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Nov 22, 2024 | News Story
Unionized employees at New York’s Hometown Newspaper, the Daily News, have taken legal action against the paper’s owner, Alden Global Capital (also known as "the destroyer of newspapers"), after the hedge fund’s representatives circumvented the union to negotiate a health-
Nov 22, 2024 | News Story
In an joint OpEd published in the Daily News this week, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) President Stuart Appelbaum and Amazon Labor Union (ALU) President Connor Spence urge Governor Hochul to sign the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act, which would require annual evaluations of warehouses by
Nov 22, 2024 | News Story
Last Friday, the NYC CLC, the UFT, and the NYC Building and Construction Trades Council held a Future in Focus: Exploring the World of Organized Labor and Unionized Careers event at Lehman College in the Bronx. Future in Focus was founded in 2017, when the UFT recognized that discussions about options after high school often don’t include opportunities that exist in addition to higher education,...
Nov 22, 2024 | News Story
Last week, union members, leaders, and elected officials came together for a special dedication Mass for the Workers Chapel at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Manhattan.The dedication service was led by Father Brian Jordan, OFM, St. Francis Pastor and a chaplain for many construction workers’ labor unions.
Nov 22, 2024 | News Story
Nothing tastes better than a union-made Thanksgiving feast! The food listed here by the AFL-CIO is union-made or union-packaged. Each purchase goes to support good union jobs!
Nov 15, 2024 | News Story
This week the NYC Council passed Introduction 360-A, also known as the FARE Act, which will alleviate financial burdens on renters by ensuring that tenants are not forced to pay the fee for the services of a real estate broker they
Nov 15, 2024 | News Story
The Times Tech Guild—the union that makes the coverage at The New York Times accessible to the world—has wrapped up an Election Week ULP Strike, having shown Times management the impact of their solidarity and unity. Tech Guild members returned to work Tuesday and marched into the office together in the morning as a symbol of what's to come for The Times.
Nov 15, 2024 | News Story
On Thursday, workers at Barnes & Noble unionized stores in New York City organized with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), rallied with fellow New York City unionized bookstore workers including workers from McNally Jackson represented by RWDSU Local 1102, the Strand in Union Square who are members of UAW 2179, and Barnes & Noble workers from Hadley, Massachusetts,...
Nov 15, 2024 | News Story
Custodians, housekeepers and receiving clerks at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City have successfully organized with Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 241.
Workers at the medical facility will begin negotiating a first contract, seeking improved economic benefits and more security. Local 241 represents workers at Columbia University and other affiliated institutions in New York City.
Nov 15, 2024 | News Story
On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, ruling that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act by requiring employees under threat of discipline or discharge to attend meetings in which the employer expresses its views on unionization.