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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.
Jun 14, 2024 | News Story
17 ushers at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust venue will join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 306 after voting to unionize in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election last week. The vote demonstrated strong support for the union, with over 90% of the ballots cast in favor of joining IATSE.
Jun 14, 2024 | News Story
Members of Social Policy Workers United (SPWU), the staff union at MDRC, held a three-day Unfair Labor Practice Strike on Thursday, Friday, and Monday to protest withheld wage increases that target members of the union. MDRC is a social policy research organization focused on programs and policies affecting people with low incomes.
Jun 14, 2024 | News Story
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. Today, most tenants who want to move into a new apartment are forced to pay broker fees even when they did not retain the services of that broker. The resulting upfront costs of moving...
Jun 14, 2024 | News Story
Early voting in the 2024 Primary Elections will take place from Saturday, June 15 through Sunday, June 23rd. Election Day is Tuesday, June 25th.
Jun 7, 2024 | News Story
In a milestone for organized labor, the Amazon Labor Union has formally begun the process of affiliation with the 1.3 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters. When ratified, the affiliation will supply renewed representation and stronger resources for Amazon workers—behind the wheel and inside warehouses—as they organize and demand a contract from the global behemoth.
Jun 7, 2024 | News Story
Management at Lemonada Media, the award-winning podcast network, has voluntarily recognized the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) as the collective bargaining representatives of the staff’s producers and engineers. A card-check conducted by an independent third-party confirmed that a majority of the bargaining unit signed cards in favor of the union. The union and Lemonada aim to begin...