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Dec 10, 2021 | News Story
We have always known that reducing class size is integral to student achievement, teacher retention and equitable schools, but it’s now also become an issue of public health. We must learn from the pandemic and take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other viruses in the future. It’s time to recognize that we need safe classroom occupancy limits.
Dec 9, 2021 | News Story
The Workers United Education Program/CWE offers free English language and High School Equivalency classes (in English and Spanish) by Zoom.
Classes began in September but with open enrollment members can join at any time.
Reach out to Sherry Kane at skane@cwe.org for more information.
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
Rodolfo Mendez, Martir Zambrano and Jorge Ramirez penned an OpEd in the NY Daily News this week calling for New York to close a loophole in the NY Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act which allows farmworkers to only receive overtime after working 60 hours in a week, instead of 40 like almost all of the rest of NY's workers.
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
The BuzzFeed News Union has been bargaining its first contract for almost 2 years, but BuzzFeed still won't budge on critical issues like wages — all while preparing to go public and make executives even richer. So on Thursday, BuzzFeed workers, members of NewsGuild of NY, walked off the job for the day to demand that Buzzfeed get serious about a fair contract with adequate pay raises, affordable...
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
Musicians deserve a fair contract! This week, the Observer published a powerful story about the DCINY Orchestra, where musicians have worked for ten years without a contract.
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
Rodolfo Mendez, Martir Zambrano and Jorge Ramirez penned an OpEd in the NY Daily News this week calling for New York to close a loophole in the NY Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act which allows farmworkers to only receive overtime after working 60 hours in a
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
We did it! The South Fork Offshore Wind Project has all state approvals to become New York's first offshore wind project.
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
Columbia student workers are still on strike in what is currently the largest such action in the country. Three thousand workers, including undergraduate and graduate teaching and research assistants at Columbia University, are now in the fifth week of their strike.
Dec 3, 2021 | News Story
On Monday, the Director of Region 10 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) formally issued a Decision and Direction of a Second Election, granting workers at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama a new election based on the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s (RWDSU) objections to Amazon’s conduct during the union election conducted in the Spring of 2021.
Nov 30, 2021 | News Story
Workers in New York City and across the country are striking to better their working conditions, pay, and benefits in the face of stalled contract negotiations, staggering corporate profits and executive pay, and apathetic management.
Today, Giving Tuesday, please consider making a contribution to some of the hardship funds that go toward supporting working families whom have made the difficult...