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Jun 7, 2024 | News Story
The employees of Harper's Magazine announced this week that they are forming a union with UAW Local 2110. In a statement, workers expressed that they believe that organized labor is a necessary next step for the 174-year-old publication—the oldest general-interest monthly in the country—and in that spirit have presented management with a request for voluntary recognition.
Jun 7, 2024 | News Story
UFCW 1500 is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, May 29, members employed by Blank Street Coffee unanimously ratified their first contract with the company. After a year of difficult negotiations, UFCW Local 1500 members of Blank Street voted on the tentative agreement reached earlier in the month.
Jun 7, 2024 | News Story
On Wednesday, May 30, the Climate Jobs New York Education Fund joined The New York League of Conservation Voters, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, and Community Offshore Wind to host a “What’s Brewin’ Offshore” event in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Bringing together community members, industry leaders, and union members, the event aimed to educate and update on all things offshore wind.
Jun 7, 2024 | News Story
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), in partnership with the U.S.
Jun 7, 2024 | News Story
Actors’ Equity Association, alongside the Actors’ Equity Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization supporting the professional theatre community, jointly announced that they will bestow the Paul Robeson Award for 2024 on
Jun 7, 2024 | News Story
Are you a U.S. Military Veteran in NYC? If so, the NYC Department of Veterans' Services would like to invite you to participate in the New York City Department of Veterans’ Services 2024 NYC Veteran and Military Community Survey.
May 31, 2024 | News Story
After more than 9 months of negotiations, the 2300 resident physicians and fellows at the heart of patient care at NYC Health and Hospitals have reached a tentative agreement with the city, which they say will help protect the future of the largest public hospital system i
May 31, 2024 | News Story
After years of underfunding, the Social Security Administration has reached a 27 year low in staffing while asked to serve a record high number of applicants resulting in a burnt out workforce and long service delays.
May 31, 2024 | News Story
On Saturday, in the midst of REI’s annual Anniversary Sale, members of REI Union SoHo, represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), stopped work and walked off the job in an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike to protest REI’s failure to bargain a contract in good faith. REI SoHo workers picketed and demanded REI agree to reach a fair contract by the end of 2024.
May 31, 2024 | News Story
Members of the Ziff Davis Creators Guild, representing the editorial staffs of Lifehacker, Mashable, and PCMag as a part of the NewsGuild of NY, hit the streets outside Ziff Davis headquarters this week to demand wages that keep up with inflation and a contract that addresses transparency on AI.
For months, leaders at Ziff Davis have responded to the union's bargaining committee's demands for...