Yorkers face an impossible choice when they get sick: Go to work and get yourself and others sicker, or stay home and risk losing pay or your post.
Latino Youth and the Specter of Joblessness
College to Nowhere
Homelessness in America – A Racial Issue
Press Release: Half of Working New Yorkers Report That Their Employers Do Not Provide Paid Sick Leave
All Latino Workers Should Have Paid Sick Leave
Press Release: Statement on Governor Cuomo’s New York Youth Works Program
Paid Sick Leave: The Time Has Come
New U.S. Reality: A Permanent Class of Underemployed?
Optimistic statistics on job growth haven't erased growing worries that a large segment of the American population is going to be cut off from steady employment.