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The Elevator Strikes were a series of labor strikes that took place from the 1920s to the 1960s across the United States, but most notably in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago . Before the automation of elevators, elevator operators had to “open and close the manual doors, control the direction and speed of the car, take requests from ...
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. [1] The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and girls and 23 men [2] – who died ...
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection ( DEP) is the department of the government of New York City [2] that manages the city's water supply and works to reduce air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. Under a 1.3 billion dollar budget, it provides more than 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m 3) of water each day to more ...
Citicorp (1812–1985) Citibank, (formerly City Bank of New York) was chartered by the State of New York on June 16, 1812, with $2 million (~$43.4 million in 2023) of capital. [12] [13] Serving a group of New York merchants, the bank opened for business on September 14 of that year, [citation needed] and Samuel Osgood was elected as the first ...
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP [3] is a white-shoe law firm headquartered in New York City. The firm specializes in litigation and corporate practices, particularly mergers and acquisitions and private equity, with over 1,000 attorneys in 11 offices worldwide. [4]
Federal Employees Retirement System. The Federal Employees' Retirement System ( FERS) is the retirement system for employees within the United States civil service. FERS [1] became effective January 1, 1987, to replace the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and to conform federal retirement plans in line with those in the private sector. [2]
Wage transparency, salary compensation, and compensation transparency generally, involves disclosure of employee compensation amounts, either among other employees in an organization, to owners, to government regulators, or to the public. Some jurisdictions have pay transparency laws intended to prevent discrimination based on demographics like ...
Jane Street Capital. Jane Street Capital is a global proprietary trading firm. [4] It employs more than 2600 [5] people in five offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, and Singapore, and trades a broad range of asset classes on more than 200 venues in 45 countries. [6]