TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENS METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AGAIN. – MDASR LLP, New York.

By |2025-10-01T20:38:49+00:00August 26th, 2025|WC Resource, MDASR Update, Media, Work Injury, Union News, Labor History|

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENS METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AGAIN. - MDASR LLP August 2025 Marc Molinaro, Administrator for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under President Donald Trump– warned the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) that they risk losing upwards of 25% of their Federal Transit Funding. This directive was issued on August 19th 2025 following the administration’s [...]

2025 Annual Widow’s & Children’s Golf Outing

By |2025-07-21T17:59:33+00:00July 21st, 2025|Union News, MDASR Update|

2025 ANNUAL WIDOWS & CHILDREN'S GOLF OUTING   JULY 14TH 2025 McIntyre, Donohue, Accardi, Salmonson & Riordan, LLP. proudly maintains a longstanding and trusted partnership with NASSAU COBA—an organization deeply rooted in safeguarding the well-being of Nassau County’s Correction Officers. Their unwavering commitment to defending the rights of public [...]

Amazon and Labor

By |2019-02-11T15:03:04+00:00February 11th, 2019|Media, Technology, Union News, Labor History|

In late Fall of 2018, after a nationwide bidding war with other large metropolitan cities, Ecommerce and tech giant Amazon decided to build its second North American headquarters in Long Island City, Queens. In return for almost $3 billion in subsidies from the City, Amazon has promised a variety of things to give back to [...]

UFT v. Janus

By |2024-09-06T18:40:52+00:00September 12th, 2018|Media, Union News|

UFT v. Janus After the Janus decision came down in June of 2018, it seemed as if all of New York's unions and labor advocates had mobilized. Governor Cuomo had submitted legislature to protect the power of unions into the 18/19 fiscal budget, which was put in place shortly before [...]

The App-Based Battleground

By |2018-09-24T22:47:53+00:00June 25th, 2018|Workers Compensation, Media, Technology, Union News|

California and Seattle are the latest battlegrounds for lawsuits involving ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft. As the gig economy expands, the definitions of job and employee are growing with it. However, the business model of the gig economy can be particularly daunting for their independent contractors-those of who are usually not subject to certain benefits, [...]

Industries with growing union membership

By |2018-05-09T19:47:39+00:00May 8th, 2018|Union News, Media|

Labor unions have a long history in public works and trades. Typically unions are made up of police officers, fire fighters, sanitation, electricians, construction workers, the health industry, and the like. However, recently there are a variety of industries with employees voting to unionize. Their reasons for voting to unionize are all unique to the [...]

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