By Bob Hennelly

On this episode of the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, we hear how through months of collective action ten thousand members of 32 BJ SEIU working at the region’s airports run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will see a significant pay boost of $2.25  over the next 13 months—and $25 by 2032.

By Bob Hennelly

On this episode of “We Decide: America at the Crossroads 2024  from WBAI and the Pacifica Radio Network hosted by Jenna Flanagan—we’re going down to North Carolina to see just what activists working with the Rev. Dr. William Barber and the Moral Monday movement are doing to bring more transparency to what they contend is an ongoing anti-democratic power grab by the state GOP.

By Bob Hennelly

While union density in the U.S. continues to be about half of what it was in the 1980s there are significant signs of a major rebound.

By Bob Hennelly

In this edition of WBAI’s What's Going On, co-host retired FDNY EMT Marianne Pizzitola, president of the New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees and WBAI’s interim program director Keziah Glow speak with Dr. Steve Auerbach, a retired captain in the U.S. Public Health Service.

By Bob Hennelly

It’s 48 days until former President Trump drops the former and just becomes President Trump again on Inauguration Day, which next year, ironically coincides with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King holiday.

By Bob Hennelly

President-Elect Trump’s Secretary of Labor selection of Rep. Lori Chavez-De Remer, one of only three Republicans to support the PRO-Act, which would greatly strengthen the hand of new unions’ bargaining their first contract, was called “significant” by United Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten. 

By Bob Hennelly

The Republican Party sweep of the White House and Congress has prompted fierce debate within the Democratic Party as to what went wrong who's responsible for the loss. Here in New York State, Democrats did manage to flip three House seats. But 2024 saw Trump pick 95,000 votes in New York City while Democrats loss a half-million votes,  according to the New York Times. 

By Bob Hennelly

On this episode of We Decide: America at the Crossroads with Jenna Flanagan, we speak with Marianne Pizzitola, retired FDNY/EMT and president of the New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees and Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works who discuss the growing national anxiety about the privatization of Medicare through profit-driven Medicare Advantage plans. 

By Bob Hennelly

The funeral for Dariel Vasquez, an 18 year-old volunteer firefighter and New York State Parks employee who was killed fighting a forest fire in Sterling Forest earlier this month, was held today in Haverstraw, New York.

By Bob Hennelly

Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old New York State Parks employee and volunteer firefighter was recently killed battling a forest fire at Sterling Forest in Greenwood Lake, New York.

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 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 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 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 Bob Hennelly

As of this broadcast, there’s just 21 days left until the November 5, General Election. Early voting has already started in Virginia, Minnesota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Illinois. California, Indiana, New Mexico, Wyoming and Ohio all came online last week. This week, early voting gets underway in Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Washington State. 

By Bob Hennelly

This episode of the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour comes to you on Indigenous Peoples’ Day—previously known as Columbus Day—a federal holiday named for the Italian explorer who falsely claimed to have discovered America when it was already inhabited by indigenous people  he violently attacked and enslaved.

By Bob Hennelly

On this episode of the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, we visit with New York City Central Labor Council President Vinnie Alvarez about the significance of last week’s big win for the International Longshoremen’s Association [ILA]. The union’s 3-day strike earned workers a 62 percent wage hike. 

By Bob Hennelly

Over the weekend, indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams continued to express his intention to remain in office as he fights multiple corruption charges that could get him 45 years in prison. In this episode of the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, we speak with New York City Comptroller Brad Lander about his take on this unprecedented crisis in city governance. 

By Bob Hennelly

On this episode of the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, we talk to DC 37 Local 3621 FDNY EMS President Vinnie Variale about a really alarming increase in EMS response times for medical emergencies that are now averaging over ten minutes. Only one in five heart attack victims is actually surviving—the worst survival rate in more than ten years. 

By Bob Hennelly

While labor is our focus on the Stuck Nation Labor Radio Hour, we do have to keep an eye on City Hall in NYC which is in the midst of labor negotiations with both the Doctors Council SEIU and the FDNY EMS unions.