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Make the Road New York Workers Join in Union with NOLSW/UAW 2320

On Monday, workers at Make the Road New York (MRNY) announced that an overwhelming majority have organized to form a union with the National Organization of Legal Services Workers/UAW 2320 in order to continue to organize and provide essential services to immigrant and working class communities o

Make the Road New York Workers Join in Union with NOLSW/UAW 2320

Union Booksellers Protest at NYC's Strand

Union booksellers held a rally outside the Strand’s flagship location in New York City on Monday afternoon, protesting the store’s labor practices after a year of worsening relations between employees and owner Nancy Bass Wyden.

Union Booksellers Protest at NYC's Strand

PSC-CUNY Members Fight Back, Forcing CUNY to Honor Contract

Three weeks ago, CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodríguez decided to ignore the PSC-CUNY contract and refuse to pay equity increases to 2,500 workers in lower-paid full-time staff and faculty positions.

PSC-CUNY Members Fight Back, Forcing CUNY to Honor Contract

President Biden Sends Strong Pro-Union Message to Workers Seeking to Organize

On Sunday, President Biden made perhaps the strongest public statement in support of the right of workers to organize that any American President has made in memory, denouncing

President Biden Sends Strong Pro-Union Message to Workers Seeking to Organize

After Two Presidents Failed, Can Biden Actually Get Infrastructure Done?

“We’re at a crossroads. Inaction will only worsen the suffering that working people have weathered over the past year,” said Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO.

After Two Presidents Failed, Can Biden Actually Get Infrastructure Done?

Inside Joe Biden's Decision to Dive into the Amazon Union Drive

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is using the president’s new message to advocate for the swift passage of Democrats’ Protecting the Right to Organize Act. If passed, the measure would be the first bill to overhaul labor rights since the Taft-Hartley amendments of 1947 to the National Labor Relations Act, which outlawed some organizing tactics and allowed states to enact right-to-work laws. The new bill, among other things, would extend collective bargaining rights to gig workers, overturn state right to work laws, and allow the federal labor board to levy penalties against companies who violate federal labor law. Biden, Trumka wrote in a Monday statement, “has proven he’s willing to speak out and stand with us. Now it’s time to follow words with action.”

Read the full article in Politico.

Inside Joe Biden's Decision to Dive into the Amazon Union Drive