News Stories
Jan 26, 2018 | News Story
Members of the MET Orchestra were joined by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at the New York Public Library’s Harry Belafonte Branch at 203 West 115th Street in Harlem to perform a FREE “Musical Read-Aloud” for children and families.
Borough President Brewer read “Buzzard and Wren Have a Race,” from the book A Ring of Tricksters by Virginia Hamilton and the book Icarus Swinebuckle by...
Jan 19, 2018 | News Story
Thursday morning, Labor leaders from New York City stood with community leaders, members of the City Council, and the broader Labor Movement around the country to kick off the I AM 2018 campaign. The campaign honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorates the lives and work of the sanitation workers who went on strike in Memphis in 1968.
Jan 19, 2018 | News Story
Workers at Hunt’s Point Market have ratified a new three-year agreement that includes substantial pay raises and funding for the workers’ health and pension plans. The agreement was reached after workers had voted to authorize a strike if the Tuesday deadline was not met.
“This strong contract is a testament to the solidarity of these union members,” said Dan Kane Jr., President of Teamsters...
Jan 12, 2018 | News Story
This week, the Writers Guild of America, East announced digital media company Vox Media had voluntarily recognized the Vox Union as the representative for collective bargaining for around 400 creative professionals.
Jan 12, 2018 | News Story
About once a month, Local 802 AFM presents free Jazz Mentors panels, usually at the union, on various topics of interests to the jazz community. Each panel features experts in the industry sharing knowledge and advice with jazz musicians and students. On Thursday, Local 802 brought a panel about the artist-manager relationship to Jazz Congress, an annual gathering of the jazz community put on by...
Jan 12, 2018 | News Story
Dr. James Melius, an expert on workplace medicine and fierce advocate for worker health, has died at age 69. Dr. Melius worked for the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health as well as the New York State Laborers’ in his long career as an advocate.
Dr. Melius testified before Congress in support of workers suffering from the effects of 9/11 related illness and was a strong...
Jan 12, 2018 | News Story
Secretary/Treasurer of Actors’ Equity Association Sandra Karas writes in today's New York Daily News about how the new tax laws hurt middle class Americans, and especially those in theater.
Jan 12, 2018 | News Story
Are you a veteran or do you have a veteran in your household? If you answered ‘yes’ to either of those questions the Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO, would like to get to know you better.
The Union Veterans Council is the voice of the working-class veteran. The issues facing veterans and civilian working-class members aren't independent of each other — a lack of good jobs, underemployment,...
Jan 3, 2018 | News Story
Dec 29, 2017 | News Story
As 2017 comes to a close, it is important to look back on all that labor has accomplished this year. We defeated the Constitutional Convention, we stood together to rally for better workplace standards and protections for construction workers, we rallied to support striking IBEW Local 3 cable workers, we stood with our immigrant and undocumented sisters and brothers for the right to live and work...