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Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
Tens of thousands of people who work for New York City will soon get their first raise since the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the city’s largest municipal employee union – AFSCME District Council 37 – earlier this month voted 97.7% in favor of the citywide economic contract. In addition to the much-needed raise, the agreement increases the minimum rate for city jobs to $18 per hour, preserves...
Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
The New York City Council this week resoundingly passed a resolution demanding Wendy’s join the Fair Food Program, a groundbreaking initiative that guarantees the rights of farmworkers on farms under its protection. The FFP has won high praise for its unique effectiveness, including a Presidential Medal for its “extraordinary efforts” in fighting forced labor, and is widely recognized as the “...
Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
More than 40 progressive organizations, including the AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, Women’s March, and GreenPeace, have voiced their support for unionizing Starbucks workers in a letter to the company’s new CEO, Laxman Narasimhan. That letter, published Tuesday, urges Narasimhan to “create and build a healthy working relationship with unionized partners” rather than “continuing on the current path...
Apr 14, 2023 | News Story
April 4 was the 55th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was assassinated while in Memphis to support sanitation workers who were represented by the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1733 during their important “I AM A MAN” strike.
Apr 7, 2023 | News Story
In the latest addition to the wave of organizing sweeping NYC and universities across the US, a majority of 300 student workers at Mount Sinai’s Icahn Graduate School of Medicine have signed up to form their union, Sinai Student Workers-UAW. They join tens of thousands of academic workers who have organized with the UAW in recent years, including 550 postdoctoral researchers (“postdocs”) who are...
Apr 7, 2023 | News Story
Since January, Equity has been in negotiations with The Broadway League for a new agreement covering the shows they send out as national tours. The union entered this process optimistic that they could consolidate their two existing touring agreements into a single rulebook, while also seeking improvements in key areas: the per diem workers receive to cover food and housing on tour, coverage for...
Apr 7, 2023 | News Story
The staff of the Hispanic Society of America, members of UAW Local 2110, will soon enter their third week on strike, having walked off the job to fight for a fair first contract on March 27th. Workers unionized in 2021 after the Board of Trustees of the Society terminated their pension plan while keeping wages stagnant for years. This week, members were joined on the picket line by Councilmember...
Mar 31, 2023 | News Story
Freelance musicians who have been on strike for more than a month rallied along with their trombones, trumpets and saxophones on the Broadway sidewalk in support of an agreement with performance producer Distinguished Concerts International (DCINY).
Mar 31, 2023 | News Story
The staff of the Hispanic Society of America, members of UAW Local 2110, officially went out on strike starting Monday morning, with workers gathering outside the Society's building at 613 West 155th Street starting at 7am. Workers unionized in 2021 after the Board of Trustees of the Society terminated their pension plan while keeping wages stagnant for years.
Mar 31, 2023 | News Story
Members of the Bird Union (affiliated with Communications Workers of America) rallied Thursday outside Audubon Society headquarters to demand that their employer agree to a more equitable organization. The workers were joined by supporters including the NYC CLC and elected officials, with no shortage of bird puns.