Abe Levine, the union’s first vice president for elementary schools and a steadfast presence at the UFT until his final months, died at age 89 on June 13. “If there was a UFT event, Abe was there,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew said. “The UFT was his life. There has never been anyone more committed to…
WASHINGTON, DC – It’s been nearly six months since the longest government shutdown in our country’s history, and while federal government employees rightfully received backpay for the time they couldn’t go to work, thousands of government contractors have yet to be made whole for the wages lost over the course of the shutdown. The federal…
TORONTO, Canada – United Food and Commercial Workers Canada are organizing hundreds of Toronto Uber drivers. According to the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Economic Policy Institute, Uber drivers earn less than $10 an hour once commissions, vehicle expenses, and self-employment taxes are factored in. Low pay continues to be a driving factor for drivers to organize. Uber and…
WASHINGTON, DC — American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement in support of the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, reintroduced in the House of Representatives, which will guarantee collective bargaining rights for public sector employees across the country: “Public workers educate our students, treat our patients and keep our communities…
NEW YORK, NY – New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has proposed investment in teachers and the City’s public school system to combat persistently high teacher turnover rates that set back the City’s most vulnerable students. In the new report, “Teacher Residencies: Supporting the Next Generation of Teachers and Students,” Comptroller Stringer calls on the City Department of…
“Drivers across this industry are in the worst crisis in generations, barely surviving, and an agency with mismanaged funds now wants to steal the food off their tables. This fee — on top of a devastating $2.50 congestion surcharge in Manhattan and after a 36% drop in revenue for yellow cab drivers — appears manufactured…
NEW YORK, NY – George Miranda, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16, had the following statement on the signing of the “Green Light” law, which will reopen access to driver’s licenses to all New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status. Joint Council 16 represents 120,000 workers in and around New York City. “The New York Teamsters…
Employees at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum are demanding better conditions at the art institution and are close to negotiating as to whether they want to join IUOE Local 30, which is a union that represents art employees in other museums. “The vote is scheduled for Thursday,” said Director of Special Projects Andres Puerta of…
WASHINGTON, DC – AT&T plans to cut 1,880 American jobs over the next few months while expanding their overseas operation. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson had stated he would use the Trump tax cuts to add 7000 US jobs. Instead AT&T used the money from the tax cuts to expand operations in the Philippines and Mexico….
In a big victory for the UFT, union-supported legislation curbing exorbitant hospital fees charged to out-of-network patients for emergency care passed both houses of the state Legislature in June. It now needs Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature to become law. The bill, which passed the state Assembly on June 5 and the state Senate on June…
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