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Starbucks Workers Hold One Day Walkout

Workers at more than 115 Starbucks locations across the country including two in Astoria and one in Williamsburg walked off the job Wednesday to pressure the company to negotiate contracts with the unionized stores.

Starbucks Workers Hold One Day Walkout

Two More Blank Street Coffee Units Vote to Join UFCW 1500

On March 6th, two more neighborhood umbrella groups of Blank Street Coffee voted overwhelmingly to join UFCW Local 1500, joining their 34 colleagues in West Brooklyn who voted to unionize in February.

Two More Blank Street Coffee Units Vote to Join UFCW 1500

SNL Post-Production Editors Reach Agreement with NBCU, Unanimously Ratify First Contract

After months-long stalls in negotiations —some regarding pressing matters like health benefits, working conditions, and pay—with NBCU and the threat of an April 1 strike for Saturday Night Live's editorial team, the Motion Picture Editors Guild/IATSE Local 700 announced last week that they had re

SNL Post-Production Editors Reach Agreement with NBCU, Unanimously Ratify First Contract

Hispanic Society Staff Vote to Strike

The staff of the Hispanic Society of America, located at 613 West 155th Street, have authorized a strike after more than a year of negotiations for a union contract.

Hispanic Society Staff Vote to Strike

Hundreds of Hearst Workers Walkout and Rally To Demand A Fair First Union Contract

Hundreds of Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) members at Hearst Magazines walked off the job yesterday to demand management agree to a fair first union contract at their last scheduled day of negotiations on March 28.

Hundreds of Hearst Workers Walkout and Rally To Demand A Fair First Union Contract

Virtual Event: Lifting Up Women on the Shop Floor

Picture a manufacturing worker. Are you imagining a woman wielding a torch or assembling an SUV? 

The manufacturing sector provides good jobs with family-supporting wages and benefits, which do not require four-year degrees. More women should hold these jobs.

Virtual Event: Lifting Up Women on the Shop Floor