News Stories
Jul 29, 2022 | News Story
The U.S. Department of Labor has posted a Frequently Asked Questions document to provide workers experiencing a worksite labor dispute with guidance on how to seek the department’s support for their requests to the Department of Homeland Security for immigration-related prosecutorial discretion.
Jul 29, 2022 | News Story
Check your registration - make sure you and your eligible family members are registered to vote! https://nycvotes.org
Jul 29, 2022 | News Story
Union members worked together across the labor movement to win many important victories for working people last year. We secured historic funding and investment in our nation’s infrastructure, saved our pensions, helped striking workers secure better contracts and unleashed a wave of union organizing. We kept our country moving forward through a global pandemic.
But there’s still so much we can...
Jul 28, 2022 | News Story
The New York City Labor Day Parade on September 10, 2022 will celebrate 140 years since the first Labor Day Parade in Union Square.
Thousands of marchers will carry posters and wear buttons -- it could be your design!
Submit your entry to the 2022 Labor Day Parade poster contest by August 20, 2022.
Visualize your thoughts, ideas and concerns on this years theme: Workers Leading, Workers Rising
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
Workers in production departments for TV commercials across the United States are going public with their union with the backing of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Stand With Production movement. The unionizing workers include Production Assistants (PA’s), Line Producers, Production Supervisors, Assistant Production Supervisors, and others whose work...
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
Staff at Harper Collins Publishers including workers in editorial, sales, publicity, design, legal and marketing held a one day strike on Wednesday to back up their demand for a fair contract. The union has been at the bargaining table since December 2021, but the company will not agree to a fair offer. Workers are members of UAW 2110, and have been organized for 80 years.
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
The Atlantic’s business and technology teams announced the formation of a union Thursday, the latest sign of growing support for unions among both tech and administrative workers in the media industry.
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
NYU Adjunct faculty members rallied for wage justice in Union Square Wednesday as their bargaining team gave NYU the union's initial wage demands proposal. ACT-UAW members have been bargaining a new labor contract for three months and ther current contract is about to expire on the first day of the fall semester. Meanwhile, inflation is at least 8% and wages will not increase to meet the higher...
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
This week, CJNY and Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relation's Labor Leading on Climate Initiative facilitated another climate change and offshore wind education seminar. We had over 200 apprentices from IBEW Local 3 turn out to learn about the impacts of climate change, NY's clean energy goals, and the role offshore wind plays in their future. It was an interactive and inspiring session...
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
Teamsters Local 237 President Greg Floyd penned an OpEd in Amsterdam News this week on the increasingly partisan nature of the current Supreme Court.