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Laborers Local 79 Keeps Up Daily Protests Against Empire State Realty's Practice of Hiring Non-Union
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Laborers Local 79 Keeps Up Daily Protests Against Empire State Realty's Practice of Hiring Non-Union

A fat cat, a pig wearing a top hat and five rats. All seven inflatables faced the 34th Street entrance of the Empire State Building last Thursday, two weeks into a protest by members of Laborers Local 79 who rallied, hundreds strong, in the afternoon shadow of the props.  

Laborers Local 79 Keeps Up Daily Protests Against Empire State Realty's Practice of Hiring Non-Union

Atlantic Theater workers on strike
Atlantic Theater Crew Strikes Following Management’s Failure to Negotiate in Good Faith
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Atlantic Theater Crew Strikes Following Management’s Failure to Negotiate in Good Faith

Negotiations between IATSE and the Atlantic Theater Company broke down Sunday, prompting crew members to go on strike effective immediately. The strike follows several months of negotiations that began after the Atlantic crew voted nearly unanimously to unionize with IATSE in February 2024.

Atlantic Theater Crew Strikes Following Management’s Failure to Negotiate in Good Faith

Workers' Chapel
Workers’ Chapel Hosts Memorial Mass Following the First Construction Worker Fatality of the Year in New York City
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Workers’ Chapel Hosts Memorial Mass Following the First Construction Worker Fatality of the Year in New York City

The Workers’ Chapel at the Church of St.

Workers’ Chapel Hosts Memorial Mass Following the First Construction Worker Fatality of the Year in New York City