News Stories
Jan 14, 2022 | News Story
AFM Local 802 musicians are performing for hospital workers and their patients in a special series of livestream concerts every day from 12 to 1 called #MusicForTheSoul. These are union gigs co-produced by Local 802, the NYC Mayor's Office for Media and Entertainment, and NYC Health + Hospitals. Watch them daily at www.facebook.com/nychealthsystem.
Jan 14, 2022 | News Story
On Wednesday, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, joined by NY Governor Kathy Hochul, NJ Governor Phil Murphy, and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind energy auction on February 23 for more than 480,000 acres in the New York Bight.
Jan 10, 2022 | News Story
American democracy is under threat today. To save it, we need real democracy in the U.S. Senate.
That means passing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 and the Freedom to Vote Act.
It shouldn’t be this hard to pass laws that help people. It should take a simple 50-vote majority, but an outdated procedure in the U.S. Senate called the filibuster is stopping us.
Jan 7, 2022 | News Story
In Governor Hochul’s State of the State this week, she signaled important steps forward on climate action that creates good union jobs, including significant investment in the offshore wind supply chain, movement toward necessary transmission upgrades, and much-needed investments in schools.
Jan 7, 2022 | News Story
The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW Local 2325 held a virtual rally on Wednesday to demand the New York State Office of Court Administration and Governor Hochul reinstitute virtual arraignments until the rates of COVID-19 positivity have subsided to lower levels. As part of the event, advocates shared first-hand accounts of the constant exposure and proliferation of infections within...
Jan 7, 2022 | News Story
"One year ago today, we watched in horror as a violent mob, many carrying banners proclaiming white supremacy and anti-government slogans, attempted to block the peaceful transfer of power by storming the U.S. Capitol," said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on Thursday, the anniversary of the January 6th attack. "On that day, so many of us felt powerless watching the violence unfold. But we are not...
Jan 7, 2022 | News Story
Community Boards are the most grassroots level of New York City’s government and serve an advisory role providing recommendations to the City Council and the Office of the Borough President and working with City agencies to resolve local service issues. The NYC CLC's Community Board Initiative aims to educate union members on Community Boards and activate them to engage on an individual and...
Jan 7, 2022 | News Story
We have always known that reducing class size is integral to student achievement, teacher retention and equitable schools, but it’s now also become an issue of public health. We must learn from the pandemic and take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other viruses in the future. It’s time to recognize that we need safe classroom occupancy limits.
Jan 3, 2022 | News Story
The Build Back Better agenda means trillions of dollars of investment in our jobs, families and communities.
This agenda is made up of two critical pieces of legislation: the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the 2021 budget reconciliation bill, the Build Back Better Act.
Dec 31, 2021 | News Story
As we look back on the past year, we're reflecting on the continuing challenges that the New York City labor movement has faced, but also on the significant ground we’ve gained and the enormous potential ahead of us.