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Aug 9, 2024 | News Story
UAW Local 259 members and supporters gathered to rally in the Bronx Tuesday, standing with worker Alex Patterson, who was wrongfully terminated from his job at construction materials fabricator Baco Enterprises for organizing his coworkers to form a union.
Aug 9, 2024 | News Story
The AFL-CIO this week released their annual Executive Paywatch report, examining the current state of executive compensation in public companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges across industries and states.
This year’s Executive Paywatch puts CEO-to-worker pay ratios in historical perspective by comparing how long the median worker would need to work to the construction dates of various world...
Aug 9, 2024 | News Story
On Saturday, September 21st, the NYC Central Labor Council in partnership with unions across New York City will work to assist eligible permanent residents in navigating the process to becoming new U.S. citizens. The Labor Movement can help expand access to citizenship and shift the political landscape by partnering with community organizations that offer education and services to assist people...
Aug 2, 2024 | News Story
We are officially 94 days to Election Day on November 5th, 2024.
Aug 2, 2024 | News Story
On Saturday, September 21st, the NYC Central Labor Council in partnership with unions across New York City will work to assist eligible permanent residents in navigating the process to becoming new U.S. citizens. The Labor Movement can help expand access to citizenship and shift the political landscape by partnering with community organizations that offer education and services to assist people...
Aug 2, 2024 | News Story
The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge against Crooked Media in the midst of their first contract negotiations with the Crooked Media Workers Union. Crooked Media is the podcast production company founded in 2017 by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor. The politically progressive media network is behind the popular shows Pod Save America, Lovett...
Aug 2, 2024 | News Story
Since The Atlantic announced on May 29 that it had entered into a deal with OpenAI, The Atlantic’s unionized staff has demanded details about the deal and its impact on their work. Management has flatly rejected union members’ efforts to get clarity and details on the deal, even as multiple news stories have reported that ChatGPT is hallucinating Atlantic links, directing readers to incorrect,...
Aug 2, 2024 | News Story
Actors’ Equity Association and the Off-Broadway League have transitioned to their new four-year collective bargaining agreement. This new CBA includes to salary increases, changes to overtime calculation, increased compensation and requirements for understudies and stage managers, expanded time off and sick leave provisions, as well as expanded diversity, equity and inclusion protections and safe...
Jul 26, 2024 | News Story
Following a vote of its Executive Council, which represents 60 unions and 12.5 million workers, on Monday the AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President in the 2024 election.
Jul 26, 2024 | News Story
NYC School Architects, Engineers, and Technical Professionals rallied with community leaders in front of School Construction Authority (SCA) headquarters in Long Island City on Thursday in an attempt to bring SCA back to the bargaining table as wages and benefits for 300-plus workers hang in the balance.