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Jul 1, 2022 | News Story
Management has slow-walked WIRED Union's bargaining for over a year, refuses to discuss rights participation, and refuses to allow members of the Reviews team in the bargaining unit, in spite of their vital work for the outlet. Last Friday, the union told WIRED that over 97% of members are prepared to walk out on Prime Day if a deal is not reached. These workers deserve equitable pay, the...
Jul 1, 2022 | News Story
For decades, Brooklyn Law School has contracted with responsible unionized night cleaning companies at its main building at 250 Joralemon Street in Downtown Brooklyn. This legacy is now in jeopardy. Brooklyn Law School is planning to cancel its contract with Triangle – a responsible cleaning company that respects workers’ rights to organize and provides family-sustaining wages and benefits – and...
Jul 1, 2022 | News Story
A commemoration was held on Saturday for the 40th anniversary of the Chinatown Garment Workers Rally at Columbus Park, celebrating the power and victory of 20,000 organized Chinese immigrant women who walked out of factories in 1982 to demand better wages, health benefits and improved working conditions. Festivities included music, dance, children’s activities and veterans speaking about the...
Jul 1, 2022 | News Story
Last week the NYC CLC was honored to host a visit with trade unionist Anne Krueger of the BPO Industry Employee Network (BIEN), which works for the rights and welfare of business process outsourcing industry employees in the Philippines, as well as representatives of the New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP).
Jul 1, 2022 | News Story
CJNY staff are present in our communities calling for good union jobs in the clean energy economy. During the NYC Council hearing on Local Law 97, Tory Kaso highlighted that “the only way to guarantee the creation of union career pathways in building retrofits is by funding a robust pipeline of union work under a PLA…” that is the central tenet of our #CarbonFreeHealthySchools campaign.
Jul 1, 2022 | News Story
On Saturday, June 18, the New York City chapter of the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (EWMC) participated in the annual Day of Service by volunteering at the Flushing Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps located in the East Flushing neighborhood of Queens.Volunteers from Local Union No. 3, IBEW installed new LED fixtures donated by the New York
City chapter of the National Electrical...
Jun 24, 2022 | News Story
The New York June Primary is this Tuesday, June 28, with Early Voting available until June 26th. The June primary will include elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Assembly, Judges, and party positions. This year, a second primary will take place on August 23, with Early Voting from August 13th to August 21st, which will include elections for the U.S House of Representatives and...
Jun 24, 2022 | News Story
Postdoctoral Researchers at the Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine have this week voted 317 to 37 (89.5%) to choose Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-United Auto Workers (SPOC-UAW) as their union and bargaining representative, according to ballots tallied by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The new unit, which is only the second postdoc union ever established at a private...
Jun 24, 2022 | News Story
Partners at the Williamsburg Reserve at 154 North 7th Street in Brooklyn this week voted 10-0 to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. The store becomes the second unionized Starbucks in Brooklyn, and the fifth in New York City, joining the New York Reserve Roastery in Chelsea as well as Astor Place, Bath Beach, and Astoria Boulevard locations. As of Thursday, 300 Starbucks locations in 35...
Jun 24, 2022 | News Story
Last Friday, workers at non-profit NYC cinema Film Forum voted unanimously in favor of unionization with UAW Local 2110. Founded in 1970 in Greenwich Village, Film Forum offers a robust repertory program as well as hosting premieres of indies, international movies, and arthouse fare. A strong supermajority of workers including full- and part-time theater, facilities, administrative, programming,...