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Mar 19, 2021 | News Story
This week, Climate Jobs New York and allies issued the following statement on the PSC’s approval of the South Fork Wind Project’s cable landing: “As groups representing local civic, environmental advocacy, labor and the business community, we collectively believe that the advancement of offshore wind projects, such as South Fork Wind, are among the most powerful tools to help New York transition...
Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
This week, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion bill to help fight the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. New York Senator and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer led the effort in the Senate, and yesterday President Biden signed the law, which will provide critical assistance to the American people during this unprecedented crisis.
Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, legislation which will make it possible for tens of millions of workers to exercise our freedom to freely and fairly form a union and bargain together. The PRO Act is landmark worker empowerment, civil rights and economic stimulus legislation. It will make union elections fairer by prohibiting employers...
Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
After two years of bargaining, graduate workers at Columbia University (GWC-UAW 2110) are set to go on strike on Monday, March 15th at 10am if the University does not agree to a fair contract. Last spring, 96% of student workers voted 96% yes to authorize a strike.
Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
On Wednesday, the CLC hosted our 2021 Labor and Civil Rights event, an annual opportunity to recognize and celebrate the continuing unity and interdependence of the labor and civil rights movements. This year we had a unique opportunity to hear from both local and national leadership of the AFL-CIO’s constituency groups.
Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
With the NLRB ballot count completed, the Queens Defenders Union, UAW 2325 has been certified as the bargaining representative of the professional employees of Queens Defenders by a vote of 46-12.
Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
This week, ahead of the release of the Assembly and Senate one-house budget bills, the Professional Staff Congress, the union representing 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff, launched an ad campaign calling on state legislators to increase funding for CUNY and pass New Deal for CUNY legislation.
Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
During 2018 and 2019, New York City School Safety Agents confiscated 2,701 weapons that were being brought into schools. Yet, the New York City Council is currently gambling with the safety of our children by proposing a bill to not only transfer the 5,038 School Safety Agents—70% of whom are women of color—from the NYPD to the
Department of Education, but to eliminate them from schools entirely...
Mar 12, 2021 | News Story
Musicians marked a grim anniversary this week: it's been a year since the NYC music industry shut down, leaving most musicians without pay and benefits for the past 12 months, including the musicians of the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, NYC Ballet, all of Broadway.
Mar 10, 2021 | Press Release
– “Reading of the Names” by workers, actors, writers, artists from around the world –