News Stories
Mar 11, 2022 | News Story
Actors’ Equity Association has released the union’s third diversity and inclusion hiring bias report, tracking the demographics of how its members are hired for acting and stage management work, and how much they were paid in the year 2020.
Mar 11, 2022 | News Story
"As president of the union that represents gaming and hospitality workers, I can say based on firsthand knowledge that our hotel and tourism industries have been hit harder and struggled longer than almost any other sector due to COVID," writes NY Hotel & Gaming Trades Council President Richard Maroko in a NY Daily News OpEd this week.
Mar 11, 2022 | News Story
Representatives of the Carbon Free and Healthy Schools campaign testified at the Feb. 23 Civil Service and Labor Committee hearing on how to strengthen workers rights in New York City, discussing working conditions in schools and the urgent need to invest in retrofits to make NYC Schools Carbon-Free and Healthy by 2030.
Mar 11, 2022 | News Story
Over the past two years, postdoctoral and associate researchers, faculty, and other officers have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic, with significant impacts on their personal and professional lives. From the beginning of this global public health crisis, they have contributed to maintaining research, instruction, and administrative work across schools on all campuses, whether in-...
Mar 7, 2022 | News Story
Over the weekend, the The WGAE/GMG Union—made up of roughly 100 reporters, editors, artists, podcasters, social media specialists, and videographers - reached an agreement with G/O Media management.
The tentative agreement now goes to the guild’s Council for approval, and to the bargaining unit for ratification.
Mar 4, 2022 | News Story
On Wednesday, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), announced that by an overwhelming majority vote of 86 percent, workers at the REI Co-Op in Manhattan have voted to join the RWDSU, making REI SoHo the first unionized REI store in the nation. Despite enduring a union busting campaign that included captive audience meetings, a halt on promotional opportunities, and even a 25-...
Mar 4, 2022 | News Story
The Gizmodo Media Group (GMG) Union, representing newsroom workers at Jezebel, The Root, Lifehacker, Kotaku, Jalopnik and Gizmodo organized with the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), took collective action this week by going on strike after the union’s second contract expired at 11:59PM on Monday.
Mar 4, 2022 | News Story
The National Labor Relations Board yesterday announced that, in a 404-88 blowout vote, New York Times tech workers have won their election for a union, after a year-long campaign that was met with aggressive union-busting tactics from management. 85% of the unit voted in the election.
Mar 4, 2022 | News Story
People in Ukraine are in grave danger of physical harm, families have fled their homes seeking refuge in neighboring countries, and others are sheltering from bombs falling in major cities. The International Trade Union Confederation’s Ukrainian member organizations FPU and KVPU are providing support to families who desperately need assistance with:
Mar 4, 2022 | News Story
The Broadcast Workers (members of IATSE Local 794 here in New York) who bring local FOX news coverage to the New York and Washington DC metro areas continue to fight to end their decade-long wage freeze and negotiate a fair agreement.
So far, the give and take required for productive negotiations has been disproportionate, and management has refused to move off their demands to create a more...