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Feb 14, 2019 | Press Release

Statement from Vincent Alvarez, President of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, on Amazon’s Decision to Cancel Plans for LIC HQ2

New York, NY - It’s unfortunate that Amazon has chosen to walk away from LIC HQ2, prematurely ending discussions that could have resulted in a...
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Jan 30, 2019 | Press Release

Statement of NYC CLC President Vincent Alvarez on Today's City Council Hearing Regarding Amazon HQ2

New York, NY - "At today’s City Council hearing, executives from Amazon reaffirmed what we’ve known for a long time: one of the world’s wealthiest...
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Jan 25, 2019 | News Story

Resources for Furloughed Workers

United Way, one of the AFL-CIO’s national partners, supports 2-1-1, a free nationwide information and referral line that helps people including...
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Jan 18, 2019 | News Story

Slate Ratifies First Union Contract

Slate’s 51-member editorial and podcast staff this week ratified its first collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America, East.
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Jan 18, 2019 | News Story

UFCW Local 1500 Members Welcome New Brothers and Sisters at King Kullen

UFCW Local 1500 members have produced a new video welcoming brothers and sisters from King Kullen stores (recently acquired by Stop & Shop) into...
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Jobs and Economy

Years after the official end of the recent recession, America is still in a jobs crisis. Although job growth is slowly picking up steam--with...

Health Care

Health care is a basic human right.  America’s labor movement has worked for more than a century for guaranteed high-quality health care for...

Retirement Security

Fewer employers today provide defined-benefit pensions for their workers—and among those that do, many are offering “defined-contribution” (like...

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#NYC1u Digital Media Training Series

Building Capacity Through Skills Training   The NYC CLC, along with our Labor and Community partners, offer trainings to members and staff on digital...

2018 NYC Labor Day Parade Important Documents

Attached below are some important documents pertaining to the 2018 NYC Labor Day Parade. Please fill out the Coordinators form, Registration/...

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The New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO is made up of 300 affiliated unions across various industries representing more than 1.3 million...

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