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Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
Musicians deserve a fair contract! This week, the Observer published a powerful story about the DCINY Orchestra, where musicians have worked for ten years without a contract.
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
Rodolfo Mendez, Martir Zambrano and Jorge Ramirez penned an OpEd in the NY Daily News this week calling for New York to close a loophole in the NY Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act which allows farmworkers to only receive overtime after working 60 hours in a
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
We did it! The South Fork Offshore Wind Project has all state approvals to become New York's first offshore wind project.
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
Columbia student workers are still on strike in what is currently the largest such action in the country. Three thousand workers, including undergraduate and graduate teaching and research assistants at Columbia University, are now in the fifth week of their strike.
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
On Monday, the Director of Region 10 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) formally issued a Decision and Direction of a Second Election, granting workers at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama a new election based on the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s (RWDSU) objections to Amazon’s conduct during the union election conducted in the Spring of 2021.
Nov 30, 2021 | News Story
Workers in New York City and across the country are striking to better their working conditions, pay, and benefits in the face of stalled contract negotiations, staggering corporate profits and executive pay, and apathetic management.
Today, Giving Tuesday, please consider making a contribution to some of the hardship funds that go toward supporting working families whom have made the difficult...
Nov 24, 2021 | News Story
After two years of bargaining, The New York Times Company has continued to delay Wirecutter Union's negotiations through unfair labor practices and wage offers that significantly underpay staff. With management refusing to come to the table to reach a deal, 100% of the union, a unit of NewsGuild of New York, will be striking from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday.
Nov 24, 2021 | News Story
Workers at billionaire John Catsimatidis's United Metro Energy Corp have been on strike since April 19th. The immigrant workers provided gasoline, diesel, and heating oil to New York throughout the pandemic, while Catsimatidis — a major political donor — paid them wages as much as 50% lower than at other city oil companies. UMEC terminal workers, fleet mechanics, and service technicians voted to...
Nov 24, 2021 | News Story
We have always known that reducing class size is integral to student achievement, teacher retention and equitable schools, but it’s now also become an issue of public health. We must learn from the pandemic and take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other viruses in the future. It’s time to recognize that we need safe classroom occupancy limits.
Nov 24, 2021 | News Story
This week the New York City Council passed historic labor harmony legislation into law.