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Apr 21, 2023 | News Story
Stressing the service and sacrifices made by transit workers throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, TWU Local 100 President Richard Davis kicked off contract negotiations with the MTA this week with a presentation of general demands culled from membership surveys and meetings.
Apr 21, 2023 | News Story
Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, applauded the reintroduction of the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA). This bill would correct an unintended consequence of the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act which led to tax increases for many performing artists who could no longer deduct the...
Apr 21, 2023 | News Story
The CLC this week hosted a digital skill-building training for CLC-affiliated union members, staff and community partners. This training covered content planning and social media best practices, and was led by NYS AFL-CIO’s Liz Sutton O’Neill. This was the first in a planned series so please keep an eye out for info about upcoming trainings that your organizations might find helpful!
Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
On Monday, Attorney General Letitia James and more than ten labor unions joined forces to rally for a $21.25 minimum wage in the final state budget. As New Yorkers face the gravest cost of living crisis in 40 years, the NYC Central Labor Council, DC37, 32BJ, 1199, NYSNA, CWA, Laborers Local 79, Steamfitters Local 638, NYS Ironworkers, IUPAT DC 9, and Teamsters Local 804 are urging Albany...
Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
Actors' Equity Association and The Broadway League Reach Tentative Agreement on New Touring Contract
Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers working in live theatre, and The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry, announced yesterday that they have reached a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement for a new contract governing touring productions. The agreement remains subject to...
Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
Tens of thousands of people who work for New York City will soon get their first raise since the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the city’s largest municipal employee union – AFSCME District Council 37 – earlier this month voted 97.7% in favor of the citywide economic contract. In addition to the much-needed raise, the agreement increases the minimum rate for city jobs to $18 per hour, preserves...
Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
The New York City Council this week resoundingly passed a resolution demanding Wendy’s join the Fair Food Program, a groundbreaking initiative that guarantees the rights of farmworkers on farms under its protection. The FFP has won high praise for its unique effectiveness, including a Presidential Medal for its “extraordinary efforts” in fighting forced labor, and is widely recognized as the “...
Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
More than 40 progressive organizations, including the AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, Women’s March, and GreenPeace, have voiced their support for unionizing Starbucks workers in a letter to the company’s new CEO, Laxman Narasimhan. That letter, published Tuesday, urges Narasimhan to “create and build a healthy working relationship with unionized partners” rather than “continuing on the current path...
Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
April 4 was the 55th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was assassinated while in Memphis to support sanitation workers who were represented by the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1733 during their important “I AM A MAN” strike.
Apr 7, 2023 | News Story
In the latest addition to the wave of organizing sweeping NYC and universities across the US, a majority of 300 student workers at Mount Sinai’s Icahn Graduate School of Medicine have signed up to form their union, Sinai Student Workers-UAW. They join tens of thousands of academic workers who have organized with the UAW in recent years, including 550 postdoctoral researchers (“postdocs”) who are...