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Oct 15, 2021 | News Story
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees International President Matthew Loeb announced this week that unless an agreement is reached, union members will begin a nationwide strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on Monday, October 18 at 12:01 a.m., PDT.
Loeb said the union will continue bargaining with the producers this week in the hopes of...
Oct 15, 2021 | News Story
On Tuesday, October 12, Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer joined home care members and advocates in the Manhattan headquarters of 1199SEIU to urge Congress to pass President Biden’s Better Care Better Jobs Act. The act would provide $400 billion to expand homecare and community-based organizations, creating more jobs for homecare workers and allow more people to remain in their homes and...
Oct 15, 2021 | News Story
The 100th birthday party of Local 802 was a smash success, featuring top union bands and visits from Senator Chuck Schumer, CLC President Vinny Alvarez and many other allies. CLC President Alvarez said, "On behalf of the entire New York City labor movement, the New York City Central Labor Council congratulates Local 802 on 100 years of advocating for economic and social justice for our City’s...
Oct 15, 2021 | News Story
More than 10,000 UAW John Deere members struck at midnight on Thursday after the company failed to present an agreement that met members’ demands and needs, in what's currently the largest private sector strike in the U.S. in two years. The workers, who are spread out across 14 facilities primarily in Iowa and Illinois, rejected a management offer that would increase wages by only 12% over six...
Oct 12, 2021 | Press Release
City’s largest and broadest labor coalition completes 2021 endorsement process with endorsements for Adams, Williams, and Lander
NEW YORK — The New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO (NYC CLC), representing 300 unions and 1.3 million members, including more than one million registered voter households across New York City, concluded its 2021 endorsement process today with a final round of...
Oct 8, 2021 | News Story
The NYC CLC, representing 300 unions and 1.3 million members including more than one million registered voter households across New York City, this week announced a new round of endorsements for the 2021 New York City General Elections. The new endorsements include 3 Borough President candidates and 15 candidates for City Council.
Oct 8, 2021 | News Story
On September 27, the New York State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) certified Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW as the union to represent twelve agricultural workers employed at Pindar Vineyards in Peconic, New York. This is the first union certification in New York State after the 2019 passage of The Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act, which grants agricultural and farm workers the right to...
Oct 8, 2021 | News Story
At midnight on Oct. 5, 1,400 workers at four Kellogg's Co. plants in Battle Creek, Michigan; Omaha, Nebraska; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee went on strike against the company. Add your name to support members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) who are holding strong on the picket line.
Oct 5, 2021 | Press Release
NEW YORK — The New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO (NYC CLC), representing 300 unions and 1.3 million members, including more than one million registered voter households across New York City, today announced a new round of endorsements for the 2021 New York City General Election. Today’s new endorsements include 3 Borough President candidates and 15 candidates for City Council.
Oct 1, 2021 | News Story
The city’s largest transit workers union on Thursday unveiled a memorial to its 110 members who have been killed by COVID-19. The memorial hangs in the downtown Brooklyn headquarters of Transport Workers Union Local 100, which represents a majority of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 66,500 person workforce. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and New York State Attorney General...