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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.
Nov 8, 2024 | News Story
The result of this week’s Presidential election is obviously not what the Labor Movement hoped for, for many reasons. The Biden-Harris Administration has been the most pro-Labor in United States history, and union members turned out across the country in an effort to keep that momentum going. AFL-CIO affiliate unions alone engaged directly with more than 7.1 million members, and despite the...
Nov 8, 2024 | News Story
The Times Tech Guild—the union that powers the technology behind The New York Times—has walked off the job in a ULP strike. The work stoppage began at 12:01am Monday despite multiple rounds of intense bargaining and a practice picket that drew more than 400 outside the headquarters of The Times last week. Tech Guild members are picketing from 9am to 6pm daily outside the Eighth Avenue entrance of...
Nov 8, 2024 | News Story
The New York Metro Area Postal Union, APWU, AFL-CIO has new conference/meeting space available for rent to unions and other groups. Located in the heart of NYC right across from the Moynihan Train Hall (in the same building as the NYC CLC), the New York Metro Conference Center offers a variety of room spaces and configurations, with wi-fi, built-in screens, projectors, microphone and speaker...
Nov 1, 2024 | News Story
In the final days of the 2024 election, union members and volunteers are turning out the union vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz as well as other pro-worker candidates, capping the largest voter mobilization in the Labor Movement’s history.