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Feb 4, 2022 | News Story
Are you a union member, residing in NYC, looking to get more involved in your community? Applications are open for NYC Community Boards, the most grassroots level of city government. Find out more here.
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
Los Deliveristas Unidos (“LDU”) is a campaign by the Workers Justice Project, a collective of app-based delivery workers fighting justice and better working conditions. LDU workers are the essential workers who keep feeding and keeping the NYC economy and small businesses afloat as our City continues to fight COVID-19.
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
Employees at REI's flagship store in Soho filed for a union election last Friday, making the outdoor equipment and apparel retailer the latest prominent service-industry employer whose workers have sought to unionize. The 115 employees are seeking to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
Nail salon workers and their allies in the New York Healthy Nail Salons Coalition this week joined New York State Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Harry Bronson in introducing the Nail Salon Minimum Standards Council Act.
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
"Unlike most workers in the Empire State—and the rest of the country—New York’s farmworkers are currently denied overtime pay by New York law until they’ve worked 60 hours a week," writes Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) President Stuart Appelbaum in an OpEd published this week in the Amsterdam News. "This is a relic of Jim Crow-era labor laws that have historically treated...
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
The Professional Staff Congress, which represents 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the CUNY Research Foundation, has launched a digital ad campaign calling on New Yorkers to contact their elected officials to support and fund the New Deal for CUNY. The ads, which are set to run on multiple social and online media platforms in targeted legislative districts,...
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
This week, the Independent Drivers Guild (a Machinists Union affiliate that represents over 80,000 For-Hire Vehicle drivers in New York City) and The Black Car Fund joined forces to distribute COVID-19 home test kits to drivers at LaGuardia and JFK Airports. "We're proud to keep drivers safe as they support their communities through the pandemic," the IDG said on Twitter. Follow the Independent...
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
AFM Local 802 musicians is continuing their series of livestreamed performances for NYC hospital workers and their patients. This is a union gig powered by Local 802, the NYC Mayor's Office for Media and Entertainment, and NYC Health + Hospitals. One of the recent performers, flutist and Local 802 member Lisa Hansen (pictured here), said, "I offer my musical performance as humble thanks to the...
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
Last week, quality assurance testers at Activision Blizzard division Raven Software formed the first union at a major U.S. gaming company, comprising their 34-member unit.
Jan 28, 2022 | News Story
ICYMI: On January 12, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, joined by NY Governor Kathy Hochul, NJ Governor Phil Murphy, and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind energy auction on Feb.