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Jan 22, 2021 | News Story
On Wednesday, New York City announced it had canceled over 23,000 COVID-19 vaccination appointments this week. The Actors' Equity Association, representing actors and stage managers in live theatre, called on President Biden and Governor Cuomo to redouble efforts on a plan that expands testing and distributes free vaccines for all, beginning with the most vulnerable.
Jan 22, 2021 | News Story
The Town Board's approval of the Host Community Agreement and easement for the Beach Lane route to site the offshore wind transmission cable is a crucial step forward in New York’s progress to harness 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind energy. Supervisor Van Scoyoc, the Town Board, Ørsted/Eversource, NYS agencies and other parties thoroughly vetted cable route options via environmental studies,...
Jan 22, 2021 | News Story
For the last 20 years, the New York State AFL-CIO has co-sponsored, with Cornell University, the Union Leadership Institute (ULI). Hundreds of prospective leaders from local unions throughout the state have gone through the program with many progressing to leadership positions within their unions.
Jan 22, 2021 | News Story
Does your union have members that want to get more involved in their communities? Community Boards are the most grassroots level of New York City’s government and serve an advisory role providing recommendations to the City Council and the Office of the Borough President and working with City agencies to resolve local service issues.
Jan 15, 2021 | News Story
On Tuesday, during the second part of his State of the State address, Gov. Cuomo announced the first steps of what's being called a "New York Arts Revival," an effort to boost New York's $120 billion-a-year arts industry, which has been on lockdown for 10 months. The plan calls for 150 pop-up concerts , with performances and exhibitions held at outdoor sites in New York City and across the state...
Jan 8, 2021 | Press Release
Jan 8, 2021 | News Story
This week, working families across our city and nation were witness to one of the darkest days in our history, as a violent mob stormed the Capitol in an effort to overturn a free and fair election and prevent a peaceful and Constitutional transfer of power. Freedom of speech is one of our most fundamental principles, and every American has the right to protest and to make their voices heard. But...
Jan 8, 2021 | News Story
President-elect Biden has chosen Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as his nominee for Labor Secretary. Before becoming Mayor in 2014, Walsh was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, a member of Laborers Local 223, and served as the head of Boston's Building and Construction Trades Council from 2011 to 2013.
Jan 8, 2021 | News Story
Last month, Queens Defenders employees announced their plan to organize under the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), an affiliate of the United Auto Workers that represents workers at legal nonprofits.
Jan 8, 2021 | News Story
AFM Local 802 is responding to the Metropolitan Opera's decision to hire non-Met musicians to perform under the banner of the Metropolitan Opera at the Opera's New Year's Eve gala. This is the fourth fundraising event where Met management is unethically outsourcing its musicians while, at the same time, attempting to use the pandemic as an opportunity to gut the regular Met musicians’ contract...