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Dec 20, 2024 | News Story
The Teamsters yesterday launched the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history, following Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters.
Dec 20, 2024 | News Story
REI SoHo ski shop workers unionized with the RWDSU walked off the job on a ULP strike on Wed, Dec 4, and remain on the picket line. Ski shop workers are required to melt plastic and wax to repair skis, up to 8-15 pairs a day at the peak of ski season. This work has typically been done with the use of respirators in past years. Yet, on October 4, REI imposed a new “voluntary respirator policy”...
Dec 20, 2024 | News Story
The Professional Staff Congress has reached a tentative contract agreement with the City University of New York that will provide 13.4 percent in compounded raises and increase the minimum pay for adjuncts by 29 percent over the course of the pact.
The tentative deal, covering about 30,000 faculty, adjuncts and other staff in the public university system, was announced Monday and spans from March...
Dec 20, 2024 | News Story
Writers Guild of America (WGA) members at PBS overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with management at PBS member stations THIRTEEN (New York City) WGBH (Boston), and PBS SoCal.
Dec 20, 2024 | News Story
Governor Hochul can make New York a leader in protecting the public and its workers by signing the LOADinG Act (S. 7543-B Gonzalez/A. 9430-B Otis).
Dec 13, 2024 | News Story
REI SoHo ski shop workers unionized with the RWDSU walked off the job on a ULP strike on Wed, Dec 4, and remain on the picket line. Ski shop workers are required to melt plastic and wax to repair skis, up to 8-15 pairs a day at the peak of ski season. This work has typically been done with the use of respirators in past years. Yet, on October 4, REI imposed a new “voluntary respirator policy”...
Dec 13, 2024 | News Story
Workers at New York's famous Strand Book Store represented by United Auto Workers Local 2179 have reached a tentative contract agreement with their employer, putting an end to a strike that stretched through the weekend and much of Monday.
Dec 13, 2024 | News Story
The New York Times Guild, a unit of The NewsGuild of New York, announced on Tuesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with The New York Times Company on a new collective bargaining contract after more than two years of negotiations. The tentative agreement, which must be ratified by members to go into effect, is a five-year deal that will be effective until March 2026.
Dec 13, 2024 | News Story
A supermajority of employees from the International Rescue Committee office of New York have announced their intent to form a union with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 153. The IRC NY office is the eighth IRC regional office to announce the formation of their union with OPEIU, and IRC NYC workers have called on IRC leadership to avoid a wasteful and...
Dec 13, 2024 | News Story
Climate Jobs New York celebrated this week as new legislation took effect that will create an ambitious and impactful program to install solar power on public buildings. The program will bring cleaner air, emissions reductions, and high-quality jobs to the city.