News Stories
Jun 30, 2023 | News Story
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), announced last night that, by an overwhelming vote of 88% in favor of the union, workers at the Barnes & Noble Park Slope, Brooklyn store have voted to join the RWDSU.
Jun 30, 2023 | News Story
Nearly $80 million in federal funds earmarked for the Staten Island Ferry that was at risk of being rescinded has been maintained in the recent debt ceiling deal. On Wednesday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer visited the St. George Ferry Terminal to announce that he successfully negotiated the restoration of $843 million in unobligated federal relief funds for transit agencies across...
Jun 30, 2023 | News Story
Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina:
Jun 30, 2023 | News Story
On Wednesday, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters walked away from the national bargaining table and officially demanded UPS exchange its last, best, and final offer no later than today, June 30.
Jun 30, 2023 | News Story
With preliminary results in from Tuesday’s NYC primary elections, the NYC CLC thanks all of our affiliates, political directors, and activists for participating in our 2023 NYC Labor Votes! primary election political program.
Jun 30, 2023 | News Story
Watch/listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with Cathy Nolan, former New York State Assemblywoman for District 37, and Jessica García, Assistant to the President of the Retail, Wholesale Department Store Union (RWDSU), as they discuss agricultural workers rights, the barriers and triumphs organizing under the 2019 New York Farm Workers Bill, the fight to get it passed...
Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
Primary Election Day in New York City is this Tuesday, June 27, and early voting is underway until June 25! Click here to find out where and how to vote.
Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
Sixty IBEW Local 3 members at WESCO Liberty Electrical & Elevator Supply in Woodside, Queens and WESCO in Hauppauge, Long Island went out on strike Monday after WESCO failed to offer a fair contract to members. The multinational company boasts of record-setting business over the last several quarters, with a record $21.4 billion in sales in 2022, an 18% year-over-year increase from 2021, and...
Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
Fifteen years after ProPublica published its first investigation, employees of the award-winning, nonprofit investigative newsroom announced this week they are forming a union, the ProPublica Guild.
Jun 23, 2023 | News Story
Early Thursday morning, dozens of LaGuardia Airport ramp and cabin workers walked off the job in a dramatic escalation of a years-long struggle for fair wages and safe working conditions. The workers, who are represented by 32BJ SEIU, held a 24-hour strike because they are fed up with their employer, aviation service provider Swissport USA, which has committed repeated acts of retaliation,...