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Mar 8, 2024 | News Story
On Thursday, REI workers from across the country who have unionized with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) hiked to REI’s national headquarters in Issaquah, Washington, where they delivered their unified national platform to the company and called on management to bargain in good faith at tables outside...
Mar 8, 2024 | News Story
Writers Guild of America East members at New York-based Spotify Studios (formerly Gimlet Media and Parcast) and The Ringer have both reached tentative agreements with Spotify on new collective bargaining agreements.
Mar 1, 2024 | News Story
Workers United and Starbucks this week announced this week that they have agreed to begin discussions on a foundational framework to achieve collective bargaining agreements for represented stores and partners, the resolution of litigation between the union and the company, including brand litigation, and a fair process for workers to organize.
Mar 1, 2024 | News Story
The unionized employees of Mobilization for Justice, Inc. (MFJ) last Friday voted to reject MFJ management's contract offer and declared an indefinite strike. The 110 unionized employees of the nonprofit legal services organization began picketing on Monday on the streets outside MFJ's Manhattan Office at 100 William Street. These union members are part of the Legal Services Staff Association (...
Mar 1, 2024 | News Story
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on the Basic Theatrical Motion Picture and Basic Television Motion Picture contracts. The agreement, unanimously recommended by the bargaining committee, represents a significant victory for musicians working in film and...
Mar 1, 2024 | News Story
Full time, non-tenure track faculty at New York University have voted by an overwhelming margin (553 to 72, or 89.5%) in favor of joining Contract Faculty United - UAW (CFU-UAW). CFU-UAW Contract faculty at NYU will now be the largest union of full-time, non-tenure track professors at any private university in the country, representing nearly 1,000 Contract Faculty across NYU.  
Mar 1, 2024 | News Story
A crowd of more than 1,200 doctors, nurses, hospital workers, and community members joined union members and elected officials to shut down a section of Clarkson Avenue across from SUNY Downstate University Hospital on Thursday to loudly express their support for keeping Downstate open and condemn the Governor’s plan to close it.
Mar 1, 2024 | News Story
Staffing shortages in the public sector are at crisis levels. From public education to health care, and transportation to emergency services, employers at every level of government have sounded the alarm that they cannot recruit enough staff or encourage qualified individuals to stay in service.
Feb 23, 2024 | News Story
Starbucks workers in Park Slope, Westbury and Garden City filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. They were joined by baristas at 21 Starbucks stores in 14 states during a flurry of February Filings. The NYC Metro area has the highest density of filings on the largest single-day filing since the campaign began in 2021.
Feb 23, 2024 | News Story
Barnes & Noble workers at the West 82nd Street Store in New York City this week filed for their union election with the NLRB seeking representation with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Their filing follows five overwhelming union votes nationwide by workers at Barnes & Noble Inc. and one at Barnes & Noble Education so far. When successful, workers at this...