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Sep 23, 2022 | News Story
Union members from Communications Workers of America Local 1101 rallied with supporters outside Con Edison headquarters near Union Square Wednesday as the energy giant is reportedly planning to drop a union contract in favor of cheaper labor.
Sep 23, 2022 | News Story
The AFL-CIO is partnering with the Permission to Dream program, created by the Chris Gardner Foundation, to put students on the path to good careers through the security of a union job. As part of this collaboration, the AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions will give students in disadvantaged communities the support they need to enter registered apprenticeship programs in the building and...
Sep 23, 2022 | News Story
With this week’s bipartisan Senate introduction of the American Music Fairness Act by Senators Padilla and Blackburn, it’s time to end the loophole that has allowed Big Radio to rob artists of their fair share for far too long.
Sep 16, 2022 | News Story
NYC Celebrates 140th Anniversary of First Labor Day Parade with a Spectacular Return to Fifth Avenue
Thank you to all who joined us last Saturday! The 2022 Labor Day Parade and March was a joyous return to Manhattan's famed Fifth Avenue after three long years, and a fitting commemoration of the first American Labor Day Parade right here in NYC 140 years ago. An incredible 80,000 people turned out to march with more than 200 unions as 26,000 spectators cheered on from the city's sidewalks.
Sep 16, 2022 | News Story
On Thursday, rail companies and union leaders reached a tentative deal that will avert a strike or lockout that could have begun as soon as today. The deal now heads to union members for a ratification vote and the workers have agreed not to strike while the vote is tallied.
Sep 16, 2022 | News Story
This week, the NY Times Guild and NY Times Tech Guild delivered to the leadership of The New York Times the names of nearly 1,300 NewsGuild member employees who have signed a pledge to continue to work remotely this week, the first week the Company wanted employees back in the office. Wirecutter Union members also signed the pledge in solidarity.
Sep 16, 2022 | News Story
On Wednesday, unionized workers at the New School marched for respect! Jazz instructors at the New School first won a union contract with the help of Local 802 in 1998. in 1998. At the time, faculty had received only one raise in over 10 years and had no health benefits, pension or job security.
Sep 16, 2022 | News Story
On Friday, Condé Union won their card count and is now officially recognized as a union. The era of “prestige paying the bills” is over.
Sep 16, 2022 | News Story
For the first time since Branch Rickey developed the modern farm system, minor league baseball players will be represented by a union. An independent arbiter found Wednesday that authorization cards submitted by minor league players this month yielded a majority in favor of unionizing under the supervision of the Major League Baseball Players Association. That means the minor league players are...
Sep 16, 2022 | News Story
We are on the cusp of winning a significant funding increase for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) next year, and your help is needed to make sure Congress gets it done!
In July, the U.S. House of Representatives approved $207 million in funding for the NEA and NEH each for the next fiscal year. Now, we need the U.S. Senate’s support to...