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Dec 22, 2023 | News Story
Production accountants at Local 161 have won union recognition for all Netflix accountants in New York and New Jersey. The bargaining unit also includes clerks, who are organizing with IATSE for the first time in the US.
Dec 15, 2023 | News Story
Postdoctoral researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, members of SPOC-UAW, are currently on an unfair labor practice strike in the process of reaching a fair contract. These members work full-time in areas like seeking cures for cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, and other research integral to solving significant public health issues. Postdocs have been bargaining with Mount...
Dec 15, 2023 | News Story
Unionized editorial workers at Law360 — who have had enough of parent company LexisNexis execs’ illegal tactics and stalling at the bargaining table — held a one-day strike on Wednesday, highlighted by a mid-afternoon rally and a day-long picket line outside corporate headquarters in New York City.
Dec 15, 2023 | News Story
Workers at the Brooklyn Strategist (333 Court St.), a popular tabletop board game cafe in Cobble Hill owned by Jon Freeman, this week won a landslide victory 17-1. This means that within a month, workers at all of the tabletop board game cafes owned by Jon Freeman and/or Greg May, including Hex&Co, The Uncommons and The Brooklyn Strategist have officially unionized.
Dec 15, 2023 | News Story
Climate Jobs New York's Carbon Free & Healthy Schools campaign hosted a group of labor leaders, union members, and elected officials on a tour of P.S.
Dec 15, 2023 | News Story
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced the formation of a new partnership to create an open dialogue to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) must anticipate the needs of workers and include their voices in its development and implementation.
Dec 15, 2023 | News Story
Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced a new $45 million Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Clean Energy Training Initiative. This initiative will expand the capacity of labor organizations to offer training as a pathway to clean energy careers. Through this initiative, $15 million is now available to support projects that develop a diverse and inclusive pipeline of skilled talent to meet...
Dec 15, 2023 | News Story
Find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label and is made in America. Shipping gifts this year? Make sure to ship using a union carrier like the U.S. Postal Service or UPS. Click here to check out the AFL-CIO's full guide to union-made-in-America gifts. With the biggest guide ever, there's something for everyone!
Dec 8, 2023 | News Story
Solidarity at Sinai! Postdocs and research scientists at New York's Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai began an Unfair Labor Practice Strike on Tuesday. After over a full year at the bargaining table, Sinai has stalled and refused to provide information necessary to move the bargaining process forward. Workers—members of Sinai Postdoctoral Organizing Committee-UAW—are pushing for a strong...
Dec 8, 2023 | News Story
Netflix Production Accountants working in New York and New Jersey have reached an agreement with Netflix to be recognized as members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 161. This bargaining unit of Production Accountants who work in motion picture includes Clerks, who have never been organized with Local 161 before.