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Jul 12, 2024 | News Story
This legislative session the Retail Worker Safety Act passed both houses and is currently waiting to be signed into law by Governor Hochul. This urgently needed law would mandate preventative safety provisions, aimed at protecting both retail workers and shoppers, by requiring corporate retail employers to adopt a violence prevention plan, train workers in de-escalation and active shooters...
Jul 12, 2024 | News Story
A broad coalition of labor unions and transit advocates gathered Tuesday to demand Mayor Adams follow through on the city's years-long promise to speed up buses on Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue. The coalition for better bus service on Flatbush Avenue includes LIUNA Local 1010 representing pavers and road builders, TWU Local 100 representing bus and subway workers, SEIU 1199 representing healthcare...
Jul 12, 2024 | News Story
The unionized workers behind Lifehacker, Mashable, and PCMag (members of NewsGuild of NY) are fighting for a say in fostering a more transparent, equitable, and nourishing media landscape. How? By making sure their parent company, Ziff Davis, lives up to its commitment to rigorous journalism, a sustainable working environment, and a fair contract for union members.
Jul 12, 2024 | News Story
Workers in the construction trade commit suicide at a higher rate than those in any other major industry group except mining, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Faced with that sobering statistic, a construction advocate organization and construction unions are partnering to raise awareness about mental health issues faced by laborers in the industry.
Jul 3, 2024 | News Story
On Tuesday, one day after the contract between The Bronx Defenders (BxD) and its wall-to-wall union, The Bronx Defenders Union–UAW Local 2325 (BxD Union), expired, BxD Union’s Bargaining Committee voted to authorize an unlimited Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike beginning the week of July 22. The decision comes after the Bargaining Committee attempted for months to engage BxD’s executive...
Jul 3, 2024 | News Story
Members of the Independent Drivers Guild, a Machinists Union affiliate that represents over 80,000 For-Hire Vehicle drivers in New York City, held a rally outside Uber’s headquarters in Long Island City last week to protest the company’s practice of locking New York City drivers out of its app during low-demand periods, which the drivers say is being used to avoid paying them idle time.
Jul 3, 2024 | News Story
Seventy-five CUNY Professional Staff Congress members and CUNY students rallied Friday morning outside the Wall Street investment bank where CUNY Board of Trustees Chair Bill Thompson serves as chief administrative officer.
Jul 3, 2024 | News Story
The Biden Administration and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this week announced that they are proposing a rule to protect workers that, if finalized, would establish the nation’s first-ever federal safety standard addressing excessive heat in the workplace. The risk that extreme heat poses to certain workers has long been recognized – even apart...
Jun 28, 2024 | News Story
Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) members at iHeart Podcast Network have ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. The 100-member bargaining unit approved the three-year contract after more than two years of negotiations and an Unfair Labor Practice charge against management at iHeartMedia for “intimidating conduct and by interrogating employees about their support for the union.”
Jun 28, 2024 | News Story
On Wednesday, NYC CLC staff joined NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, the Mayor's Public Engagement Unit, the City Commission on Human Rights, RWDSU, LiUNA Local 1010, Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 7, the Worker's Justice Project, Los Deliveristas Unidos, La Colmena, and more to participate in a Workers’ Rights Day of Action. Stationing at transit locations across...