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Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
"Unlike most workers in the Empire State—and the rest of the country—New York’s farmworkers are currently denied overtime pay by New York law until they’ve worked 60 hours a week," writes Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) President Stuart Appelbaum in an OpEd published this week in the Amsterdam News. "This is a relic of Jim Crow-era labor laws that have historically treated...
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
The Professional Staff Congress, which represents 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the CUNY Research Foundation, has launched a digital ad campaign calling on New Yorkers to contact their elected officials to support and fund the New Deal for CUNY. The ads, which are set to run on multiple social and online media platforms in targeted legislative districts,...
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
This week, the Independent Drivers Guild (a Machinists Union affiliate that represents over 80,000 For-Hire Vehicle drivers in New York City) and The Black Car Fund joined forces to distribute COVID-19 home test kits to drivers at LaGuardia and JFK Airports. "We're proud to keep drivers safe as they support their communities through the pandemic," the IDG said on Twitter. Follow the Independent...
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
AFM Local 802 musicians is continuing their series of livestreamed performances for NYC hospital workers and their patients. This is a union gig powered by Local 802, the NYC Mayor's Office for Media and Entertainment, and NYC Health + Hospitals. One of the recent performers, flutist and Local 802 member Lisa Hansen (pictured here), said, "I offer my musical performance as humble thanks to the...
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
Last week, quality assurance testers at Activision Blizzard division Raven Software formed the first union at a major U.S. gaming company, comprising their 34-member unit.
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
ICYMI: On January 12, 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 Feb.
Jan 21, 2022 | News Story
Click here to order Free At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits. Thank you to our postal workers who are fulfilling, packaging, and shipping these tests across the country!
Jan 21, 2022 | News Story
After more than 2.5 years of bargaining, New York Magazine Union has reached a deal with NY Mag and Vox management, with a groundbreaking contract that raises the bar for all news workers. Some of the union's biggest wins include a salary floor of $60,000 and immediate salary increases for more than half the shop, including raises of more than $20,000 for their most historically underpaid members...
Jan 21, 2022 | News Story
AFM Local 802 President Tino Gagliardi was quoted by Broadway World,
Jan 21, 2022 | News Story
Actors' Equity Association urged Congress to consider arts and entertainment unions at a House Small Business Committee hearing on Wednesday.
Speaking on behalf of Equity, Sandra Karas, the union's Secretary/Treasurer, spoke of the urgency to pass the Performing Artists Tax Parity Act, a bipartisan bill that updates a portion of the tax code that allows arts workers to deduct career expenses from...