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Dec 7, 2017 | News Story
This Wednesday, Jet Blue flight attendants traveled to Washington, D.C. to file paperwork with the National Mediation Board to join the Transport Workers Union. Jet Blue employs roughly 4,800 flight attendants, 2,200 of whom work at JFK Airport.
Flight attendants also flyered at airports in Boston, D.C., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Orlando and Long Beach, Calif, on Wednesday, to help raise...
Dec 1, 2017 | News Story
With their union contract recently expired, CUNY faculty and staff represented by the Professional Staff Congress will press CUNY management to come to the table and negotiate an agreement that protects the quality of a CUNY education and helps students to succeed. The workers and supporters will meet at the CUNY Grad Center at 4:30, march to Baruch College at 5:00, and rally there outside the...
Dec 1, 2017 | News Story
This week, hundreds of Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Legal Services attorneys walked out of Brooklyn Criminal Court to protest Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention of Legal Aid client Genaro Rojas-Hernandez. The attorneys, members of UAW Local 2325, argue that court staff should be banned from collaborating with ICE officers, and called on the Office of Court Administration...
Dec 1, 2017 | News Story
This week, 20 school safety agents - members of Teamsters Local 237, received Excellent Performance of Duty awards for being among the first on the scene to help save lives and restore calm following the October 31st attack in Battery Park City. The ceremony took place on Thursday at Stuyvesant High School, and the school safety agents were formally thanked by Local 237 President Gregory Floyd...
Dec 1, 2017 | News Story
This week, Local 802 launched the Emerging Artists Project, a new grant program and tool designed to support musicians who most need it. Modeled upon a Target Fund system developed in the 1980’s, the Emerging Artists Project is designed to help ensembles and bands reach the standards that we musicians should expect for our craft, both professionally and artistically.
Dec 1, 2017 | News Story
As of Wednesday, November 1, open enrollment for health care coverage by the Affordable Care Act is open through December 15th. Many unions, especially healthcare unions like 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, took to social media this week to remind members to enroll before the deadline.
Visit HealthCare.Gov to enroll and #getcovered.
Dec 1, 2017 | News Story
Dear Affiliates:
Thank you for all you’ve done this year for our brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico.
Nov 17, 2017 | News Story
This week, the Writers Guild of America, East announced the DNA Info./Gothamist (DNAist) bargaining unit negotiated a substantial transition agreement for workers who were abruptly fired two weeks ago when outlet owner Joe Ricketts shut them down.
Terms of the agreement include:
Each employee will receive three months of full pay and benefits, even if they obtain other employment.
At the end of...
Nov 17, 2017 | News Story
The Writers Guild of America, East today announced that staff at Vox Media overwhelmingly voted to unionize. Members of the new “Vox Union” include writers, editors and social media professionals, as well video producers and others.
Nov 17, 2017 | News Story
This week, thousands of members of New York City Building Trades unions gathered on 10th Avenue at 34th Street for a solidarity rally against open shop policies on construction sites. Workers chanted “Count Me In” as a message that they would be standing strong with their brothers and sisters to see that all workers on the sites have the proper safety training and are being given the area...