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Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
The FY 2023 New York State budget included up to $3000 bonuses for frontline healthcare workers to acknowledge their efforts and the need to incentivize healthcare workers to enter and stay in healthcare. However, resident physicians were not included despite being on the Covid frontlines since the beginning and very much in need of support and relief.
Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
You won’t have much luck trying to pay for groceries by telling the cashier you’re an “essential worker,” AFSCME District Council 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido told several hundred city workers at a rally in Foley Square yesterday. The union’s 100,000 members, who encompass clerks, hospital workers, librarians, probation officers, sewage-treatment workers, and 911 operators among others —...
Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
Vox Media’s 360-member bargaining unit yesterday near unanimously ratified its second collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE). The 11th-hour agreement came after six months of bargaining that saw 95% of the unit sign a strike pledge, and the WGAE Council unanimously authorize a strike if a deal was not reached before the unit’s first contract expired on June...
Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
Musicians of the New York Philharmonic, who are members of AFM Local 802, celebrated the recent news that their salaries and seniority and overscale payments will be restored to their pre-pandemic levels. When the pandemic shuttered venues in 2020, NY Philharmonic musicians and management agreed to significant reductions in pay in order to allow the organization to withstand an unprecedented 18-...
Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
City kids often don’t have the same opportunities to learn about and interact with animals that suburban kids enjoy. And a surprising number of NYC kids have never been to Central Park, the landscape masterpiece in Manhattan that draws millions of visitors from around the world every year.
Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
Last week, Climate Jobs NY hosted our fourth "What's Brewin' Offshore?" education session at WestHampton Beach Brewing Co. We were joined by over 50 East Enders and for some it was their first time hearing about offshore wind. During this series, CJNY partners with environmental, industry, and community based organizations to educate community members on the proposed offshore wind farms, their...
Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
The U.S. Department of Labor is gathering stories from workers for a new worker organizing resource website about how successful union organizing campaigns made their jobs better.
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Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
Workers represented by labor unions earn 10.2% higher wages than their non-union peers, have better benefits and collectively raise wages industry-wide, according to a report released by House and Senate committees last Friday.
Jun 16, 2022 | Press Release
FIFA’s choice of New York City to host games follows local officials’ meaningful commitments to leading labor and community groups
Jun 10, 2022 | News Story
The musicians of Distinguished Concerts International New York are fighting for a fair contract with the help of AFM Local 802. The orchestra performed a live musical rally on Monday night, with the sounds of a brass band echoing over the sidewalks of Carnegie Hall. Looming in the background was the NYC labor movement's trademark icon: an inflatable rat that wore a sign “Shame on DCINY.” For its...