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Feb 11, 2022 | News Story
More than 300,000 families in New York State who qualify for the Federal Child Tax Credit that was expanded as part of President Biden's American Rescue Plan have yet to file for the benefit, according to the United Way's ALICE project, which tracks the status of families living above the poverty line but struggling to cover household expense.
Feb 11, 2022 | News Story
Today, Climate Jobs New York (CJNY), in partnership with Cornell University, released “A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE, A CLIMATE JOBS ROADMAP FOR NEW YORK CITY,” a report representing labor’s climate jobs agenda for New York City. Climate Jobs NY unions will be outlining the recommendations to the Adams administration and to the City Council in a series of briefings starting today. Click here to read the...
Feb 11, 2022 | News Story
Earned Income Tax Credit. Child Tax Credit. Child and Dependent Care Credit. Claiming even one could return thousands of dollars to you in 2022.
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Feb 11, 2022 | News Story
Following years of debate to build consensus, it is time to pass this vital and carefully constructed legislation, a bipartisan compromise bill that will bring financial stability to the Postal Service.
Feb 11, 2022 | News Story
On Thursday, five downstate New York Starbucks shops in four locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Long Island filed for union recognition with Workers United NY/NJ Regional Joint Board, an SEIU affiliate, bringing the total number of Starbucks union petitions filed nationally to 72 across 21 states, with 16 shops in NYS alone. These are the first shops to file in the NYC and Metro region and...
Feb 4, 2022 | News Story
On Tuesday, drivers and and delivery workers from across the city kicked off the Justice for App Drivers Campaign with a rally in Foley Square in Manhattan. The workers have six core demands: living wages; a safe working environment; an end to unfair account deactivation; quality healthcare benefits; reliable, safe bathroom access; and the right to form a union.
Feb 4, 2022 | News Story
Workers at the world-famous American Museum of Natural History filed a union petition last week to organize with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 37, the city’s largest public-sector employee union, which already represented dozens of workers at the museum. The new union will encompass 184 employees in a range of positions, from museum...
Feb 4, 2022 | News Story
Internal documents and Slack messages obtained by the Guardian this week revealed that senior executives at the New York Times are heavily leaning on workers to vote no in a union election for more than 600 tech employees. Meredith Kopit Levien, the chief executive of the New York Times Company, wrote a memo circulated to staff titled “Why a Tech Union Isn’t Right for Us.” She emphasized the "...
Feb 4, 2022 | News Story
Staffers at the Financial Times U.S. bureaus including the FT's U.S. headquarters in New York City are forming a union, becoming the latest group of workers to join the surge in organizing among media employees. They will join the News Media Guild, which also represents employees of the Associated Press, Guardian US and others.
Feb 4, 2022 | News Story
Teamsters Local 553 members, mostly immigrant workers, at an oil terminal in Brooklyn owned by billionaire John Catsimatidis have been on strike against Catsimatidis’ oil company, United Metro Energy Corporation, for almost 10 months. They do the work that earns Catsimatidis his millions, yet he refuses to pay them industry-standard wages – and now he has illegally permanently replaced them on...