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May 12, 2023 | News Story
With union workers from IBEW Local 3 and Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers Union of America, Con Edison recently completed a six-mile-long transmission line in Queens that will carry increasingly renewable electricity, enabling the retirement of a fossil fuel-fired power plant in Astoria.
May 12, 2023 | News Story
HEART 9/11 and team leaders from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 and NYC District of Carpenters Council are working with seniors at the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture (CTEA) in Ozone Park, Queens, where the next generation of young men and women are educated in preparation for college, technical school
May 12, 2023 | News Story
The NYC CLC has announced its second round of endorsements for the 2023 New York City elections.
May 5, 2023 | News Story
On Friday, Barnes & Noble workers at the flagship Union Square, New York store filed for their union election with the NLRB seeking representation with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). The filing comes amid a streak of wins by the RWDSU at independent booksellers in the New York area, including McNally Jackson, Goods for the Study, Greenlight Bookstore and Book...
May 5, 2023 | News Story
“No contract, no peace!” That was the rallying cry outside of Carnegie Hall last Saturday as the DCINY Orchestra and their allies ramped up their campaign for a fair contract with DCINY.
May 5, 2023 | News Story
NYSNA nurses from New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist picket outside of the hospital in Park Slope on Thursday to call out attacks on safe staffing and quality care standards. After other private-sector hospitals in New York City settled fair contracts with nurses, NYP-Methodist is digging in their heels and proposing cuts to care for Brooklyn patients. Management wants to strip patient care...
May 5, 2023 | News Story
More than 160 resident physicians at Elmhurst Hospital, one of the city’s largest public hospitals and ground zero of New York’s COVID pandemic response, voted to authorize a strike if they do not reach a deal on raises and hazard pay, the Committee of Interns and Residents-SEIU (CIR-SEIU) announced on Wednesday. The doctors' residency program is operated by Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine.
Apr 28, 2023 | News Story
Friday, April 28, 12PM: Join the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) for our annual Workers’ Memorial Day event to honor those who have died or suffered injuries or illnesses while on the job, to recognize the sacrifices made by all essential workers on the front lines, and to renew the fight for strong safety and...
Apr 28, 2023 | News Story
The NYC CLC, representing 300 unions and 1.3 million members including more than one million registered voter households across New York City, yesterday announced its first round of endorsements for the 2023 New York City elections. The endorsements include 23 incumbent candidates for New York City Council seats.
Apr 28, 2023 | News Story
On Wednesday, a delegation of workers representing nearly two hundred employees at around 70 GrowNYC Greenmarkets, farm stands, and CSA pick-up locations, and who work across GrowNYC’s operations in hundreds of schools in their distribution hubs and in nutrition education and composting announced they’re in talks with their employer over voluntary recognition. The workers also filed for a union...