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Jan 13, 2023 | News Story
As a worker organizing wave continues to sweep the country, Fordham University instructors are joining the ranks of educators and students challenging the status quo in higher education. Recently, an overwhelming majority of the school’s non-tenure track faculty voted in favor of striking (90% of those who voted), if necessary, starting January 30.
Jan 13, 2023 | News Story
On Monday, twelve janitors at Twitter’s 245-249 West 17th St. location went public about their lives being upended after Twitter canceled its contract with their employer Flagship Services with no explanation. These essential workers, already struggling to keep up with a rising cost of living in NYC, are out of work.
Jan 13, 2023 | News Story
The MTA unfairly wants to reduce subway service on Mondays and Fridays because its wealthier suburban commuters are not coming into their Manhattan offices on those days. This will create longer waits and more crowding for millions of regular New Yorkers.
Jan 13, 2023 | News Story
"We’ve had, I think, a really strong financial performance for 2022. Revenue was significantly higher for 2022 than it was last year. We will be more profitable this year." These are the words of Bustle Digital Group’s CEO, Bryan Goldberg, in an internal podcast released on October 17.
Jan 13, 2023 | News Story
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York this week announced that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has designated NYC CLC President Vincent Alvarez as chair of the New York Fed’s Board of Directors for 2023. He joined the New York Fed’s Board as a Class C director in January 2019 and has served as deputy chair since January 2022.
Jan 12, 2023 | News Story
NYSNA: After 3 days on strike for safe staffing, nurses at both hospitals to return to work on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.
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Jan 10, 2023 | News Story
PLEASE NOTE THAT AS NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING, PICKET LOCATIONS & TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
We will send out updated information as we have it.
Below, please see the updated details for the NYSNA picket lines this week. Due to contract settlements, some locations have been removed.
Jan 6, 2023 | News Story
This week, NYSNA announced that nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Maimonides Medical Center and Richmond University Medical Center have reached tentative agreements that include improvements in safe staffing and wages. Now nurses will vote on whether to ratify their new contracts. Meanwhile, negotiations and plans to go on strike beginning on January 9th continue for 10,000 nurses at 5...
Jan 6, 2023 | News Story
Workers at HarperCollins Publishers entered 2023 still on strike, more than 40 days after about 250 employees at the publishing giant walked out when contract negotiations broke down in November. UAW Local 2110, which represents the workers, believes that HC intends to hire temporary workers, such as editors, designers, marketers and sales reps to temporarily replace striking employees. But...
Jan 6, 2023 | News Story
The MTA unfairly wants to reduce subway service on Mondays and Fridays because its wealthier suburban commuters are not coming into their Manhattan offices on those days. This will create longer waits and more crowding for millions of regular New Yorkers.