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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.
Dec 23, 2021 | News Story
Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) who work at Kellogg’s ready to eat cereal plants in Battle Creek, Mich., Lancaster, Pa., Omaha, Neb. and Memphis, Tenn. have voted to accept the recommended collective bargaining agreement. Approval of the contract ends the BCTGM’s strike against Kellogg’s, which began on October 5. (Photo via @...
Dec 23, 2021 | News Story
On Tuesday, employees at the well-regarded firm SHoP Architects announced that they are seeking to unionize with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. If successful, they will be the the first union at a prominent private-sector architecture firm in the country.
Dec 23, 2021 | News Story
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Locals 1056, 1179 and 726 prevailed in arbitration with the MTA in a decision released this week. Local 1056 President/ Business Agent, Mark Henry, Local 1179 President/ Business Agent Jose Dejesus, and Local 726 President/ Business Agent Daniel Cassella applauded their members who strongly supported efforts to achieve a just and fair contract during a process that...
Dec 23, 2021 | News Story
NYC CLC President Vincent Alvarez and New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) Executive Director Charlene Obernauer penned a NY Daily News Letter to the Editor thanking NY City Council Speaker Corey Johnson for his commitment to honoring workers who lose their lives on the job:
Dec 23, 2021 | News Story
Columbia student workers are still on strike in what is currently the largest such action in the country. Three thousand workers, including undergraduate and graduate teaching and research assistants at Columbia University, are now in the eighth week of their strike.
Dec 23, 2021 | News Story
Happy Holidays from CJNY! Click here for CJNY's 2021 Year in Review, with information about our important progress toward a nation-leading clean-energy economy powered by good, family-sustaining union jobs.