Civil and Workplace Rights
Working for the freedom from employment discrimination and the right of working families to fair pay, job safety, secure retirements and affordable health care have been goals fundamental to the union movement, which has long partnered with the civil rights and women’s movements and, more recently, with the LGBTQ community.
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Join fellow activists for an international dialogue with visiting leaders of the Mexican labor movement.
Friday, May 9 – Monday, May 19
The Workers Unite Film Festival is a celebration of Labor through film.
Please click here for more information and to view the full schedule of screenings.
Yesterday, thousands of union members and community groups converged on City Hall Park to speak out for fair wages and contracts, safe jobs and comprehensive immigration reform.
"May Day is about all workers,” said Vincent Alvarez, president of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
Every April 28, the Labor Movement reflects on men and women who lose their lives while on the job. Join labor leaders and fellow activists to commemorate their sacrifice and march to honor their memory.
Tell Children’s Place to pay the full $8 million it owes to Bangladesh factory collapse victims!
Cesar Chavez Day
March 31, 2014
Cesar Chavez fought for equal working conditions for farmworkers in California.
Chavez instituted:
Better Pay
Collective Bargaining
Group Highlighted Recent Tragedies in Harlem, Bangladesh and Vietnam as Need
for Continuation of Fight for Workers’ Rights
Join the United Farm Workers, the NYC CLC, and our allies for a movie screening on the life and work of Cesar Chavez.