(NEW YORK CITY) – Front Line Workers hoping that President Joe Biden would provide them with the enforceable Workplace Safety Measures callously denied them under Republican Donald Trump’s watch, are charging the new administration with breaking its promise to American Workers toiling on the front lines of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Connor Spence has been working at the giant Amazon Fulfillment Center known as JFK 8 on Staten Island for three years. “We want to change our relationship with the company and make it less of a dictatorship there and more of a partnership," said Spence, who is a Worker and Union Organizer. He says 5,600 people work at the facility, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The New Yorker managed to dodge a work stoppage on Wednesday (June 16th) when Staff and management at the weekly magazine agreed to a first Union contract after two and a half years of negotiations. The publication’s Staff Union announced on Twitter that it had brokered a tentative agreement with parent company Condé Nast to more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Two weeks after the Legislature passed a Bill intended to curb wage theft, about 200 Building Trades-represented Workers and supporters rallied outside a Manhattan construction project earlier this week to protest its using contractors that have records of wage theft, according to the Take It Back Campaign. The measure, passed by more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - One year ago, on June 15th, 2020, at the height of the protests around the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis Police Officer, controversy erupted in New York City. The Police Benevolent Association (PBA) and the Detectives Endowment Association (DEA) were tweeting Officers were being intentionally poisoned by Shake more»

Yahoo Finance Editor’s Note: A mobile billboard (pictured above) calling for higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy depicts an image of Billionaire Businessman Jeff Bezos near the U.S. Capitol in May (2021) in Washington, D.C. Organized by the group Patriotic Millionaires, the mobile billboards rolled through Washington and New York City to mark Tax Day, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The NewsGuild of New York and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW Local 3 are currently fighting a couple of very powerful corporations who view them like an invasion of the plague. Not surprisingly, both Advance Publications and Charter Spectrum share top policymakers who are virulently Anti-Union. The NewsGuild of New more»

(STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK) - The New York City Buildings Department (DOB) will conduct zero tolerance sweeps across the five boroughs to ensure safety for both Workers and the public at construction sites, the agency announced this week. While performing the sweeps, DOB Inspectors will issue enforcement actions, including shutting down sites, if they more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Arrayed behind a phalanx of red, blue, and purple electric bicycles, several dozen Workers for App-based food-delivery companies and supporters rallied in City Hall Park earlier this week, calling on the New York City Council to pass a six-Bill package intended to improve their pay and working conditions - including one that would require more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - On Monday (June 7th) morning, Union Employees at The New Yorker unveiled a website that included their demands for higher pay and better job security, as well as the statement that they were “on the verge of a Strike.” The next day, on Tuesday evening, the Employees marched from the campus of New York University to the nearby more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Wage theft and safety are the biggest issues facing New York Construction Workers, says Gary LaBarbera, head of the New York State Building and Construction Trades Council and President of both the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York. “We’ve been making it clear across the state that wage theft can no more»

(STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK) - Christian Smalls has taken on the biggest challenge of his life - still smarting from when Amazon fired him last year, the 32-year-old is spearheading an effort to Unionize more than 5,000 workers at four Amazon facilities in Staten Island, including a giant warehouse. Smalls is taking a highly unusual route in pursuing this more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - As American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council (DC) 37 launches its Green Jobs Training Initiative, the Union is urging the de Blasio administration to fund 100,000 jobs over the next three years to help the city address climate change. The training program was created to give Union Members the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - In April, when a group of more than 650 software Engineers, Product Managers and Data Analysts at The New York Times tried to Unionize, leadership not only declined to voluntarily recognize their Union, but began to hold mandatory Anti-Union meetings. While management, of course, had known about the Union months before it went public, the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Teamsters Local 553 has filed charges at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the United Metro Energy Corporation, which is owned by billionaire John Catsimatidis, alleging the company illegally fired, threatened, and retaliated against striking Essential Workers at the company’s Brooklyn Oil Terminal. The charges, more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against New York Public Radio - owner of WNYC, The Gothamist and other media properties, in response to a coordinated and aggressive campaign to undermine the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The fate of a New York State proposal that would allow some App-based Gig Workers to join a Union is in doubt after key players, including a collective of Food Delivery Workers, came out against the measure on Tuesday (May 25th). Los Deliveristas Unidos - a group of mainly Immigrant Food Delivery Couriers - and 32BJ Service Employees more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Teamsters and striking Oil Workers, who have been on the picket line since April 19th, rallied outside of billionaire John Catsimatidis’ Manhattan offices today (Monday, May 24th) in protest of the low wages paid to Essential Workers at his United Metro Energy. “We were ‘essential enough to report to work through the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - New York City is thanking the Hard Hat Heroes who paid the ultimate price over the past year, either through a job site accident or due to COVID-19. The Big Apple would not be the towering forest of skyscrapers it is today without Construction Workers. These men and women built the apartments New Yorkers live in and the offices they work more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Editorial Workers at Forbes have announced their intention to Unionize with The NewsGuild of New York with more than 80% of eligible Staffers signed on to the campaign. Forbes Staffers are now asking company management to respect their collective voice and recognize their Union. For over 100 years, Forbes has been an influential news more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - One Voice United, a national organization for Corrections Officers and Staff, held a virtual vigil on May 14th, memorializing those who lost their lives during the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. National Labor Leaders, including Service Employees International Union (SEIU) International President Mary Kay Henry and National AFL-CIO more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – In late April, more than 2,000 Food Delivery Workers biked from Times Square to Foley Square, briefly shutting down traffic on Broadway, to demand better wages and protections from the Tech Giants that run Delivery App Platforms. Los Deliveristas Unidos had rallied before - but this time, the Workers who spoke were joined by a more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - As New York prepares for the long-awaited reopening of its performing arts sector, with several Broadway shows putting tickets on sale for the Fall, it is still unclear whether the Metropolitan Opera will be able to reach the Labor Agreements it needs to bring up its heavy golden curtain for the gala opening night it hopes to hold in more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - National Nurses United (NNU), the largest Union and Professional Association of Registered Nurses (RNs) in the U.S. with more than 170,000 Members nationwide, has released a new series of animated shorts exploring the dichotomy of being both celebrated Front Line Heroes and marginalized professionals in the age of COVID-19. The Deadly more»

(ASTORIA, NEW YORK) – Do you know anyone in New York City who wants to become a Union Iron Worker? If so, Locals 40 and 361 have announced their 2021 recruitment drive for three-year, earn-while-you-learn Apprenticeship opportunities. The Iron Worker Locals are looking for those wanting a true Middle Class career that provides fair wages ($39.25 more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - New York City is suing Chipotle Mexican Grill, alleging the company violated a law that requires fast food chains to give their Employees more predictable, less hectic schedules. In the lawsuit, the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection said that from the end of November 2017 through at least September 2019, Workers more»

Before we even find out if Elon Musk can do comedy, we know this: Letting him host “Saturday Night Live” is a joke. Musk has used his Social Media megaphone to spread misinformation about COVID, endanger Employees’ health and violate their organizing rights. He’s exactly the kind of Union-Busting CEO who proves why American Workers more»

Macy’s just lost a case that could open a Pandora’s box of issues surrounding the use of technology in retail. A Union representing Macy’s Employees in the Boston and Rhode Island stores has won an arbitration case against the department store chain. In the arbitration with Macy’s, it was found that the company violated a more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Well over 100 people rallied in front of Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s Manhattan Offices in New York City over the weekend as part of a week of more than 700 events that called on the Senate to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. “This is not a rally against Schumer. It’s in support of the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - From COVID-19 to Postmaster Louis DeJoy purposely slowing down mail delivery - Unionized Postal Workers were hit hard on several fronts over the past 12 months - but now, they are counting on President Joe Biden’s nominees to the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Board of Governors to change things. Biden’s new appointees to more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The 14 papers that have Unionized Newsrooms at Gannett, the Nation’s largest newspaper chain, are suffering from serious gender and racial pay gaps, according to an explosive study released by the News Guild-Communications Workers of America (CWA). The News Guild–CWA said White men at Gannett earn $15,700 more than Non-White more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - There hasn’t been a live performance at the Metropolitan Opera House since March 12th of 2020 when the Met ordered all Backstage Workers to vacate the building. The Met locked out Local 1 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Stagehands in December after demanding an across-the-board 30% pay cut, as well as more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - There are over 2,200 Graduate Workers at New York University (NYU) - and as of earlier this week (Monday, April 26th), they are on Strike. The work stoppage began after what Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC)-United Auto Workers (UAW), the Graduate Workers’ Union, describes as nine months of stonewalling at the bargaining more»

(BROOKYLN, NEW YORK) - After more than two years trying to win a first Union Contract, 24 Workers employed at the United Metro Energy Corporation in Brooklyn went out on Strike on April 19th. The company, owned by Billionaire Supermarket Magnate John Catsimatidis, retaliated by firing three of them, Teamsters Joint Council 16 said. “They fire people more»

