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Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
Sixty IBEW Local 3 members at WESCO Liberty Electrical & Elevator Supply in Woodside, Queens and WESCO in Hauppauge, Long Island went out on strike Monday after WESCO failed to offer a fair contract to members. The multinational company boasts of record-setting business over the last several quarters, with a record $21.4 billion in sales in 2022, an 18% year-over-year increase from 2021, and...
Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
Fifteen years after ProPublica published its first investigation, employees of the award-winning, nonprofit investigative newsroom announced this week they are forming a union, the ProPublica Guild.
Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
Early Thursday morning, dozens of LaGuardia Airport ramp and cabin workers walked off the job in a dramatic escalation of a years-long struggle for fair wages and safe working conditions. The workers, who are represented by 32BJ SEIU, held a 24-hour strike because they are fed up with their employer, aviation service provider Swissport USA, which has committed repeated acts of retaliation,...
Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
Apple is once again in trouble for its union-busting practices, with a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge ruling that Apple interfered with employees' efforts to organize with the Communications Workers of America at its World Trade Center store here in New York City. Managers were found to have taken away pro-union flyers in the break room and attempted to dissuade employees from...
Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
The NYC Central Labor Council in partnership with unions across New York City will work together to assist eligible permanent residents in navigating the process to becoming new U.S. citizens. Naturalization allows people to vote, apply for federal jobs, receive full legal protections, earn higher wages, and make investments that help make the economy stronger for all of us.
Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
The New York Labor History Association's Bernhardt Prize awards $1000 to an article that exemplifies great writing for a general audience and furthers the understanding of the history of working people. The prize and the forum honor the vision of the late Debra E. Bernhardt, who worked in so many different realms to share the hidden histories of working people.
Jun 16, 2023 | News Story
After a two-year fight for a first contract and a 13-day ULP strike – the longest digital media strike in history – members of Insider Union this week announced that they have reached a tentative agreement with management, including settlement of a ULP related to management’s unilateral changing of workers’ health care coverage. The approximately 250 members of Insider Union are represented by...
Jun 16, 2023 | News Story
Starting July 12, New York City’s app-based delivery workers must be paid at least $17.96 an hour, not including tips — the first such minimum pay-rate in the country for an industry that exploded in popularity during the pandemic.
Jun 16, 2023 | News Story
In a victory for live music, AFM Local 802 is thrilled to announce that David Byrne's upcoming show at the Broadway Theatre “Here Lies Love” will use live musicians. For months, producers had threatened to not hire a live orchestra, which would have made “Here Lies Love” the first Broadway League-produced musical to rely almost entirely on a pre-recorded soundtrack. This would have been...
Jun 16, 2023 | News Story
Averting what would have been the second physician’s strike in New York City, and the 8th healthcare worker strike in the country this year, Morningside and West resident physicians announced on Monday that they have reached a tentative agreement with their employer Mount Sinai after 6 m