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High School Equivalency Classes Available Now

The Workers United Education Program/CWE offers free English language and High School Equivalency classes (in English and Spanish) by Zoom.​​​

Classes began in September but with open enrollment members can join at any time.

High School Equivalency Classes Available Now

BuzzFeed News Union Holds Day-Long Walkout

The BuzzFeed News Union has been bargaining its first contract for almost 2 years, but BuzzFeed still won't budge on critical issues like wages — all while preparing to go public and make executives even richer.

BuzzFeed News Union Holds Day-Long Walkout

OpEd: Farmworkers Need Fair Overtime Pay

Rodolfo Mendez, Martir Zambrano and Jorge Ramirez penned an OpEd in the NY Daily News this week calling for New York to close a loophole in the

OpEd: Farmworkers Need Fair Overtime Pay

NLRB Directs New Election at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama

On Monday, the Director of Region 10 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) formally issued a Decision and Direction of a Second Election, granting workers at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama a new election based on the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s (RWDSU) objections to Amazon’

NLRB Directs New Election at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama

Student Workers of Columbia University on Strike, Week Five

Columbia student workers are still on strike in what is currently the largest such action in the country. Three thousand workers, including undergraduate and graduate teaching and research assistants at Columbia University, are now in the fifth week of their strike.

Student Workers of Columbia University on Strike, Week Five

Climate Jobs NY Update: South Fork gets the Green Light from New York State

We did it! The South Fork Offshore Wind Project has all state approvals to become New York's first offshore wind project.

Climate Jobs NY Update: South Fork gets the Green Light from New York State