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Jun 9, 2023 | News Story
In a powerful show of solidarity, SAG-AFTRA members have voted 97.91% in favor of a strike authorization ahead of negotiations of the TV/Theatrical Contracts, with nearly 65,000 members casting ballots for a voting percentage of 47.69% of eligible voters.
Jun 9, 2023 | News Story
Wednesday night, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), announced that, by an overwhelming vote of 97% in favor of the union, workers at Barnes & Noble’s Flagship Union Square store have voted to join the RWDSU. Building upon last month’s unanimous wins by workers at Barnes & Noble College Booksellers at Rutgers University with RWDSU and by Barnes & Noble workers in...
Jun 9, 2023 | News Story
Workers at Insider have been on a ULP strike since June 2nd over management's decision to illegally change their health insurance, saddling them with higher costs and worse coverage. They're also fighting for a fair contract that closes the pay equity gap for their members, raises salary floors, and gives raises that ensure equity and offset rising inflation.
Jun 9, 2023 | News Story
The DCINY Orchestra (represented by AFM Local 802) is on strike for a fair contract—and these musicians won some high-profile support this week on their picket line. Pictured here are Mandy Patinkin with Local 802 President Tino Gagliardi, plus the cast of Saturday Night Live's "Please Don't Destroy." This is an era of solidarity, when musicians support writers, actors support musicians, and all...
Jun 9, 2023 | News Story
As nearly 600 postdoctoral fellows continue fighting for a first contract with Mt. Sinai, an overwhelming 80 percent of 350 student researchers have now organized and seek representation as Sinai Student Workers-UAW (SSW-UAW) at the major New York City biomedical research institution.
Jun 9, 2023 | News Story
The entire Labor Movement was deeply saddened this week to learn of the passing of beloved AFL-CIO Chief Economist William Spriggs. Bill Spriggs was above all a man of intellectual rigor and courage, the conscience of the labor movement. He mentored generations of economics graduate students, sharing with them his conviction that good economics and social justice were inseparable. No one knew...
Jun 4, 2023 | News Story
For updated picket locations and times, and to rsvp, please visit:
https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike/picket-schedules-and-locations
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
Insider Union members went on strike at 12AM this morning in response to the company’s refusal to undo illegal changes it made to their health care and management’s intransigence in contract negotiations. Members are also demanding a fair resolution to a proposed layoff that would reduce the unionized newsroom by 20 percent. The more than 250 members of the Insider Union are represented by The...
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
AFM Local 802 is spreading the word that the upcoming Broadway show "Here Lies Love" by David Byrne is attempting to hire NO live musicians, which would be the first time in history for a League-produced Broadway show. "Rather than negotiate, David Byrne is trying to break the union," said Local 802 President Tino Gagliardi.
Jun 2, 2023 | News Story
REI yesterday notified RWDSU—the union representing workers at its SoHo, New York store—through its new legal counsel that many workers at the store would be receiving pay cuts in their next paycheck amid a shakeup of the company’s legal representation at the bargaining table.