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Jan 27, 2023 | News Story
Post-production workers in the Film Unit of Saturday Night Live have signaled their readiness to strike over frustration with the slow pace of first contract negotiations. The overwhelming majority of the performers, artists, and craftspeople who make SNL have long enjoyed union representation, but a team of about twenty freelance editorial employees who assemble the show’s pre-recorded segments...
Jan 27, 2023 | News Story
The WGAE union contract at HuffPost expires at midnight on Tuesday, January 31. The union has been bargaining a new contract for months, and many important issues are still on the table: guaranteed wage increases, an industry-standard 401k match, health and safety provisions, and the ability to grieve out-of-title work.
HuffPost Union members are not prepared to accept a CBA that does not move...
Jan 27, 2023 | News Story
On Wednesday, contracted cleaners from Twitter’s NYC and San Francisco offices, 32BJ SEIU members, labor leaders, elected officials, and allies rallied outside Twitter HQ in Manhattan. Cleaners at Twitter’s 245-249 West 17th St. location have had their lives being upended after Twitter canceled its contract with their employer Flagship Services with no explanation on December 19th. The cleaners...
Jan 27, 2023 | News Story
HarperCollins Publishers has finally agreed to enter mediation with the union, Local 2110 UAW. The union has been on strike since November 10, 2022, and have not heard directly from the company since their last bargaining session on November 2. The update was provided to the federal mediator assigned to negotiations, who previously invited both parties to resume negotiations.
Jan 27, 2023 | News Story
Building off years of partnership with New York and national labor leaders to foster high-quality, climate-friendly employment that advances equity, the ILR School Climate Jobs Institute launched Wednesday in New York City with an event co-sponsored by Climate Jobs New York and the Climate Jobs National Resource Center.
Jan 27, 2023 | News Story
Since 1949, Electchester—a neighborhood and housing complex in northeast Queens—has been called home by IBEW Local 3, the Joint Industry Board, small businesses, and thousands of families. The first president of the NYC Central Labor Council and former Business Manager of Local 3, Harry Van Arsdale Jr., lived there and shortly after his passing in 1986, the main road of Jewel Avenue was...
Jan 26, 2023 | News Story
Post-production workers in the Film Unit of Saturday Night Live have signaled their readiness to strike over frustration with the slow pace of first contract negotiations. The overwhelming majority of the performers, artists, and craftspeople who make SNL have long enjoyed union representation, but a team of about twenty freelance editorial employees who assemble the show’s pre-recorded segments...
Jan 25, 2023 | News Story
Wednesday, January 25, 5PM to 8PM: Please join us for the launch of Cornell ILR’s new Climate Jobs Institute! New York and the nation’s transition to a climate-friendly, decarbonized economy is historic and monumental. To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we must accelerate our efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, inequality – of income, wealth, race...
Jan 20, 2023 | News Story
HarperCollins Union members and a large crowd of supporters including the NYC CLC, elected officials, and leaders and members from unions across the City gathered Wednesday for a rally marking the 50th day of their strike in front of their employer’s parent company, News Corp. HarperCollins management has refused to go back to the table or respond to the union about bargaining since before the...
Jan 20, 2023 | News Story
Fordham Faculty United/SEIU Local 200United members, who teach the majority of the courses offered at the Bronx-based college, have successfully reached a tentative agreement with school administrators after 10 months of negotiations. The school accepted the union's most recent proposal in full, and members will now vote on the agreement, details of which will be released in the coming days....