(FARMINGDALE, LONG ISLAND) - A Black Apprentice Electrician is speaking out after he says he found two nooses hung in his work area on Long Island, allegedly put there by White Co-Workers. Kyrin Taylor said he showed up to Cooper Power & Lighting Corporation in Farmingdale in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 20th, to find a fully tied noose more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Teamsters Local 804, the Union that represents UPS (United Parcel Service) Workers in New York City, recently rallied outside the business’ Customer Center in Springfield Gardens to support 10 of its Members, Part-Time Workers who were unceremoniously fired. In addition, other UPS Workers were told that they were suspended. One of more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - More than 200 Airport Workers rallied at John F. Kennedy Airport last week to protect their employers’ refusal to include mandated health-care coverage in the contract now being negotiated. The employers also want to eliminate Martin Luther King Day as a paid holiday, according to the 32BJ Service Employees International Union more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) President Kate Shindle, Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) President Gabrielle Carteris and American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 802 President and Executive Director Adam Krauthamer have released the following joint statement on the need to more»

(NEW YORK CITY) – Local 338 Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union (RWDSU)/United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), has announced Workers at Sunnyside (operated by Cresco Labs) have ratified their first Union contract, which comes just weeks after the passage of the Marijuana Taxation & Regulation Act. The Bargaining Unit covers 40 Workers more»

(WEST HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND) - A Store Manager was killed and two other people were wounded during a shooting at a Stop & Shop Grocery Store on Long Island in New York on Tuesday (March 20th), police confirmed. A suspect - identified as Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, 31, was taken into custody. Officials did not release the names of the victims, saying the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Tim Sheard’s Hard Ball Press publishes numerous novels involving Union activity, and Union Made, written by Eric Lotke, is one of the best of them, mainly because a believable and well-written romance highlights the story. The book’s major subject is a fictional account of a Union’s attempt to secure a wage increase for more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - New Yorkers flocked to the beautiful al fresco dining along 9th Avenue’s cobblestone streets near the Chelsea Market, few if any, understanding that a 22-year-old Non-Union Construction Worker named Carlos Moncayo died six years ago, in a trench collapse steps away from their plates of fresh burrata and baby kale arugula salad. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - It may be some time before anyone can take in a Broadway show or enjoy an indoor performance at a theater, but there are steps underway to make sure that this can happen again in the future. A vaccination center is expected to open for Broadway Workers in the heart of New York’s Theater District. “I think it’s a really more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The on-going Coronavirus Pandemic has hit Workers hard, no more so then the Members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 2013, which is part of the larger AFL-CIO that represents 1.3 million people from various trades. Local 2013 Members in health care and the food, warehouse and supply chain, for instance, could not more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Gimlet Media and The Ringer agreed on a three-year Union Employment Contract with Spotify, marking a historic moment for both the Tech Giant and the Podcasting Industry. The contracts cover diversity at the company, salary bases, annual raises and titles. It’s a big step - not just for Unionization in podcasting, but also for the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - The Manhattan Doorman and Concierge who were fired after an Asian-American woman was brutally attacked on the sidewalk outside their building have filed grievances contesting their termination, the Union representing them said. The victim, 65-year-old Filipina immigrant Vilma Kari, 65, was walking in front of a luxury building at 360 West more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday (March 6th) the creation of the Essential Workers Advisory Committee to provide design input and recommendations for a monument in New York City honoring the service and sacrifice of New York's Essential Workers throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic. "There can be no way to ever fully repay the more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - As vaccinations continue to ramp up in the Big Apple, Municipal Office Workers are preparing to return to the workplace physically and will begin doing just that starting May 3rd under a new directive announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio. The Mayor’s plan applies to about 80,000 City Employees who work in offices. It will not require more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - You can’t eat privilege! NewsGuild of New York members from The New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica just held a a socially distanced, in-person rally to demand a fair contract from Condé Nast - or “Condé Nasty” in this instance. With colleagues and supporters gathered in front of One World Trade, the more»

(QUEENS, NEW YORK) – Tuesday, March 30th marked National Doctors Day, but New York City Health + Hospitals and the Doctors Council SEIU (Service Employees International Union) kicked off their observances a few days early this month at Elmhurst Hospital to both cheer the skilled healers who care for our communities and to honor the lives lost during more»