News Stories
Jun 3, 2022 | News Story
On Wednesday, the NYC CLC hosted our annual labor and civil rights event in the form of a panel discussion centering around how union membership has contributed to narrowing the inequality gap and how it can continue to build solidarity in an effort to create prosperity that is felt by all workers.
Jun 3, 2022 | News Story
Wireless tower technicians organizing to form a union with CWA released a powerful video this week describing the struggles faced by workers in the industry and calling on tower climbers, everywhere, to come together, join the union, and take action.
Jun 3, 2022 | News Story
At the Committee on Finance Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Hearing on 5/25, Carbon Free and Healthy Schools Campaign Director Tory Kaso and CJNY union members testified before the New York City Council, urging their support for an investment to create thousands of good union jobs and reduce emissions across the city.
Kaso testified, “By taking bold action, NYC has the opportunity to lead the nation,...
Jun 3, 2022 | News Story
The Edward J. Malloy Initiative for Construction Skills (CSKILLS) is a pre-apprenticeship preparation program that involves classroom instruction and hands-on training. Since 2001, CSKILLS has placed over 2,300 New York City residents into union-registered apprenticeship programs and more than 1,600 of these apprentices remain actively employed in the unionized construction industry.
Jun 3, 2022 | News Story
After losing salary increases and money in their savings accounts during the hardship of a pandemic, Vox Media employees now face record inflation and soaring cost-of-living expenses. These factors are ignored in management’s most recent counterproposals, as are proposals to address other chronic problems experienced by the Vox Media Union members: Many regularly work more than 40 hours a week;...
May 27, 2022 | News Story
Wednesday, June 1, 6PM: For marginalized communities, institutional barriers continue to exist as it relates to education, healthcare, housing and retirement. Union membership has been a tool for many families looking to break into the middle class. This is especially true for marginalized communities who in the past have had to fight for their active participation in the Labor Movement.
May 27, 2022 | News Story
Teachers and staff at Blue School held a one-day strike on Tuesday, May 24, after the School, an independent school founded by Blue Man Group in Lower Manhattan, announced that it will refuse to recognize their union. The School’s refusal is in defiance of a bargaining order issued by the NLRB.
May 27, 2022 | News Story
Several dozen Chipotle workers from across New York City rallied with elected officials and other supporters including the CLC in Midtown on Thursday after striking this week for a $20 minimum wage and better scheduling practices at the national fast food chain.
May 27, 2022 | News Story
As consciousness over the necessity to diversify Hollywood’s hair and make-up trailers continues to develop, the union that represents those artists has teamed up with entertainment workforce development program Reel Works to help bring more BIPOC stylists into the industry.
May 27, 2022 | News Story
Quality Assurance workers at Activision’s Raven Software video game studio this week won their union election and will be represented by the Communications Workers of America. 86% of the votes were in support of the union. The workers, known as Game Workers Alliance (CWA), are the first group to win union representation at Activision Blizzard. The Raven QA team predominantly works on the studio’s...