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Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
City kids often don’t have the same opportunities to learn about and interact with animals that suburban kids enjoy. And a surprising number of NYC kids have never been to Central Park, the landscape masterpiece in Manhattan that draws millions of visitors from around the world every year.
Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
Last week, Climate Jobs NY hosted our fourth "What's Brewin' Offshore?" education session at WestHampton Beach Brewing Co. We were joined by over 50 East Enders and for some it was their first time hearing about offshore wind. During this series, CJNY partners with environmental, industry, and community based organizations to educate community members on the proposed offshore wind farms, their...
Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
The U.S. Department of Labor is gathering stories from workers for a new worker organizing resource website about how successful union organizing campaigns made their jobs better.
Click here to tell the Department of Labor:
Jun 17, 2022 | News Story
Workers represented by labor unions earn 10.2% higher wages than their non-union peers, have better benefits and collectively raise wages industry-wide, according to a report released by House and Senate committees last Friday.
Jun 16, 2022 | Press Release
FIFA’s choice of New York City to host games follows local officials’ meaningful commitments to leading labor and community groups
Jun 10, 2022 | News Story
The musicians of Distinguished Concerts International New York are fighting for a fair contract with the help of AFM Local 802. The orchestra performed a live musical rally on Monday night, with the sounds of a brass band echoing over the sidewalks of Carnegie Hall. Looming in the background was the NYC labor movement's trademark icon: an inflatable rat that wore a sign “Shame on DCINY.” For its...
Jun 10, 2022 | News Story
"Workers are already on the frontlines of climate change," write NYC CLC President Vincent Alvarez and Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York President Gary LaBarbera in an OpEd published in PoliticsNY this week. "We rebuilt after Sandy, cleaned up flooded public schools after Ida, and are working hard to build renewable energy infrastructure.
Jun 10, 2022 | News Story
After spending years in legislative limbo, a bill that would significantly increase fines issued to construction companies found criminally liable for worker injuries or fatalities was passed by the Legislature last week.
Known as Carlos’ Law, for Carlos Moncayo, a construction worker killed on the job in 2015, the bill, which awaits Governor Kathy Hochul’s signature, would raise the maximum fine...
Jun 10, 2022 | News Story
Actors' Equity Association celebrated the news this week that the National Endowments of the Arts (NEA) will create a chief diversity officer for the first time in the agency’s history.
Jun 10, 2022 | News Story
Are you a union member working in a climate job? Climate Jobs National Resource Center's nationwide photography contest, The Future Is Union: Climate Urgency Through the Eyes of Workers is still open.