Labor Lines

After many years of hard work, one hopes to be able to retire comfortably. Unfortunately, the financial crisis and attacks on pensions has caused many to consider stalling their planned retirement to eke out a couple more years of work. Alex Gleason, Policy Analyst for the New York City Central Labor Council, explains the ramifications of this looming crisis and the Labor Movement’s strategies to avert it. Then, Charles Lenchner Executive Director of Organize 2.0 and Liz Mckenna, Assistant to the President of DC 9, describe how Labor is using digital organizing to revamp organizing campaigns. Retirement Challenges for NY For the last 50 years union workers battled to guarantee their right to a retirement. These days they have to battle to maintain those hard won gains. Alex Gleason is a Policy Analyst at the New York City Central Labor Council. He describes “Retire NYC,” a conference arranged by the New York City Central Labor Council to address the retirement challenges. Gleason argues the