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Apr 2, 2021 | News Story
Local 802 was featured in a major Rolling Stone story this week about how the American Rescue Plan saved the musicians' pension. Local 802 president Adam Krauthamer told Rolling Stone that the American Rescue Plan "rescued our entire plan overnight. Some people were facing cuts of upwards of 30 to 45 percent of their hard-earned retirement benefits.
Apr 2, 2021 | News Story
Local Union No. 3, IBEW Business Manager Erikson addressed an open letter to Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama. It was sent recently to RWDSU leadership and President Stuart
Appelbaum and was relayed to the workers voting to organize the first union shop in company history. Their ballots are currently being counted by the NLRB (click here for an explainer of the process from Kim Kelly for More...
Mar 26, 2021 | News Story
Yesterday, working people across our city, state and nation remembered and honored the victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, a catastrophic event in which 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, were killed as a direct result of abhorrent working conditions and woefully insufficient workplace safety standards. The loss of life was both tragic and avoidable, and sent shockwaves...
Mar 26, 2021 | News Story
The Department of Energy estimates that East Coast offshore has the potential to provide about 35 percent of power needs for the entire country by 2050, but that will require supportive policies and a politics to match, writes Brittany Gibson in The American Prospect.
Mar 26, 2021 | News Story
As the Columbia Graduate Workers (GWC-UAW) come to the end of their second week on strike, you can help support them by adding your name to this petition demanding that the University does the right thing by stopping the intimidation tactics, meaningfully engaging in negotiations, and reaching a fair agreement with the student workers union.
Mar 26, 2021 | News Story
Workers at Chhaya CDC, a Community Development Corporation that builds the power, housing stability and economic well-being of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities in NYC, this week announced that they intend to unionize with the Transport Workers Union. In a statement shared on Twitter, the new Chhaya Union said "Chhaya staff is happy that our unionizing efforts are being viewed in a...
Mar 26, 2021 | News Story
Climate Jobs New York Update: Urging the PSC to Move Forward with Grid Upgrades by Qualified Workers
Building New York’s clean-energy economy will require efficient and effective energy transmission infrastructure. We will need to make significant updates to the grid, creating thousands of jobs and paving the way for tomorrow's economy.
Mar 19, 2021 | Press Release
“The New York City Labor Movement is horrified and outraged by this week’s fatal attack on mostly female workers of Asian Pacific descent in Georgia. No one should have to fear for their lives at their jobs. We send our deepest condolences to the victims’ families and loved ones.
Mar 19, 2021 | News Story
With masks on and drums beating, student-workers formed a picket line on Monday at 116th Street and Broadway and along College Walk to mark the first day of their strike. The in-person demonstration was only a fraction of the strike, as the over 3,000 members of Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers—some of whom are dispersed because of the pandemic—also sent communication blasts and...
Mar 19, 2021 | News Story
On Tuesday, the editorial employees comprising the Fortune Union walked off the job for one day to hold an informal press conference and rally to expose management's bad-faith in negotiations with the NewsGuild of New York, the worker’s bargaining representative, and to demand a fair, equitable contract. As a result of management’s egregious behavior, the Fortune Union has filed six Labor Board...