Labor Lines

This week we focus on Staten Island. Although the conventional wisdom is that Staten Island goes against the grain of New York City politics, it has been a stronghold of suburban organizing in New York City. Robert Holst, is a member of IBEW local 3 and one of the founders of the Middle Class Action Project, he’s a knowledgeable spokesperson about labor issues and has been a guest on our program many times. Now, he is asking for support to convince the Staten Island Democratic leader to select him to run in the special election to fill the Congressional seat vacated by Michael Grimm. Next, Steve Lawton, President of Staten island based CWA Local 1102, and two shop stewards join us discuss  the challenges CWA local 1102 faces in contract negotiations with EZ- Pass. You can subscribe to Labor-Lines Newsletter here, listen on I-Tunes / Stitcher or follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@LaborLines) Labor-Lines can be heard Saturday at 1:00 pm in NYC on AM-970 “The Answer” — 6:30 pm in Na