Actors’ Equity Association Supports Bill to Limit Pedicabs Near Broadway, Off-Broadway Theatres

Actors' Equity Association has offered testimony in favor of New York City Council INT 0064-2026, legislation that would prohibit pedicabs from parking or doing pickings or dropoffs within 50 feet of any entrance or exit of all theaters in the Theatre District.

Actors’ Equity Association Supports Bill to Limit Pedicabs Near Broadway, Off-Broadway Theatres

Union Strong Podcast: Unemployment Overhaul

The New York State Department of Labor is about to launch a major upgrade to unemployment services that will affect everyone currently collecting unemployment and new filers. It’s the largest unemployment insurance system overhaul in US history, and it’s happening in just a few days.

Union Strong Podcast: Unemployment Overhaul

Statement from RWDSU on the Kelly Clarkson Incident at Art of Play in Brooklyn

Over the weekend, talk show host and singer Kelly Clarkson posted online recounting an interaction at Art of Play, a boutique in Brooklyn, alleging a clerk gave her “the Pretty Woman treatment” over an alleged $15,000 non-salable display item.

Statement from RWDSU on the Kelly Clarkson Incident at Art of Play in Brooklyn

New York City Labor Unions Come Together to Launch Election Protection Labor Coalition in “Our Voice. Our Vote. Our Democracy.”

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October 15, 2026 

New York City Labor Unions Come Together to Launch Election Protection Labor Coalition in “Our Voice. Our Vote. Our Democracy.”

Support Starbucks Workers United: Boycott Starbucks Until Workers Win a Fair Contract

Working people are getting squeezed by corporate greed, and Starbucks is a poster child. CEO Brian Niccol makes 1,700 times more than the average barista who is struggling to survive. The same CEO who claims a $9 coffee is affordable commutes to work in a private jet.

Support Starbucks Workers United: Boycott Starbucks Until Workers Win a Fair Contract