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Nov 1, 2024 | News Story
Visual Effects (VFX) workers for Saturday Night Live (SNL) are unionizing with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), and have won official recognition of their union, IATSE announced Monday. The group includes sixteen VFX Artists and VFX Leads who unanimously signed cards indicating their support of unionizing with IATSE and whose labor is central to making Saturday...
Nov 1, 2024 | News Story
The union of 930 full-time, non-tenure track faculty at New York University, NYU Contract Faculty United (CFU-UAW), rallied Thursday to kick off bargaining their first contract with the University. Members were joined by supporters including NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, NYS Senate Labor Committee Chair Jessica Ramos, NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh, and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani.
Nov 1, 2024 | News Story
On Wednesday, more than 400 members and supporters of The New York Times Tech Guild rallied outside the paper's headquarters to let management know they want a fair contract with just cause by Election Day. It’s up to Chairman and Publisher AG Sulzberger and the masthead to get it done!
Nov 1, 2024 | News Story
More than 1,250 members of the Writers Guild of America East and Writers Guild of America West signed a petition to support Guild members at PBS stations THIRTEEN (New York City tri-state area), WGBH (Boston), and PBS SoCal who are negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement seeking equitable union protections for animation writers, fair compensation for writer-producers, WGA coverage of...
Oct 25, 2024 | News Story
We need a President, Congress, and local elected officials who will fight for workers and protect our union rights! That's why the NYC CLC, AFSCME DC 37, Laborers Locals 66, 78, 79, and 1010, PEF, IBEW Local 3, UFCW Local 1500, RWDSU Local 338, UFT, PSC-CUNY, CWA 1180, IATSE Local One, and members of many other unions from across NYC stood united at City Hall Park Wednesday to get out the vote...
Oct 25, 2024 | News Story
On Wednesday, the New York City Council overwhelmingly passed the Safe Hotels Act by a vote of 45-4. This crucial bill, introduced by Councilmember Julie Menin, licenses hotels—bringing NYC in line with other large cities to protect guests, workers and communities by ensuring that hotels live up to reasonable standards.
Oct 25, 2024 | News Story
After nearly two years without a raise, CUNY faculty and staff disrupted the CUNY Trustees’ public hearing on Monday, declaring “No Business as Usual!” until they get a fair offer.
Oct 25, 2024 | News Story
Thousands of construction workers joined The Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (NYC BCTC) yesterday, rallying against anti-development campaigns led by special interest groups who oppose high rise construction with arguments that tall buildings will create shadows, obstruct views, and cause “wind tunnels.” The most recent and prolific example of this is the Friends of...
Oct 25, 2024 | News Story
The workers of Drunk Shakespeare have unanimously ratified their first union contract, bringing them to the finish line of their organization campaign with Actors’ Equity Association!
Oct 25, 2024 | News Story
Workers in RadicalMedia's nonfiction "Entertainment" group has unionized with the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) for the purpose of collective bargaining. An overwhelming majority of RadicalMedia’s 65-member bargaining unit signed union cards and called on management to voluntarily recognize the union.