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Jan 10, 2023 | News Story
PLEASE NOTE THAT AS NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING, PICKET LOCATIONS & TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
We will send out updated information as we have it.
Below, please see the updated details for the NYSNA picket lines this week. Due to contract settlements, some locations have been removed.
Jan 9, 2023 | Press Release
“The entire New York City Labor Movement stands with our nurses, who are courageously taking action against dangerous understaffing that threatens the safety of their patients,” said New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO President Vincent Alvarez. “The decision to go on strike is never an easy one, particularly for workers who care so deeply about the patients and communities they serve....
Jan 6, 2023 | News Story
This week, NYSNA announced that nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Maimonides Medical Center and Richmond University Medical Center have reached tentative agreements that include improvements in safe staffing and wages. Now nurses will vote on whether to ratify their new contracts. Meanwhile, negotiations and plans to go on strike beginning on January 9th continue for 10,000 nurses at 5...
Jan 6, 2023 | News Story
Workers at HarperCollins Publishers entered 2023 still on strike, more than 40 days after about 250 employees at the publishing giant walked out when contract negotiations broke down in November. UAW Local 2110, which represents the workers, believes that HC intends to hire temporary workers, such as editors, designers, marketers and sales reps to temporarily replace striking employees. But...
Jan 6, 2023 | News Story
The MTA unfairly wants to reduce subway service on Mondays and Fridays because its wealthier suburban commuters are not coming into their Manhattan offices on those days. This will create longer waits and more crowding for millions of regular New Yorkers.
Jan 6, 2023 | News Story
Behind the scenes at the world-famous ball drop on New Year’s Eve in Times Square, members of IBEW Local 3’s Sign Division working for union signatory employer AMA Sign & Electric got the job done in time to ring in 2023. This year’s Waterford Crystal ball arrived at One Times Square on Tuesday, December 27. Local 3 electricians replaced crystal panels, installed the 11,000-pound ball, and...
Jan 6, 2023 | 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...
Dec 30, 2022 | News Story
NYSNA nurses have announced the outcome of strike authorization votes at NYC private sector hospitals with union contracts expiring Dec. 31. More than 16,000 out of 17,000 nurses at NYC private sector hospitals have now completed their strike authorization votes, with 98.8 percent citywide voting in support of authorizing a strike.
Dec 30, 2022 | News Story
After spending years in legislative limbo before being approved in both the NYS Senate and Assembly in June, a bill that would significantly increase fines issued to construction companies found criminally liable for worker injuries or fatalities has been signed by Governor Hochul.
Known as Carlos’ Law, for Carlos Moncayo, a construction worker killed on the job in 2015 whose employer was...
Dec 28, 2022 | News Story
In 2022, we’ve seen workers here and around the country rise up to take back their own power, demanding better pay, improved working conditions, and a voice in their workplace. In New York City in particular, we've experienced an enormous surge in activism and organizing that's now spread across the nation and across all industries in the workforce, leading to historic worker victories and an...