News Stories
Jun 9, 2023 | News Story
The entire Labor Movement was deeply saddened this week to learn of the passing of beloved AFL-CIO Chief Economist William Spriggs. Bill Spriggs was above all a man of intellectual rigor and courage, the conscience of the labor movement. He mentored generations of economics graduate students, sharing with them his conviction that good economics and social justice were inseparable. No one knew...
Jun 4, 2023 | News Story
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Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
Insider Union members went on strike at 12AM this morning in response to the company’s refusal to undo illegal changes it made to their health care and management’s intransigence in contract negotiations. Members are also demanding a fair resolution to a proposed layoff that would reduce the unionized newsroom by 20 percent. The more than 250 members of the Insider Union are represented by The...
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
AFM Local 802 is spreading the word that the upcoming Broadway show "Here Lies Love" by David Byrne is attempting to hire NO live musicians, which would be the first time in history for a League-produced Broadway show. "Rather than negotiate, David Byrne is trying to break the union," said Local 802 President Tino Gagliardi.
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
REI yesterday notified RWDSU—the union representing workers at its SoHo, New York store—through its new legal counsel that many workers at the store would be receiving pay cuts in their next paycheck amid a shakeup of the company’s legal representation at the bargaining table.
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
MTA Local 100 President Richard Davis this week announced that the union has reached a tentative contract agreement with the MTA that includes substantial salary increases and other important wins for membership. The contract provides for annual raises of 9.8% compounded over three years and cash bonus payments, holds the line on healthcare costs, defeats efforts to cut subway staffing, and wins...
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
Delivery workers work day in and day out to deliver New York City residents like me food, supplies, and medicine we need. Still, these workers have been at the mercy of multi-billion dollar corporations that exploit and deny them living wages.
Grueling weather, poor micromobility infrastructure, street crimes. No worker should have to risk their safety to make ends meet because of poverty wages...
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Glacier Northwest Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters:
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with corporations over working people. But when the facts are revealed on remand, it will be clear the union acted properly and the truck drivers’ strike was protected by federal law.
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
The Staten Island Advance/SILive.com this week published the first part of a series that will explore both the people and the issues involved in the plight of the iconic Staten Island Ferry, which was once one of the most reliable forms of mass transit in New York City.
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
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