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Aug 19, 2022 | News Story
Workers at the Trader Joe’s Wine Shop in Union Square spent the last four months laying the groundwork to unionize their store. A small organizing committee met regularly to discuss strategy around building support to join the United Food and Commercial Workers union, and they planned to go public with their effort the week of Aug. 15. But in the early morning hours of Aug.
Aug 19, 2022 | News Story
Approximately 30,000 NYSNA nurses have union contracts expiring on December 31, 2022, or in early 2023. This is the first time in New York state that so many private and public sector nurses will be bargaining for critical improvements to their profession and their patients at the same time. It is also the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that nurses will be bargaining...
Aug 19, 2022 | News Story
A majority of the dancers employed at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood this week filed a petition for a union recognition election with the National Labor Relations Board. If the dancers win their election and the results are certified by the NLRB, the Star Garden workers will become the only strippers in the United States represented by a union. The bargaining unit will be...
Aug 19, 2022 | News Story
On Tuesday, the 2.5 million member New York State AFL-CIO announced endorsements of candidates running for Congress, Senate and Assembly.
The endorsements took place at the state federation’s 2022 Committee on Political Education (COPE) Convention at the Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel in New York City. Delegates, representing union members from the public sector, private sector and building...
Aug 19, 2022 | News Story
Unionizing TV Commercial Production Department workers, backed by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union and the Stand With Production Movement have met heavy resistance to their organizing efforts from the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP).
Aug 19, 2022 | News Story
TIME Union workers have voted unanimously to ratify a new contract, a historic agreement that covers all TIME editorial employees without any divisions among the print and digital sides of TIME or TIME for Kids. The deal was finalized on July 21and ratified this week. The union of more than 80 employees is represented by The NewsGuild of New York. The TIME digital and TIME for Kids workers...
Aug 19, 2022 | News Story
Last week, the New York City Central Labor Council launched its first Common Sense Economics workshop. Participants were engaged in hands-on activities and learned about local campaigns like the CUNY Rising Alliance. The workshop gave participants the opportunity to share their experiences with the economy and examine how institutional racism is a tool to divide working people.
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Aug 12, 2022 | News Story
For more than 10 years, Staten Island Ferry workers have been fighting for a new contract with the New York City Department of Transportation. This means that their wages and benefits have not changed since the last contract expired in 2010. This is unacceptable.
Stagnant wages and benefits have created high turnover. With fewer workers available to operate the ferries, there has been decreased...
Aug 12, 2022 | News Story
This week, City Hall announced they successfully settled their suit with Chipotle, resulting in a historic $20 million settlement. The City’s complaint alleged nearly 600,000 violations of New York’s Fair Workweek law. The $20 million amount represents the largest settlement under the Fair Workweek law thus far. All of the multi-million dollar settlement will be distributed as worker relief. An...
Aug 12, 2022 | News Story
Teamsters Local 804 this week announced a donation of $188,000 to two hospitals serving New York’s children. The donations result from a class-action lawsuit against UPS, which illegally deducted money from employees’ paychecks for the company’s charity program. About 6,000 UPS workers in the New York City region were part of the settlement.
St. Mary’s Hospital for Children and St. Jude Children’...