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Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
Staff at Harper Collins Publishers including workers in editorial, sales, publicity, design, legal and marketing held a one day strike on Wednesday to back up their demand for a fair contract. The union has been at the bargaining table since December 2021, but the company will not agree to a fair offer. Workers are members of UAW 2110, and have been organized for 80 years.
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
The Atlantic’s business and technology teams announced the formation of a union Thursday, the latest sign of growing support for unions among both tech and administrative workers in the media industry.
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
NYU Adjunct faculty members rallied for wage justice in Union Square Wednesday as their bargaining team gave NYU the union's initial wage demands proposal. ACT-UAW members have been bargaining a new labor contract for three months and ther current contract is about to expire on the first day of the fall semester. Meanwhile, inflation is at least 8% and wages will not increase to meet the higher...
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
This week, CJNY and Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relation's Labor Leading on Climate Initiative facilitated another climate change and offshore wind education seminar. We had over 200 apprentices from IBEW Local 3 turn out to learn about the impacts of climate change, NY's clean energy goals, and the role offshore wind plays in their future. It was an interactive and inspiring session...
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
Teamsters Local 237 President Greg Floyd penned an OpEd in Amsterdam News this week on the increasingly partisan nature of the current Supreme Court.
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
A safe workplace includes not only protocols related to day-to-day occurrences, but ensuring there are plans in place in case of emergencies. To that end, Actors’ Equity Association wants employers to have an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) and regularly educate workers on the safety protocols in place in case of events like active shooters or shelter in place procedures.
Jul 22, 2022 | News Story
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Union Plus launched the contest to give back to hardworking union families in honor of Labor Day. They will be awarding $110,000 total in cash...
Jul 15, 2022 | News Story
The WIRED union, a unit of The NewsGuild of New York, which represents more than 55 workers at the technology magazine, reached an agreement on a first contract with management late Monday night. The culmination of nearly 14 months of bargaining, the agreement allows the company to avoid a planned strike on Amazon Prime Days, July 12th and 13th, two of the most lucrative traffic days of the year...
Jul 15, 2022 | News Story
Last week, one of the Starbucks Workers United leaders who had recently led the successful unionization of his store in Astoria, Queens was unjustly fired by the company. This is the first firing of a union leader in downstate NY. Austin Locke, a Starbucks employee for almost six years, was fired July 5, just days after the store voted in favor of unionizing.
Jul 15, 2022 | News Story
On Wednesday, less than an hour after Guttmacher Employees United won their union with OPEIU Local 153 by an overwhelming margin of 61-2, the Guttmacher Institute fired Sam Heyne, a leading organizing committee member at the NYC-based nonprofit research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and globally.