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Jun 21, 2024 | News Story
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!
Jun 21, 2024 | News Story
Members of the Oxford University Press USA Guild (a unit of the News Guild-CWA Local 31222) staged a one-day strike Tuesday after filing several Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges following nearly three years of contract negotiations with Oxford University Press. The Guild represents approximately 150 employees of OUP USA, who voted to form a union in September 2021.
Jun 21, 2024 | News Story
Actors’ Equity Association has followed through on its notice that it will cease issuing contracts for work on the Development Agreement, effective immediately.
Jun 21, 2024 | News Story
This week workers at three NYC Starbucks locations at 444 Broadway, Water St., and Fulton St. won landslide elections to join Starbucks Workers United-SEIU. The workers join the growing national movement of more than 11,000 union baristas across more than 450 union stores nationally organizing to better their working conditions, including living wages, fair scheduling and policies that respond to...
Jun 21, 2024 | News Story
On the night before the Juneteenth holiday, Local 3 IBEW hosted a Juneteenth forum and celebration attended by hundreds of Local 3 members, retirees, families, and guest speakers at the Electrical Industry Center in Electchester, Queens.
Jun 21, 2024 | News Story
Summer is officially here! As the heat wave hits NYC, it's important to remain informed and aware of the dangers of heat illness. OSHA's Heat Safety App allows workers and supervisors to calculate the heat index for their worksite, and, based on the heat index, displays a risk level to outdoor workers.
Jun 21, 2024 | News Story
The Writers Guild of America East members at Pineapple Street Studios have spent over a year working hard to negotiate the terms of their first union contract. So far, the Union and management at Audacy – Pineapple's parent company – have come to tentative agreements on important issues such as severance and diversity & equity.
Jun 14, 2024 | News Story
Staff at the American Folk Art Museum have voted unanimously to unionize with UAW Local 2110. The wall-to-wall unit includes curators, retail staff, educators, IT, communication staff, and others. The Museum is the latest in a growing movement of museum workers to organize. Staff members cited lack of transparency and a desire for fair wages, benefits, recognition, and sustainable working...
Jun 14, 2024 | News Story
Public Theater crewmembers have voted to join The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), becoming the fifth off-Broadway group to unionize since IATSE launched its organizing efforts earlier this year. The successful recognition vote follows organizing victories at the off-Broadway musicals “Titanique” and “Little Shop of Horrors”, as well as the Vineyard and Atlantic...
Jun 14, 2024 | News Story
An overwhelming majority of staff at the Vera Institute of Justice have announced their intent to form a union with UAW Local 2325.