Home Depot raises starting wage to $15 an hour
The home-improvement store said it is investing $1 billion in pay raises for its employees.
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The home-improvement store said it is investing $1 billion in pay raises for its employees.
The union represents about 90,000 workers, a quarter of the city's unionized workforce.
"I strongly feel this is in retaliation to the committee announcement, and it's shameful," said one fired employee.
Amazon workers in upstate New York overwhelmingly rejected a union bid on Tuesday, handing a second defeat to the labor group that's been attempting to drag the company to the negotiating table since its historic win earlier this year.
Dee's Cookies just celebrated its Grand Opening after the owners said the idea "blew up" on social media, CBS2's John Elliott reports.
Police found the 52-year-old unconscious with injuries showing he fell from a building in Manhattan.
A hazmat situation at a thrift store in New Jersey on Wednesday resulted in more than a dozen people seeking medical attention. CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis reports.
Several people were being examined after in apparent hazardous materials situation at a store in Union.
