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Sep 9, 2022 | News Story
Workers aboard the Staten Island Ferry are sounding alarms about a staffing crisis they say has made it difficult to keep the iconic passenger boats running on time. The manpower shortage is so severe, the NBC NY I-Team reports, that ferry workers are sometimes asked to spend the night in terminal parking lots or makeshift sleeping quarters because commuting home between shifts would not allow...
Sep 9, 2022 | News Story
The Major League Baseball Players Association announced Wednesday that it is formally affiliating with the AFL-CIO with a goal of supporting the efforts and strengthening the voice of the national labor movement.
“The MLBPA has a proud, 56-year history of success rooted in unity and a highly engaged membership,” Executive Director Tony Clark said. “We look forward to bringing that history and...
Sep 9, 2022 | News Story
Workers at a John Catsimatidis-owned oil company who were fired after they went on strike last year must be offered their jobs back, according to a settlement between the firm and the National Labor Relations Board.
Sep 9, 2022 | News Story
Out of the ashes of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire rose the modern labor movement. Now, more than a century later, working people from around the nation are joining together to build the National Memorial to the workers who died in the Triangle Fire and to honor the legacy of reform their deaths inspired.
To mark the 140th Anniversary of the first New York City Labor Day Parade, step...
Sep 2, 2022 | News Story
This year, the New York City Labor Movement will come together on Fifth Avenue for the first time since 2019, bringing back our annual Labor Day Parade with a spectacular show of solidarity and pride. And we'll do so on the 140th Anniversary of the first Labor Day Parade to ever take place in the United States, when more than 10,000 workers marched from New York City Hall to Union Square in 1882...
Sep 2, 2022 | News Story
60 million non-union workers in the U.S. say they would join a union if given the chance, but many don’t know where to begin. The Worker Organizing Resource and Knowledge (WORK) Center, launched this week by the U.S. Department of Labor, is a one-stop shop for information and resources on unions and collective bargaining for workers, employers, unions, government agencies, students and anyone...
Sep 2, 2022 | News Story
A union campaign dating back two years and involving workers at several New York-based architecture firms has notched its first victory. Employees of a 22-member firm, Bernheimer Architecture, announced Thursday that they had formed what appears to be the country’s only formal union at a private-sector architecture firm.
The architects will join the International Association of Machinists and...
Sep 2, 2022 | News Story
The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) hosted a nationwide informational picket yesterday, to send a strong message to airline management across the country that it’s time to address their operational problems and prioritize passengers, pilots and other frontline workers who made extraordinary sacrifices during the pandemic.
Sep 2, 2022 | News Story
NYU adjuncts, members of ACT-UAW Local 7902, are bargaining a new contract this year, with their current contract expiring at midnight on September 30th, 2022. Members are fighting hard for a significant pay raise, stronger reappointment rights, pay for training and other duties, better benefits, health insurance, and protection against course cancellation- the fair contract that they deserve.
Aug 26, 2022 | News Story
This week, the New York City labor movement once again showed that by working together, we can support pro-labor candidates at both the state and congressional levels. Our volunteers engaged thousands of union households through our member-to-member outreach in support of endorsed candidates. With our affiliates, we turned out our members to elect and re-elect strong labor champions who will...