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Feb 23, 2024 | News Story
Starbucks workers in Park Slope, Westbury and Garden City filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week to unionize with Starbucks Workers United. They were joined by baristas at 21 Starbucks stores in 14 states during a flurry of February Filings. The NYC Metro area has the highest density of filings on the largest single-day filing since the campaign began in 2021.
Feb 23, 2024 | News Story
Barnes & Noble workers at the West 82nd Street Store in New York City this week filed for their union election with the NLRB seeking representation with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Their filing follows five overwhelming union votes nationwide by workers at Barnes & Noble Inc. and one at Barnes & Noble Education so far. When successful, workers at this...
Feb 23, 2024 | News Story
The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) has released its annual construction fatality report, “Deadly Skyline: An Annual Report on Construction Fatalities in New York State.” The report analyzed data from 2022, the most recent data year available, and found an increase in construction worker death rates in New York City. Fatalities, which are back up to pre-pandemic...
Feb 23, 2024 | News Story
"Every year, roughly 400,000 New Yorkers lose their jobs through no fault of their own. That’s where unemployment insurance is supposed to come in, as a short-term safety net to ensure that losing your job doesn’t mean losing your home. But with the maximum unemployment benefit capped at just $504 per week and with a two-week penalty imposed on striking workers, New York’s unemployment safety net...
Feb 23, 2024 | News Story
Staffing shortages in the public sector are at crisis levels. From public education to health care, and transportation to emergency services, employers at every level of government have sounded the alarm that they cannot recruit enough staff or encourage qualified individuals to stay in service.
Feb 23, 2024 | News Story
For more than 52 years, U.S. Postal Service (USPS) workers have unfairly had their retirement funds raided by the U.S. government—resulting in more than $90 billion in unjust expenses to the USPS. We need your help to send a message to the Biden administration to do the right thing for postal workers.
Feb 23, 2024 | News Story
Writers Guild of America East members at The Ringer, Gimlet, and Parcast are in negotiations with parent company Spotify to secure just and equitable contracts.
Please take a moment to to send a letter to management at Spotify showing your support the Ringer Union, Gimlet Union, and Parcast Union!
Feb 16, 2024 | News Story
The NYC Labor Movement celebrated Tuesday night as Labor's candidate Tom Suozzi won a decisive victory, securing his return to Congress as the Representative for New York's 3rd Congressional District. Working families and supporters had reason to be proud: New York City union members made more than 50,000 calls and knocked on nearly 10,000 doors in Queens alone, in a member-to-member campaign...
Feb 16, 2024 | News Story
On Tuesday, thousands of Flight Attendants from Alaska, Air Wisconsin, United, American, Southwest, Frontier and more, picketed outside more than 30 airports worldwide including NYC's LaGuardia. Flight Attendants represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), Transportation Workers Union (TWU) and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) joined forces in the...
Feb 16, 2024 | News Story
The National Council of Actors’ Equity Association voted unanimously to authorize a strike against The Broadway League for work on the Development Agreement. On Thursday and Friday this week, Equity members are handing out leaflets outside of the workshop of Smash, warning of the possibility of the strike.