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Jan 27, 2023 | News Story
HarperCollins Publishers has finally agreed to enter mediation with the union, Local 2110 UAW. The union has been on strike since November 10, 2022, and have not heard directly from the company since their last bargaining session on November 2. The update was provided to the federal mediator assigned to negotiations, who previously invited both parties to resume negotiations.
Jan 27, 2023 | News Story
Building off years of partnership with New York and national labor leaders to foster high-quality, climate-friendly employment that advances equity, the ILR School Climate Jobs Institute launched Wednesday in New York City with an event co-sponsored by Climate Jobs New York and the Climate Jobs National Resource Center.
Jan 27, 2023 | News Story
Since 1949, Electchester—a neighborhood and housing complex in northeast Queens—has been called home by IBEW Local 3, the Joint Industry Board, small businesses, and thousands of families. The first president of the NYC Central Labor Council and former Business Manager of Local 3, Harry Van Arsdale Jr., lived there and shortly after his passing in 1986, the main road of Jewel Avenue was...
Jan 26, 2023 | News Story
Post-production workers in the Film Unit of Saturday Night Live have signaled their readiness to strike over frustration with the slow pace of first contract negotiations. The overwhelming majority of the performers, artists, and craftspeople who make SNL have long enjoyed union representation, but a team of about twenty freelance editorial employees who assemble the show’s pre-recorded segments...
Jan 25, 2023 | News Story
Wednesday, January 25, 5PM to 8PM: Please join us for the launch of Cornell ILR’s new Climate Jobs Institute! New York and the nation’s transition to a climate-friendly, decarbonized economy is historic and monumental. To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we must accelerate our efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, inequality – of income, wealth, race...
Jan 20, 2023 | News Story
HarperCollins Union members and a large crowd of supporters including the NYC CLC, elected officials, and leaders and members from unions across the City gathered Wednesday for a rally marking the 50th day of their strike in front of their employer’s parent company, News Corp. HarperCollins management has refused to go back to the table or respond to the union about bargaining since before the...
Jan 20, 2023 | News Story
Fordham Faculty United/SEIU Local 200United members, who teach the majority of the courses offered at the Bronx-based college, have successfully reached a tentative agreement with school administrators after 10 months of negotiations. The school accepted the union's most recent proposal in full, and members will now vote on the agreement, details of which will be released in the coming days....
Jan 20, 2023 | News Story
To commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, hundreds of NYSNA nurses from New York City Health+Hospitals (NYC H+H)/Mayorals held a speak-out and march on NYC H+H corporate headquarters with the message: We are nurses and we demand health equity.
Jan 20, 2023 | News Story
Staff Attorneys at RiseBoro Community Partnership LEAP (Legal Empowerment and Assistance Program) have announced their intent to join the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys - UAW Local 2325, filing an election petition with the NLRB while calling on management to voluntarily recognize their union.
Jan 20, 2023 | News Story
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that noncitizen workers who are victims of, or witnesses to, the violation of labor rights, can now access a streamlined and expedited deferred action request process. Deferred action protects noncitizen workers from threats of immigration-related retaliation from exploitive employers.