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A minor league baseball player winds up a pitch on a field in front of a beige building and a sign that reads "Yellow House: John Deere."

Baseball Has Spent Years Fighting Minor League Pay Raises, and Now It’s Facing a Union Drive

Minor league baseball may soon be unionizing. The MLB Players Association is sending out union authorization cards to the minor league, where concerns about inadequate pay and benefits have grown in recent years.
By Courtney Vinopal
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Executive Order Leaves Stringer and de Blasio Divided, Again

Who's in charge of investigating complaints related to yesterday's expansion of the city's living wage law? It depends who you ask.
By Jillian Jorgensen
Comptroller Scott Stringer. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Stringer Slams de Blasio For ‘Middle of the Night’ Living Wage Order

"In the middle of the night, you issue an executive order, you don’t tell anybody about it. And then you think thats OK?" Comptroller Scott Stringer asked today.
By Jillian Jorgensen
Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Photo: NYC Mayor's Office)

Bill de Blasio Says He’ll Fulfill Horse Carriage and Living Wage Promises

By Jillian Jorgensen
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Moves to Expand Living Wage With Executive Order

By Jill Colvin
The stage set for Mayor Bill de Blasio's first State of the City speech.

De Blasio to Announce Push for City Control of Minimum Wage

By Jill Colvin
Tish James speaking at the rally.

Living Wage Advocates Celebrate Mayoral Override Vote (and Supreme Court Decision!!)

By Colin Campbell

Christine Quinn Storms Out of Living Wage Rally [Video]

By Colin Campbell
Mayor Bloomberg speaking at the Barclays Center construction site.

Mayor Bloomberg Plans To Have a ‘Good Time’ At Christine Quinn’s Wedding Despite Their Prevailing Wage Disagreement

By Hunter Walker
The eastern section (at right) would be exempted from the living wage bill. (Related)

Speaker Quinn Gives Steve Ross a Hug? Hudson Yards Bounced from Living Wage Bill to Help Build Commercial Towers

By Matt Chaban

The Next Big Progressive Fight

By Colin Campbell

Roundup: Campaign Filings; Replacing Carl Kruger

By Colin Campbell

Council Comes To Accord On Living Wage Bill

By David Freedlander
Mayor Bloomberg (Photo: Getty)

Bloomberg Proposes Boost In Minimum Wage

By David Freedlander

Ed Koch Comes Out (Mostly) Against The Living Wage Bill

By David Freedlander

Diaz Defends de Blasio Over Living Wage Letter

By David Freedlander

Morning Read: NYPD vs. Reporters; Schneiderman vs. Cuomo; Living Wage Showdown Looms

By David Freedlander

Advocates, Economists Push Back On Living Wage Study

By David Freedlander

Advocates: Bloomberg to Blame for Poverty Spike

By David Freedlander

Appelbaum to Bloomberg: ‘What Kind of City Do We Want to Have?’

By David Freedlander

Living Wage Fight Comes to City Hall

By David Freedlander

Living Wage Leads to ‘Such a Small Amount of Job Loss’: Supporter

By Azi Paybarah
photo credit: Citizens Union of the City of New York

City Hall Trying to ‘Sabotage’ Council Hearing With Early Report

By Azi Paybarah

Morning Read: Boehner and Corwin

By Azi Paybarah
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