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Staten Island Ferry Workers Win a New Contract After 13-Year Wait

Staten Island Ferry Workers Win a New Contract After 13-Year Wait

08 Sep, 2023

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Staten Island Ferry Workers Win a New Contract After 13-Year Wait

Staten Island Ferry workers who have gone without a pay raise since 2009 on Monday announced the achievement of a transformative new collective bargaining agreement with the City that guarantees an immediate 28.55% retroactive salary increase for the ferry system’s roughly 120 engineers, captains

Staten Island Ferry Workers Win a New Contract After 13-Year Wait

Op-Ed: A fight for all working people: New Yorkers stand with unions

Op-Ed: A fight for all working people: New Yorkers stand with unions

07 Sep, 2023

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Op-Ed: A fight for all working people: New Yorkers stand with unions

By Vincent Alvarez, President, New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Op-Ed: A fight for all working people: New Yorkers stand with unions

Union Strong Podcast: The Singing Electrician

Union Strong Podcast: The Singing Electrician

01 Sep, 2023

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Union Strong Podcast: The Singing Electrician

Kyle Viverito is an electrician and member of IBEW Local 3. Not too long ago, while on the job doing electrical work at an NHL arena, he started singing and it did not go unnoticed. He caught the attention of management, and the next thing he knew, he was performing there.

Union Strong Podcast: The Singing Electrician

Power at Work Blogcast: Cultural Institution Organizing

Power at Work Blogcast: Cultural Institution Organizing

01 Sep, 2023

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Power at Work Blogcast: Cultural Institution Organizing

In this blogcast, Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris spoke with Maida Rosenstein, the organizing director for UAW Local 2110, and three museum employees she worked with — Jordan Barnes, Karissa Francis, and Erika Wentworth.

Power at Work Blogcast: Cultural Institution Organizing

Op-ed: Link5G creates 21st Century Jobs for Union Workers

Op-ed: Link5G creates 21st Century Jobs for Union Workers

01 Sep, 2023

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Op-ed: Link5G creates 21st Century Jobs for Union Workers

IBEW Local 3 Business Manager Christopher Erikson recently penned an OpEd in amNY on how LinkNYC — the public-private partnership that deploys, operates, and maintains modern telecommunications infrastructure across the city — is providing union job opportunities for New Yorkers who have the driv

Op-ed: Link5G creates 21st Century Jobs for Union Workers

Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers File for Historic Unionization Election with Labor Board

Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers File for Historic Unionization Election with Labor Board

01 Sep, 2023

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Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers File for Historic Unionization Election with Labor Board

Visual Effects (VFX) crews at Walt Disney Pictures have filed with for an election to unionize with the backing of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) This marks only the second time in history VFX professionals have joined together to demand the same rights and prote

Walt Disney Pictures VFX Workers File for Historic Unionization Election with Labor Board