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Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
During 2018 and 2019, New York City School Safety Agents confiscated 2,701 weapons that were being brought into schools. Yet, the New York City Council is currently gambling with the safety of our children by proposing a bill to not only transfer the 5,038 School Safety Agents—70% of whom are women of color—from the NYPD to the
Department of Education, but to eliminate them from schools entirely...
Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
Musicians marked a grim anniversary this week: it's been a year since the NYC music industry shut down, leaving most musicians without pay and benefits for the past 12 months, including the musicians of the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, NYC Ballet, all of Broadway.
Mar 10, 2021 | Press Release
– “Reading of the Names” by workers, actors, writers, artists from around the world –
Mar 5, 2021 | News Story
On Sunday, President Biden made perhaps the strongest public statement in support of the right of workers to organize that any American President has made in memory, denouncing employer intimidation and anti-union propaganda and affirming that unions level the playing field and lift up all workers, both union and non-union.
Mar 5, 2021 | News Story
Three weeks ago, CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodríguez decided to ignore the PSC-CUNY contract and refuse to pay equity increases to 2,500 workers in lower-paid full-time staff and faculty positions.
Mar 5, 2021 | News Story
Union booksellers held a rally outside the Strand’s flagship location in New York City on Monday afternoon, protesting the store’s labor practices after a year of worsening relations between employees and owner Nancy Bass Wyden.
Mar 5, 2021 | News Story
On Monday, workers at Make the Road New York (MRNY) announced that an overwhelming majority have organized to form a union with the National Organization of Legal Services Workers/UAW 2320 in order to continue to organize and provide essential services to immigrant and working class communities of color.
Mar 5, 2021 | News Story
School Safety Agents are the frontline in keeping NYC students and the school community safe. They routinely confiscate weapons and keep those who could harm students outside the school doors. They nurture and maintain the safe environment necessary for our kids to learn and thrive.
Mar 5, 2021 | News Story
Actors' Equity Association, representing actors and stage managers in live theatre, asked that New York State begin vaccinating arts workers following Governor Andrew Cuomo's announcement that venues, including theaters, would open up to 33% capacity for indoor performances in April.
