NEW YORK, N.Y.—Workers from 36 nursing homes and long-term care facilities around New York State held silent vigils May 20, demanding adequate protective gear and staffing, crisis pay, and respect for the work they’ve been doing. “Workers want to be recognized for risking their lives,” 1199SEIU spokesperson Cara Noel tells LaborPress. “1199 members have been…
New York, NY – Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx, Jackson Heights) recently held a teleconference with longtime activist and organizer Mariame Kaba to highlight the importance of having a Mutual Aid Network [MAN] during emergencies, like the spread of the coronavirus.? “This moment is really revealing who the frontline workers are in our society,” Ocasio-Cortez said….
New York, NY – As different levels of government push for social distancing, curfews and working or schooling at home amidst the coronavirus outbreak — workers who live paycheck-to-paycheck, especially in the airline and fast food industries, are feeling the brunt of the economic crunch. While the Trump administration debates giving low- or no-interest loans…
WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO’s pension panel has roundly condemned proposals made by two leading Senate Republicans to shore up the nation’s endangered multiemployer pension funds that would cut benefits by up to 19%. The federation’s Retirement Security Working Group said Dec. 2 that the proposals contained in a white paper released Nov. 20 by Finance Committee chair…
Brooklyn, NY – Housing Works CEO Charles King is sounding “a lot like a person who really is trying not to have a union.” That’s the conclusion New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams was left with Monday morning following a sidewalk summit between the non-profit head and elected leaders, in which King once again refused…
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Should New York follow California and enact legislation limiting when employers can hire workers as “independent contractors”? The answer is “very simple,” New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento told a 4?-hour state Senate hearing in Lower Manhattan Oct. 16. Workers “should be considered employees” and have all the rights and protections that…
DETROIT, Mich.—The United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract agreement with General Motors Oct. 16, possibly ending the month-long strike by more than 48,000 workers at the company’s U.S. plants. The union said the proposed deal “represents major gains for UAW workers,” and that its negotiators had recommended that its GM National Council accept the…
New York, NY – The coalition of NYC Building Trades and nonunion construction workers pushing new legislation ensuring good middle-class jobs throughout the booming construction industry continues to call BS on a Bronx state senator opposing the effort. State Senator Luis Sepúlveda [D-32nd District] says he opposes prevailing wage legislation aimed at lifting the salaries…
New York, NY – Trade unionists and their counterparts in the nonunion building sector teamed up this week, to demand an end to the ongoing exploitation of vulnerable workers throughout the construction industry — but the de Blasio administration insists that it has already begun enforcing a “new generation of labor standards” aimed at cleaning…
NEW YORK, N.Y.—“We really need to get rid of nonunion construction in New York City,” Joe Scopo, head organizer of District Council 16 of the Cement and Concrete Workers, says a few minutes before a lunch-hour protest outside the CIM Group’s offices in midtown Manhattan Aug. 27. “They’re exploiting workers in every way they can….
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