Political & Legislative Action
NYC Labor Votes
Building on the Labor Counts! Census 2020 campaign from 2018-2020, Labor Votes! will focus on educating, engaging and facilitating union members’ and their households’ ability to cast their ballot during the 2020 and 2021 elections. Labor Votes! is the member-to-member political program of the NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
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On Tuesday, one day after the contract between The Bronx Defenders (BxD) and its wall-to-wall union, The Bronx Defenders Union–UAW Local 2325 (BxD Union), expired, BxD Union’s Bargaining Committee voted to authorize an unlimited Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike beginning the week of July 22.
Seventy-five CUNY Professional Staff Congress members and CUNY students rallied Friday morning outside the Wall Street investment bank where CUNY Board of Trustees Chair Bill Thompson serves as chief administrative officer.
The Biden Administration and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this week announced that they are proposing a rule to protect workers that, if finalized, would establish the nation’s first-ever federal safety standard addressing excessive heat in the wo
On Wednesday, NYC CLC staff joined NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, the Mayor's Public Engagement Unit, the City Commission on Human Rights, RWDSU, LiUNA Local 1010, Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 7, the Worker's Justice Project, Los Deliveristas Unidos, La Colmena,
On Wednesday, June 12th labor leaders, union members, and elected officials joined together to view the "COAL + ICE" exhibit at the Asia Society and Museum.
Early voting in the 2024 Primary Elections is currently underway through Sunday, June 23rd. Election Day is Tuesday, June 25th. Find your polling locations, hours, and endorsed candidates at LaborVotes.NYC!
On Wednesday, NYC CLC Chief of Staff Brendan Griffith testified before the New York City Council Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection on the importance of the FARE Act (Intro 360) to NYC's working families.
Early voting in the 2024 Primary Elections will take place from Saturday, June 15 through Sunday, June 23rd. Election Day is Tuesday, June 25th.
On Wednesday, May 30, the Climate Jobs New York Education Fund joined The New York League of Conservation Voters, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, and Community Offshore Wind to host a “What’s Brewin’ Offshore” event in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), in partnership with the U.S.