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Nov 5, 2021 | News Story
On Wednesday, Columbia University student workers including undergraduate and graduate teaching and research assistants went on strike, in what constitutes the second-largest such action happening in the United States right now, second only to the strike still being fought by their UAW siblings at John Deere.
Nov 5, 2021 | News Story
New York City taxi workers this week reached a historic debt relief agreement with New York City and a private asset management company after more than a month of protests and fifteen days of a hunger strike calling on the City to to do more to help resolve the financial and humanitarian crisis that has plagued taxi medallion owner-drivers.
Nov 5, 2021 | News Story
On Wednesday, Columbia University student workers including undergraduate and graduate teaching and research assistants went on strike, in what constitutes the second-largest such action happening in the United States right now, second only to the strike still being fought by their UAW siblings at John Deere.
Nov 5, 2021 | News Story
More than 500 Warrior Met Mineworkers brought their picket line from Alabama to Manhattan this week, and the New York City Labor Movement was out in force to welcome them. The United Mineworkers of America (UMWA) members, on strike for 8 months now for fair benefits, wages, and safe working conditions, marched in the streets to the headquarters of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager and...
Nov 5, 2021 | News Story
In the Labor Movement, we need to constantly reevaluate what we consider to be the facts, the realities, of what it means to work in America. And when the shape of work changes, we need to change with it. Better yet, we need to create the terms and conditions for what is considered acceptable, “employee-employer,” relations.
Oct 29, 2021 | News Story
Early Voting in NYC continues through Sunday, October 31, and Election Day is this Tuesday, November 2. To find your early voting or Election Day pollsite and hours, click here. And for the full list of NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO endorsements of candidates who will stand up for working people across our city, go to http://www.laborvotes.nyc.
Oct 29, 2021 | News Story
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance has entered its second week of a hunger strike, calling for a City-backed guarantee to New York City’s Medallion Relief Program. Thousands of taxi medallion owner-drivers are trapped in lifelong debt for medallions that are worth a fraction of what they cost. A New York City Council investigation has found that the City of New York played a direct role in...
Oct 29, 2021 | News Story
This week, more than 250 Breaking Ground workers officially joined AFSCME District Council 37. Their unionization follows voluntary recognition from management, which was reached earlier this month. The agreement between Breaking Ground and District Council 37 recognized the intention of the workers to unionize. It is the first such agreement since Intro. 2252, known colloquially as the Labor...
Oct 29, 2021 | News Story
Cinematographer and IATSE Local 600 member Halyna Hutchins’s death during the filming of Rust is a tragic consequence of studios prioritizing profit and speed over crew members’ lives, writes Alex N. Press in a Jacobin article that details the safety issues and labor strife that preceded last week's fatal shooting.
Oct 29, 2021 | News Story
UAW members mourned the death this week of Richard Rich, a 56-year-old member of Milan, Ill, Local 79, who was a 15-year employee at the Milan John Deere Parts Distribution Plant in Moline, Ill. He was struck in a traffic accident and fatally injured while walking to the picket line.