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Oct 4, 2024 | News Story
On Tuesday, postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) rallied with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s substandard performance and service to communities. Rallies took place in 90 cities including right here in NYC, in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Oct 4, 2024 | News Story
The devastation and loss of life we’re all seeing and reading about in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene is historic and catastrophic in nature. In response to the disaster, the AFL-CIO has activated its Union Community Fund. Contributions for Hurricane Helene will be distributed to support our union families in the impacted areas...
Oct 4, 2024 | News Story
Electrical Workers Without Borders North America (EWWBNA) is a volunteer-driven non-profit organization supported by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).
Oct 4, 2024 | News Story
New York City has over 8 million people – but its hometown newspaper only has a unionized editorial staff of 50. Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund known as the “destroyer of newspapers,” has hacked staff levels to the bone. Since the spring of 2022, 37 staff members have left or been fired, and only 15 replaced, but the budget continues to shrink. NewsGuild of NY members can only surmise the...
Oct 4, 2024 | News Story
Union members in New York City are fired up to get out the vote for worker-friendly candidates up and down the ballot! Events are happening both locally and in nearby battleground states and we are all-in! Click here for more info and to sign up for upcoming events!  
Sep 27, 2024 | News Story
On Thursday, during New York City Climate Week, the New York City Council passed landmark legislation that will require New York City to install solar panels on public buildings, setting a nation-leading model for how big cities can develop clean energy on public buildings. Climate Jobs New York has long been a champion for building solar energy on public buildings, with labor unions advocating...
Sep 27, 2024 | News Story
The NYC CLC, Dominicanos USA (DUSA), and CUNY Citizenship Now! proudly conducted a special citizenship application assistance event last Saturday in celebration of National Citizenship Day, which took place earlier in the week.
Sep 27, 2024 | News Story
The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., Associated Musicians of Greater New York, American Federation of Musicians Local 802, and Musicians of the New York Philharmonic have jointly announced the ratification of a new three-year contract, effective September 21, 2024, through September 20, 2027. Highlights of the new agreement include salary increases of more than 30% and...
Sep 27, 2024 | News Story
New York City has over 8 million people – but its hometown newspaper only has a unionized editorial staff of 50. Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund known as the “destroyer of newspapers,” has hacked staff levels to the bone. Since the spring of 2022, 37 staff members have left or been fired, and only 15 replaced, but the budget continues to shrink. NewsGuild of NY members can only surmise the...
Sep 27, 2024 | News Story
On Wednesday, NYC CLC Chief of Staff Brendan Griffith testified before the NYC Council Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection in support of Intro 865, a bill that would require the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to establish and maintain an online, publicly available database that compiles information related to workplace fatalities that occur in New York City.